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Python 3 is the active language, recommended for newcomers (was: Import Doesn't Import)

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ryguy7272 <ryanshuell@gmail.com> writes:

> So, I'm reading this link.
> https://docs.python.org/2/howto/urllib2.html

Note that this is the documentation for Python 2, which is obsolescent.
It has had a long life, so references to Python on the web are still
dominantly about that legacy version. Your confusion is quite normal.

Instead, use Python 3 only (which it seems you are doing), and read the
Python 3 documentation. You'll find that the ‘urllib’ modules
<URL:https://docs.python.org/3/library/urllib.html> are what you want.

> I don't get it; I just don't get it.

It's unfortunate that a lot of new Python users will be confused by this
long transition. But the situation is a lot better now; more and more
Python articles on the web are referring to Python 3 which is the
actively-developed version, recommended for new users.

-- 
 \     “You don't need a book of any description to help you have some |
  `\    kind of moral awareness.” —Dr. Francesca Stavrakoloulou, bible |
_o__)                                              scholar, 2011-05-08 |
Ben Finney

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Import Doesn't Import ryguy7272 <ryanshuell@gmail.com> - 2014-10-15 17:40 -0700
  Re: Import Doesn't Import ryguy7272 <ryanshuell@gmail.com> - 2014-10-15 17:44 -0700
    Re: Import Doesn't Import Dan Stromberg <drsalists@gmail.com> - 2014-10-15 18:19 -0700
    Re: Import Doesn't Import Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-10-15 22:43 -0400
    Re: Import Doesn't Import Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-10-16 09:01 +0100
  Re: Import Doesn't Import Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-10-16 11:54 +1100
  Re: Import Doesn't Import Dan Stromberg <drsalists@gmail.com> - 2014-10-15 18:12 -0700
  Re: Import Doesn't Import MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2014-10-16 02:13 +0100
  Python 3 is the active language, recommended for newcomers (was: Import Doesn't Import) Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-10-16 12:35 +1100
  Re: Import Doesn't Import Chris Rebert <clp2@rebertia.com> - 2014-10-15 18:21 -0700
  Re: Import Doesn't Import Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-10-15 22:11 -0400
  Re: Import Doesn't Import Emile van Sebille <emile@fenx.com> - 2014-10-16 14:29 -0700
  Re: Import Doesn't Import Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2014-10-16 18:28 -0400
  Re: Import Doesn't Import Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-10-16 23:56 +0100

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