[arch-general] python3 thoughts

[Alper KANAT]

That's nonsense. It's correct that Arch is an advanced user distribution but
you can't expect everyone to workaround each py application. Not everyone
that use Arch are developers.

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2010/11/12 C Anthony Risinger <anthony at extof.me>

> On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 12:46 PM, Auguste Pop <auguste at gmail.com> wrote:
> > The transition is indeed smooth, as least for me. I am just worrying
> > that maybe most python utilities will remain using python2 for a
> > rather long time.
> >
> > Considering the incompatibility in the fundamental print
> > function/statement, I seriously doubt the number of python2 packages
> > that can run under python3 without any modification.
> >
> > Most python programmers are clearly not so interested in the
> > bleeding-edge technologies. That's what makes me frustrated as an Arch
> > user.
>
> most problems are rather easy to workaround... so i don't know why
> there is so much fuss about py3k.  personally, i welcome it;  clean up
> basic language constructs, do it all at once, and make everything more
> consistent.  consistency is a wonderful thing for a developer.
>
> even the print statement is easy:
>
> print('this is a test')
>
> works correctly in python2 and py3k... only when you add multiple
> args, does it break:
>
> print('this is a test', 'so is this')
>
> because in python the comma is the tuple operator, not parentheses.
> all you have to do is join you args together before sending to print.
> or, just use:
>
> sys.stdout.write()
>
> thought some changes are more difficult, ultimately, it's not that
> disruptive imo.  it's clearly the path forward; no use in dragging
> feet.
>
> C Anthony
>