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Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2012 22:39:53 -0400
Subject: Re: Can't import modules
From: Dwight Hutto <dwightdhutto@gmail.com>
To: "Steven D'Aprano" <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info>
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On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 10:15 PM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
> On Sun, 30 Sep 2012 18:35:50 -0700, Peter Farrell wrote:
>
>> Since I use Python 3.2.3 I've had trouble with programs and modules
>> designed for Python 2 and many programs don't work on my 64-bit system.
>
> While Python tries very hard to be backward compatible, the transition
> from the 2.x series to the 3.x series was intentionally allowed to break
> backward compatibility in certain areas.
>
> If VPython only supports 2.x,

Naw , that's your job, plus maybe looking through the python code for
Vpython, and adding a little "from __future__ import *"
you should ask the vendors to support at
> least 3.3 or better, preferably the full 3.x series. In the meantime, you
> may have to stick to the 2.x series.
>
>
>> I was hoping it was a common error that newbies encounter.
>
> Trying to run Python 2.x code in 3.x? Yes, that's common. Trying to run
> VPython? Not so much.
>
> Good luck!
>
>
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