On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 10:15 PM, Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: > On Sun, 30 Sep 2012 18:35:50 -0700, Peter Farrell wrote: > >> Since I use Python 3.2.3 I've had trouble with programs and modules >> designed for Python 2 and many programs don't work on my 64-bit system. > > While Python tries very hard to be backward compatible, the transition > from the 2.x series to the 3.x series was intentionally allowed to break > backward compatibility in certain areas. > > If VPython only supports 2.x,
Naw , that's your job, plus maybe looking through the python code for Vpython, and adding a little "from __future__ import *" you should ask the vendors to support at > least 3.3 or better, preferably the full 3.x series. In the meantime, you > may have to stick to the 2.x series. > > >> I was hoping it was a common error that newbies encounter. > > Trying to run Python 2.x code in 3.x? Yes, that's common. Trying to run > VPython? Not so much. > > Good luck! > > > -- > Steven > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- Best Regards, David Hutto CEO: http://www.hitwebdevelopment.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
