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Date: Sat, 28 May 2011 09:09:11 +1000
Subject: Re: Beginner needs advice
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 6:40 AM, harrismh777 <harrismh777@charter.net> wrot=
e:
> Most 2.x code *will not* run correctly in 3.x/ =A0Most of the best
> improvements and enhancements of 3.x will not back-port to below 2.7, and
> almost none of them will back-port before 2.6 (class decorations, for
> instance).

What's with the "below 2.7"? If you're comparing 3.x and 2.x, wouldn't
it be most plausible to compare 3.2 and 2.7?

And, the biggest reason for 2.x code not running on 3.x is probably
the print function. (Guess made without any data beyond my own
personal corpus of Python 2 code.) That's something that can be
corrected by, oh, I dunno, the 2to3 translator maybe? And the
__future__ import makes 2.6+ work the same way as 3.x.

> All of these things are for the better, I must add. =A0But, the point is =
that
> 3.x is completely incompatible with 2.x in real ways. =A0Arguing that thi=
s is
> *not true* because you are able to create a code block that just happens =
'to
> work' in all versions (and that hasn't been verified yet) does not in *an=
y*
> way 'prove' that 3.x is a compatible dialect--- =A0far from it... its a
> straw-man argument.

You're correct that one code block does not prove the point. But your
argument is just as flimsy. To say that "most" 2.x code is
incompatible with 3.x is to deny the 2to3 utility, and you're ignoring
the people who deliberately write code that can cross-execute on
either version - which is really not that difficult, if you take some
care and use __future__ directives.

Chris Angelico