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to a human - about 2to3

Started by	"Jennifer Butler" <J.Butler@albynschool.co.uk>
First post	2013-05-01 15:52 +0100
Last post	2013-05-02 01:25 +1000
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  to a human - about 2to3 "Jennifer Butler" <J.Butler@albynschool.co.uk> - 2013-05-01 15:52 +0100
    Re: to a human - about 2to3 Paul Rudin <paul.nospam@rudin.co.uk> - 2013-05-01 16:11 +0100
      Re: to a human - about 2to3 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-05-02 01:25 +1000

#44592 — to a human - about 2to3

From	"Jennifer Butler" <J.Butler@albynschool.co.uk>
Date	2013-05-01 15:52 +0100
Subject	to a human - about 2to3
Message-ID	<mailman.1216.1367420096.3114.python-list@python.org>

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Hiya

 

I have trawled around your various pages and haven't found what I want.

 

 

I will start teaching Python to my pupils shortly. I have been looking
for materials and have gathered a collection of programs. The problem is
they are written in v2 and I have v3 installed in my classroom. I read
about the 2to3 conversion program, but I can't get it to work.

Could you possibly give me a Noddy's guide to do this? 

 

Thanks in anticipation.

 

Jennifer J

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From	Paul Rudin <paul.nospam@rudin.co.uk>
Date	2013-05-01 16:11 +0100
Message-ID	<87bo8urazu.fsf@no-fixed-abode.cable.virginmedia.net>
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"Jennifer Butler" <J.Butler@albynschool.co.uk> writes:

> Hiya
>
> I have trawled around your various pages and haven’t found what I
> want.
>
> I will start teaching Python to my pupils shortly. I have been looking
> for materials and have gathered a collection of programs. The problem
> is they are written in v2 and I have v3 installed in my classroom. I
> read about the 2to3 conversion program, but I can’t get it to work.
>
> Could you possibly give me a Noddy’s guide to do this?

Perhaps the first thing you should teach your students is how to ask
questions :)

When you say you "can't get it to work" what does that mean? What
exactly did you do? What happened as a result? How did that differ from
what you expected to happen or hoped would happen? Can you construct a
minimal specific example that illustrates your problem?

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From	Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Date	2013-05-02 01:25 +1000
Message-ID	<mailman.1217.1367421960.3114.python-list@python.org>
In reply to	#44593

On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 1:11 AM, Paul Rudin <paul.nospam@rudin.co.uk> wrote:
> "Jennifer Butler" <J.Butler@albynschool.co.uk> writes:
>
>> Hiya
>>
>> I have trawled around your various pages and haven’t found what I
>> want.
>>
>> I will start teaching Python to my pupils shortly. I have been looking
>> for materials and have gathered a collection of programs. The problem
>> is they are written in v2 and I have v3 installed in my classroom. I
>> read about the 2to3 conversion program, but I can’t get it to work.
>>
>> Could you possibly give me a Noddy’s guide to do this?
>
>
> Perhaps the first thing you should teach your students is how to ask
> questions :)

Specifically, you and your students would do well spending a couple of
sessions here:

http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

2to3 has fairly good --help information. In my porting projects, I
started there and worked forward. Seemed to go fairly well.

ChrisA

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