Re: Python 3000 and "Python Regrets"

2004-12-03 Thread Nick Coghlan
Tim Peters wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is there a list of expected incompatibilities with Python 2.3? No. PEP 3000 doesn't count? Actually, PEP 3000 should be taken with a (large) grain of salt, since it's only updated somewhat irregularly - but it's the closest thing I know of to a proposed feature

Re: Python 3000 and "Python Regrets"

2004-12-03 Thread Dieter Maurer
Tim Peters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes on Wed, 1 Dec 2004 13:38:49 -0500: > ... > > Are serious Python programmers already taking care to avoid > > using Python features that may disappear in Python 3000? > > No, although some naturally avoid dubious features without being > threatened . Are there

Re: Python 3000 and "Python Regrets"

2004-12-03 Thread TZOTZIOY
On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 15:44:03 -0500, rumours say that Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> might have written: >Brad Tilley wrote: >> How about 'import classic' > >... or > >from __past__ import __mistakes__ I'll drink to that! >looking-forwards-to-christmas-ly y'rs - steve In the PSU HQ everyday

Re: Python 3000 and "Python Regrets"

2004-12-02 Thread Peter Maas
Dave Benjamin schrieb: LOL! Better yet: import __past__ del __past__.__mistakes__ Boy, what a load off! Merry Christmas in advance, from __future__ import NewYear A Happy New Year to everybody! ;) -- --- Peter Maas, M+R Infosysteme,

Re: Python 3000 and "Python Regrets"

2004-12-01 Thread Peter Hansen
Dave Benjamin wrote: Steve Holden wrote: from __past__ import __mistakes__ LOL! Better yet: import __past__ del __past__.__mistakes__ You can't change the past, as everyone knows, so the names in that module are constants, like None is in Python 2.4. It's better simply not to spend time looking at

Re: Python 3000 and "Python Regrets"

2004-12-01 Thread Dave Benjamin
Steve Holden wrote: Brad Tilley wrote: Matt Gerrans wrote: Anyway, what's to worry about?When the time comes just whip out a little script that converts Python 1.6 (or whatever you like) to Python3K; it will only take seven lines of P3K code. How about 'import classic' ... or from __past__

Re: Python 3000 and "Python Regrets"

2004-12-01 Thread Gustavo Córdova Avila
Brad Tilley wrote: Matt Gerrans wrote: Anyway, what's to worry about?When the time comes just whip out a little script that converts Python 1.6 (or whatever you like) to Python3K; it will only take seven lines of P3K code. How about 'import classic' from past import python23 :-) -- Gustavo Có

Re: Python 3000 and "Python Regrets"

2004-12-01 Thread Steve Holden
Brad Tilley wrote: Matt Gerrans wrote: Anyway, what's to worry about?When the time comes just whip out a little script that converts Python 1.6 (or whatever you like) to Python3K; it will only take seven lines of P3K code. How about 'import classic' ... or from __past__ import __mistakes__ l

Re: Python 3000 and "Python Regrets"

2004-12-01 Thread Brad Tilley
Matt Gerrans wrote: Anyway, what's to worry about?When the time comes just whip out a little script that converts Python 1.6 (or whatever you like) to Python3K; it will only take seven lines of P3K code. How about 'import classic' -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python 3000 and "Python Regrets"

2004-12-01 Thread Matt Gerrans
Anyway, what's to worry about?When the time comes just whip out a little script that converts Python 1.6 (or whatever you like) to Python3K; it will only take seven lines of P3K code. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python 3000 and "Python Regrets"

2004-12-01 Thread Tim Peters
[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I just came across the slides for Guido van Rossum's "Python > Regrets" talk, given in 2002. It worries me that much of my Python > code would be broken if all of his ideas were implemented. Actually, none of it would break, provided you don't change the Python implementation y

Re: Python 3000 and "Python Regrets"

2004-12-01 Thread Ian Bicking
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just came across the slides for Guido van Rossum's "Python Regrets" talk, given in 2002. It worries me that much of my Python code would be broken if all of his ideas were implemented. He doesn't even like 'print'. Of course, I am not qualified to argue with Van Rossum ab

Python 3000 and "Python Regrets"

2004-12-01 Thread beliavsky
I just came across the slides for Guido van Rossum's "Python Regrets" talk, given in 2002. It worries me that much of my Python code would be broken if all of his ideas were implemented. He doesn't even like 'print'. Of course, I am not qualified to argue with Van Rossum about the direction of Pyth