On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 1:49 AM, Laura Creighton <l...@openend.se> wrote: >>I'd rather not use 2to3 there. If you want to maintain a library that >>can be used from 2.x and 3.x, it's much better to aim for the >>compatible middle - u prefixes on all Unicode strings, b prefixes on >>all byte strings, stick to ASCII where possible, etc, etc. Much easier >>than writing code for one branch and then converting to the other. > > How about using six, same idea with the curriculum?
If we were building libraries, then yes, six would be the way to go. But there's really no reason to bother - we're building applications from scratch (or from templates that are under our control), so it's easy to stipulate that Python 3.x is a prerequisite. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
