Thanks alot Larry for your comprehensive answer. "Larry Bates" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Short answer: yes > > Things to watch out for: > > 1) Versions on both Windows/Linux need to be compatible. If Linux > has same or later version, you are normally OK. If Linux version > is older, you will have to use only Python Libraries and functions > that are in the oldest version. > > 2) Don't use OS-specific constructs. Things like backslashes > in filenames, etc. Use os.path.join, os.path.basename, etc. to work > with paths. Linux has OS-specific code that handles all the > cross-OS problems for you if you use these methods. Don't hard > code drive letters in your code, Linux/Mac don't have drive letters. > > 3) Obviously you can't use Python Windows extensions, which won't > port. You can't move something that is written as COM object or > as a Windows service (sorry those were probably too obvious ;-). > > 4) If you use GUI, use something that is cross-platform (like > wxWindows, TK, etc.). You can't use Windows-specific GUI calls. > > 5) You can be affected by word length issues if you move from > 32-bit Windows to 64-bit Linux. Normally this is only only > a problem if you use struct module to pack/unpack buffers or if > you do bit shift operations (e.g. <<, >>). > > 6) Don't depend on Windows line endings in files. Linux/Mac > use different ones than Windows. > > 7) Some Linux machine have different endian storage of bytes. > If you do bit shifting or struct pack/unpack you will need to > take that into account. > > 8) If you have OS-specific "things" in your code, put them in > a function or class that can easily be rewritten for the > specific OS you are porting to. Don't spread them out all > through your code. It is much easier to rewrite a couple of > functions/classes that are OS-specific than it is to try to > find problems all over your program. > > Hope info helps at least a little. > > -Larry > > > A.M wrote: >> Hi, >> >> >> >> I am planning to develop python applications on windows and run them on >> Linux. Are ActivePython scripts compatible with Linux? Is there any >> guideline that explains the compatibility issues between python in >> different >> platforms? >> >> >> >> What would be the best approach for what I am trying to do? >> >> >> >> Any help would be appreciated, >> >> Alan >> >>
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