Hello Everyone, I have a Python script that I wrote to support a project that I work on (that runs primarily on Unix OSes). Given its support role in this package, this script should not introduce any other dependencies. As a result, I wrote the script in Python 2, since every Linux currently ships with 2.4--2.7 as its system Python (RHEL 5, still popular in my field, ships with 2.4).
However, I've heard news that Ubuntu is migrating to Python 3 soon (next release??), and that's a platform we actively try to support due to its popularity. I've tried writing the code to support both 2 and 3 as much as possible, but with priority put on supporting 2.4 over 3. Now that Python 3-compatibility is about to become more important, I'm looking for a way to catch and store exceptions in a compatible way. Because Python 2.4 and 2.5 don't support the except Exception as err: syntax, I've used except Exception, err: Is there any way of getting this effect in a way compatible with Py2.4 and 3.x? Of course I could duplicate every module with 2to3 and do sys.version_info-conditional imports, but I'd rather avoid duplicating all of the code if possible. Any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks! Jason -- Jason M. Swails Quantum Theory Project, University of Florida Ph.D. Candidate 352-392-4032
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