Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder2.hal-mli.net!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!ecngs!feeder2.ecngs.de!newsfeed.freenet.ag!news2.euro.net!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.038 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.92; '*S*': 0.00; 'new,': 0.05; 'terry': 0.07; 'python': 0.08; '"my': 0.09; '(it': 0.09; 'myself,': 0.09; 'am,': 0.12; 'url:moin': 0.12; 'subject:file': 0.13; 'cc:addr :python-list': 0.15; 'adjusting': 0.16; 'reedy': 0.16; 'retrieving': 0.16; 'trash': 0.16; 'true)': 0.16; 'url:python2orpython3': 0.16; 'wearing': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; 'cc:no real name:2**0': 0.21; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.22; 'subject:use': 0.24; 'cc:2**0': 0.25; "i'm": 0.27; 'problem': 0.29; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.29; 'url:wiki': 0.29; '(and': 0.29; '3.x': 0.30; 'least': 0.30; 'familiar': 0.32; 'header:User- Agent:1': 0.33; 'there': 0.33; 'someone': 0.34; 'stuck': 0.34; 'something': 0.35; 'question': 0.35; 'url:python': 0.36; 'but': 0.37; 'using': 0.37; 'wife': 0.38; 'some': 0.38; 'put': 0.38; 'subject:with': 0.38; 'should': 0.38; 'url:org': 0.39; 'speaking': 0.39; 'subject:: ': 0.39; 'one,': 0.40; 'provided': 0.61; 'course,': 0.61; 'cost': 0.62; 'free': 0.63; 'here': 0.64; 'car': 0.66; 'readers': 0.71; '"how': 0.80; '95%': 0.84; '9:19': 0.84; 'balance.': 0.84; 'cartoon': 0.84; 'gratis.': 0.84; 'sweater': 0.84; 'wheel': 0.84; 'husband': 0.91; 'migrating': 0.91 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.71,601,1320620400"; d="scan'208";a="121338" X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at zimbra.sequans.com Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:12:02 +0100 From: Jean-Michel Pichavant User-Agent: Mozilla-Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (X11/20100328) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Terry Reedy Subject: Re: Disable use of pyc file with no matching py file References: <12592360.1754.1327959045517.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@vby1> <4f27d81e$0$29989$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <4F27F861.8020505@sequans.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: python-list@python.org X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 31 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1328091124 news.xs4all.nl 6859 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:59469 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:19701 Terry Reedy wrote: > On 1/31/2012 9:19 AM, Jean-Michel Pichavant wrote: > >> A: "My wheel is flat" >> B: "Buy a new car" > > A better analogy would be > > Q. "How do I make my old model car do something (it cannot do)?" > A. "Get the free new model that has that feature added." > > Of course, there is a cost to giving up the old and familiar and > learning and adjusting to the new, even when it is available gratis. A > husband wearing an old sweater after his wife gives him a new one, and > even retrieving it from the trash when she tosses it out, is a classic > (and true) cartoon joke. > > But I am sure that 95% of readers here will be using 3.x withing 10 > years. The only question for them is "When?". This not-well-known new > feature is one straw that some will put on the 'sooner' side of the > balance. > A simple solution to that problem has been provided by Miki. Someone should read at least http://wiki.python.org/moin/Python2orPython3 before migrating to python 3. Speaking for myself, I'm stuck with python 2.5 :-/ JM