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From: Gisle Vanem <gvanem@broadpark.no>
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Subject: Re: pylint or similar to test version-specific language constructs?
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 01:07:40 +0100
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"jkn" <jkn_gg@nicorp.f9.co.uk> wrote:

>    I have to write python code which must run on an old version of
> python (v2.4) as well as a newer (v2.7). I am using pylint and would
> like to check if is possible to check with pylint the use of operators
> etc. which are not present in 2.4; the ternary operator springs to
> mind.

No idea about PyLint. Why not install Python 2.4 and test
with that? Sounds safer IMHO.

-gv