On 25 fév, 16:02, Robert Kern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Joseph Turian wrote: > > I was given code that was written for python 2.5, and uses simple > > functions like 'all' which are not present in 2.4 > > > I want to make the code 2.4 compatible. What is the best way to do > > this? > > If it's a single file, put something like the following code near the top. If > you have multiple modules, put it into a separate module, say > compatibility.py, > and change the other modules to import these functions from there. > > import sys > if sys.version_info[:2] < (2,5): > def all(*args): > ... > def any(*args): > ... > else: > # Only bother with this else clause and the __all__ line if you are > putting > # this in a separate file. > import __builtin__ > all = __builtin__.all > any = __builtin__.any > > __all__ = ['all', 'any'] > > > If I define function 'all', then won't I break 2.5 compatability? > > No. Defining a function named the same thing as a builtin function will not > break anything. You just wouldn't be using the efficient implementation > already > in Python 2.5. Using the if: else: suite above lets you have both at the > expense > of some clunkiness. > > -- > Robert Kern > > "I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma > that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it > had > an underlying truth." > -- Umberto Eco
This is what I was looking for. Thanks! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
