I agree... I'm not opposed to moving to 2.5, but I don't want to rush into it based on a trivially fixable minor piece of code. I'd rather wait for a compelling argument like some major python 2.5 feature that really makes some new capability we're developing a lot easier (if there is such a thing).
Steve On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 9:42 AM, Ali Saidi <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Probably the best plan. > > Ali > > On 21.03.2012 11:33, Andreas Hansson > wrote: > > > It's a trivial change indeed. I'm happy to change it to a > traditional > > if/else, and then we can have the 2.5 discussion > independent of this > > modification. > > > > Andreas > > > > -----Original > Message----- > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of nathan binkert > > Sent: > 21 March 2012 16:20 > > To: gem5 Developer List > > Subject: Re: [gem5-dev] > Python version > > > > I have no problem going to 2.5 if that is the > consensus and desire (so > > we can get things like the with statement and > context managers, -m for > > executing gem5 as a module, and relative > imports), that said, this > > change is super trivial and isn't a good > reason to move. > > > > By the way, "x if y else z" can be done in older > versions of python as > > "y and x or z". That said, I'm not much of a fan > of either really. > > > > Nate > > > >> I would be for making 2.5 the minimum > version. All supported versions of Ubuntu have python >=2.5 as does the > last two revisions of OS X. RHEL 6 and newer also have python 2.5. While > RHEL 5 has 2.4 and is probably still widely in use, it also has gcc > 4.1.2 which we don't support, so that probably isn't an argument for > staying with 2.4. Ali On 21.03.2012 09:50, Nilay Vaish wrote: > >> > >>> > Changeset 7d74a97c525f > >> uses python syntax that was made available > from > >> > >>> version 2.5 onwards. > >> Should we re-write this changeset, > or should we move -- Nilay > _______________________________________________ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gem5-dev mailing > list > > [email protected] > > http://m5sim.org/mailman/listinfo/gem5-dev > > > > > -- IMPORTANT NOTICE: The contents of this email and any attachments > are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended > recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the > contents to any other person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy > the information in any medium. Thank you. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gem5-dev mailing > list > > [email protected] > > http://m5sim.org/mailman/listinfo/gem5-dev > > > > > Links: > ------ > [1] mailto:[email protected] > [2] > mailto:[email protected] > _______________________________________________ > gem5-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://m5sim.org/mailman/listinfo/gem5-dev > _______________________________________________ gem5-dev mailing list [email protected] http://m5sim.org/mailman/listinfo/gem5-dev
