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| From | Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> |
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| Subject | Re: running python 2 vs 3 |
| Date | 2014-03-20 16:53 -0400 |
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| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
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On 3/20/14 4:42 PM, Marko Rauhamaa wrote: > Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com>: > >> Plenty of people have adopted a dual-support strategy, with one code >> base that supports both Python 2 and Python 3. The six module can help >> a great deal with this. > > I wonder how easy the resulting code is to the eyes and how easy it is > for the casual maintainer to accidentally break the delicate balance. In > a word, I wouldn't go there. Stay with Python2 as long as you must and > then, migrate and leave it behind. This is fine advice for applications, but tools, libraries, and frameworks may want to support more than one version at the same time. It's an extreme case, but the latest released version of coverage.py supports Python 2.3 through 3.3 with one code base. To do it, there's a compatibility layer (akin to six). Then you stay away from features that aren't available on all versions. In a few places, you might need to have version checks, and the code can get a little idiomatic to continue to work. It's a tradeoff: you have to decide for yourself whether the effort is worth the benefit. I was glad to be able to drop support for 2.3, 2.4, and 2.5, and now only support 2.6-3.4 in coverage.py. > > > Marko > -- Ned Batchelder, http://nedbatchelder.com
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Re: running python 2 vs 3 Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-03-20 17:21 +0200
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Re: running python 2 vs 3 Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2014-03-20 21:06 -0400
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Re: running python 2 vs 3 Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2014-03-20 16:27 -0400
Re: running python 2 vs 3 Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-03-20 22:42 +0200
Re: running python 2 vs 3 Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2014-03-20 16:53 -0400
Re: running python 2 vs 3 Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-03-20 22:59 +0200
Re: running python 2 vs 3 Chris Kaynor <ckaynor@zindagigames.com> - 2014-03-20 14:18 -0700
Re: running python 2 vs 3 Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2014-03-20 17:31 -0400
Re: running python 2 vs 3 Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-03-21 00:23 +0200
Re: running python 2 vs 3 Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-03-20 22:42 +0000
Re: running python 2 vs 3 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-03-21 10:18 +1100
Re: running python 2 vs 3 Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-03-21 07:49 +0200
Re: running python 2 vs 3 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-03-21 16:54 +1100
Re: running python 2 vs 3 Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-03-21 08:08 +0200
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Re: running python 2 vs 3 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-03-21 10:04 +1100
Re: running python 2 vs 3 Mark H Harris <harrismh777@gmail.com> - 2014-03-20 15:10 -0500
Re: running python 2 vs 3 notbob <notbob@nothome.com> - 2014-03-20 21:28 +0000
Re: running python 2 vs 3 Mark H Harris <harrismh777@gmail.com> - 2014-03-20 16:46 -0500
Re: running python 2 vs 3 Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-03-21 00:17 +0200
Re: running python 2 vs 3 Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-03-21 00:29 +0000
Re: running python 2 vs 3 Dan Stromberg <drsalists@gmail.com> - 2014-03-20 13:38 -0700
Re: running python 2 vs 3 Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-03-20 22:46 +0200
Re: running python 2 vs 3 Mark H Harris <harrismh777@gmail.com> - 2014-03-20 11:11 -0500
Re: running python 2 vs 3 notbob <notbob@nothome.com> - 2014-03-20 17:23 +0000
Re: running python 2 vs 3 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-03-21 04:29 +1100
Re: running python 2 vs 3 Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-03-20 19:45 +0200
Re: running python 2 vs 3 Mark H Harris <harrismh777@gmail.com> - 2014-03-20 12:42 -0500
Re: running python 2 vs 3 Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-03-20 19:47 +0200
Re: running python 2 vs 3 Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2014-03-20 14:45 -0400
Re: running python 2 vs 3 Mark H Harris <harrismh777@gmail.com> - 2014-03-20 14:36 -0500
Re: running python 2 vs 3 Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-03-20 17:52 -0400
Re: running python 2 vs 3 notbob <notbob@nothome.com> - 2014-03-20 22:19 +0000
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