On Aug 3, 5:43 pm, Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Larry Bates wrote: > > Allen wrote: > >> I'm in the process of developing an application that will use Python > >> for a scripting support. In light of the upcoming changes to Python, > >> I was wondering if it is possible to link to and use two different > >> versions of Python so that in the future, scripts could be migrated > >> to the new version, and older scripts would still work as well. If so > >> are there any code examples of this. > > >> Brian Vanderburg II > > > Unlike languages you pay for, Python has on real motivation to > > "obsolete" old versions of Python (e.g. to force you to pay of an > > upgrade). You can still get version 1.5.2 of Python and it is MANY > > years old and most could consider quite obsolete. I just would not > > worry about it and stick with 2.5/2.6 for development and begin looking > > at Python 3.0 so I can learn what's new and exciting. > > > -Larry > > I agree. I had wanted for scripts of the program to be able to use the > new string format method that is only in py3k, but I'm currently looking > into other template solutions.
That should work in 2.6 (sans bugs). To answer your original question, no, you can't load more than one version of python within a single process. The best you can do is running in a child process. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
