On 3/20/14 4:59 PM, Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
Ned Batchelder <n...@nedbatchelder.com>:
It's an extreme case, but the latest released version of coverage.py
supports Python 2.3 through 3.3 with one code base. To do it, there's
a compatibility layer (akin to six). Then you stay away from features
that aren't available on all versions. In a few places, you might need
to have version checks, and the code can get a little idiomatic to
continue to work.
Well, with proper care, I suppose the same code base could support perl
as well. ;)
I'm not sure how to take this comment. I feel like you are mocking my
choice. I wanted to make coverage.py available to as broad an audience
as possible, something that I think is worthwhile. Yes, there was an
engineering cost, but the tradeoff was worth it.
Marko
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