On Feb 16, 3:00 pm, "Edward K Ream" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So you only have one codebase to maintain and you can still use print... > > Not if the theorum is correct. > > > It may be true that you won't be able to write code that runs > > untranslated on 2 and 3. > > That's my definition of a common code base. That is the content of the > theorum. >
Ok - in which case it is very limited. > > 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.) > > That is not what I would call a common code base. But it is what I call a common code base. We are at an impasse. :-) > The developer would have > to run the translater every time the code changed. And if the Python 3.0 > code were considered the 'master' code, the developer would need a 3to2 > translater. > > Either disprove the theorum or give up the notion of having a common code > base that uses print. > Yes the use of print is changing in a backwards incompatible way, no one is disputing that. Personally I wish it wasn't, print 'feels like a statement' to me. But it's not the end of the world and it is *definitely* going to be able to be handled by 2to3. It's also not about to change. Fuzzyman http://www.voidpsace.org.uk/python/articles.shtml > Edward > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Edward K. Ream email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Leo:http://webpages.charter.net/edreamleo/front.html > -------------------------------------------------------------------- -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
