On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 11:04 AM, Keshav Kini <keshav.k...@gmail.com> wrote: > Travis Scrimshaw <tsc...@ucdavis.edu> writes: >> Hey everyone, >> Should we be encouraging (or enforce) new code to be python 3 >> compliant? In particular, not using removed syntax such as exceptions >> as `raise ExceptionType, args` or `<>` comparisons? > > Encouraging, yes; enforcing, I'd say no. I don't think a Python 3 > transition for Sage is even on the horizon at this point. That said,
I was enthusiastic about switching from trying out Python3 a little for fun... however, when I actually tried to use Python3 for a brand new project involved web development (something independent from Sage), it was pretty annoying still, and I was forced back to python2. That's worrisome. So at this point your assertion "a Python 3 transition for Sage is not on the horizon" is about right. > there is plenty of "old-style" Python code in Sage which could at least > be updated to 2.7 standards anyway. That old exception raising syntax > you mentioned is one example. There are probably places where we could > make use of `with` clauses and are not. We should be using the > subprocess module instead of os.system (PEP 324). Etc.... I remember adding code that used "with" to Sage back in I think 2008 when working on generators for the coercion model. We've been using with for a long time. > -Keshav > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sage-devel" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- William Stein Professor of Mathematics University of Washington http://wstein.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
