On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 12:41 PM, Laurent Gautier <lgaut...@gmail.com> wrote: > - a user is running a python script (he expects to be working), and is using > the default /usr/bin/python (formerly Python 2, now Python 3). If the > program fails because of obvious Python 2-only idioms, reporting this rather > that the SyntaxError is much less confusing.
2to3 will not report this. It will get rid of the SyntaxError (which at least is fairly clear) and give you a completely different and even more obscure error. You have replaced a somewhat unclear error with a very unclear error. If we want to report a problem, then /usr/bin/python should just report that you should use /usr/bin/python2 or /usr/bin/python3. That's clear. //Lennart _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
