Thanks Tim, of course I'm talking about Python2.5-compatible code only. There are tools which can help you keep compatibility with 2.5 even if actually using a newer version - e.g. Eclipse PyDev has a grammar checker with configurable target version. Common sense also helps.
Having this in mind, dev_appserver compatibility with later Python versions can certainly be useful. On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 9:54 AM, Tim Hoffman <zutes...@gmail.com> wrote: > You will need to watch that libraries/modules or code that uses things > like "with" (context managers ...) include the > from __future__ import with_statement otherwise these will blow up > when you run in production. > > Also 2.6 has advanced string formatting .format method of str and > unicode which isn't present in 2.5 > > 2.6 has a future feature of using print as a function. > > Here is a complete list http://docs.python.org/whatsnew/2.6.html > > So the bottom line is you whilst 2.6 will work in dev, you could end > up with code that will not > run in production. Chances are you are unlikely to use these features > in your own code > but a thirdparty library could. > > So user beware and test in live appengine (get your self a test > instance) before you unleash > you new code on the masses ;-) > > Personally I wouldn't bother using 2.6 until it is officially > supported by google in production. > The little extra pain you might have in dev setting it up will be a > lot less than the production > pain if you miss something and have to go and install 2.5 anyway ;-) > > Rgds > > Tim > > > > On Oct 6, 11:17 am, Peter Petrov <onest...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 3:28 AM, Ikai Lan (Google) > > <ikai.l+gro...@google.com <ikai.l%2bgro...@google.com>< > ikai.l%2bgro...@google.com <ikai.l%252bgro...@google.com>> > > > > > wrote: > > > - Fixed an issue with task queue tasks not running on the dev_appserver > > > when > > > using Python 2.6. > > > > Does this mean that Python 2.6 is now (more or less) supported for the > > dev_appserver? Are there any significant issues remaining when not using > > Python 2.5? I'm asking because it's quite a pain having to setup an old > > Python version on modern Linux distros. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" group. > To post to this group, send email to google-appeng...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<google-appengine%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to google-appeng...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
