On Monday, July 29, 2013 12:34:08 PM UTC-4, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 5:14 PM, Matt <mattgrav...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I'm fairly new to python but have experience in other languages. What do > > you generally do when a library is outdated? I asked a question on a few > > forums and everyone has been pointing me to Mechanize, but it will not work > > with 3.3 > > > > > > What do you do? > > > > Depends what you mean by "outdated". Lots of things don't _need_ to be > > up-to-date to be useful, and often, using the very latest version of > > something just makes it hard to deploy (look at Debian and Red Hat, > > both of which maintain support for a long time). If there's actually a > > problem with something not being able to cope with current systems (eg > > something that's designed to communicate with Windows and can't talk > > to Win 8), then you go looking for a replacement package that can use > > the latest, or possibly you write it yourself. > > > > But my crystal ball tells me you're not asking about that, but rather > > about a module that was written for Python 2 and hasn't been ported to > > Python 3. (Usually there won't be other issues; if something breaks > > between Py3.2 and Py3.3, it'll be easily fixed.) There are a few > > options: > > > > 1) Talk to the author/maintainer. Explain that you want to use his/her > > code with Python 3 but can't. Often, the only reason something isn't > > ported is because of a perceived lack of interest. > > 2) Run the module code through the 2to3 utility. That might even be > > all you need to do. > > 3) Port it yourself. Start with 2to3, and then work through any > > problems you have. I would recommend getting to know the module on > > Python 2 first, so you have a chance of knowing what it ought to be > > doing. > > > > You aren't the first to inquire about this. A quick Google search for > > 'mechanize python 3' brought this up: > > http://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~adevore/mechanize/ > > > > Also, poking around a bit shows recommendations for the lxml and > > requests modules, which may be able to do what you want. > > > > So to answer your general question: Work, sometimes lots of work > > (though not always). But for Mechanize specifically, Requests may be > > your best bet. > > > > ChrisA
I appreciate this. I did not know of 2to3, and I am going to give that a shot right now. Thank you! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
