On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 06:42:55 -0800, Fuzzyman wrote: > I mentioned the 2to3 translator- the goal of which is *precisely* to > allow you to write code that will run on Python 2.X and when > translated run under Python 3.0.
Unfortunately, that is not a realistic goal for the 2to3 translator. The goal is to accurately translate 80% of Python code that needs changing, and issue warnings for the other 20%. > You then repeated the problem with the 'print' statement. > > It may be true that you won't be able to write code that runs > untranslated on 2 and 3. That doesn't stop you writing code for Python > 2.X, then translating a version for Python 3. (Uhm... indeed that's > the point of 2to3.) > > So you only have one codebase to maintain and you can still use > print... No, you have TWO sets of code. You have the code you write, and the code you have run through 2to3. Even if 2to3 gives you 100% coverage, which it won't, you still have two codebases. -- Steven. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
