On Monday, 1 July 2019 18.59.42 WEST Björn Persson wrote: > Porting a Python 2 program to Python 3 is not like switching to another > version of GCC. It's more like converting a C program into C++ – and > even then, my gut feeling is that the minimal changes necessary to turn > a typical C program into valid C++ would be fewer changes per line than > the changes necessary to turn Python 2 into Python3.
My gut feeling was the same until I had to port code from python 2 to python 3. Requiring at least python 3.5 and using tools like modernize or futurize to identify the parts where there could be problems reduced the work a lot. Of course that good tests are a must since sometimes there are some issues slipping under the radar. But on the whole the experience was easier than expected and the resulting code has improved because of that. Usual disclaimer: it depends on the code being ported and your mileage may vary. :-) -- José Abílio _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org
