On Wed, 15 Jan 2014 13:22:44 +0100 "Martin v. Löwis" <mar...@v.loewis.de> wrote: > Am 12.01.14 18:39, schrieb Nachshon David Armon: > >>> I propose that this new version of python use the python 3 unicode model. > >>> As the version of python will be fully compatible with both python 2 and > >>> with python 3 but NOT necsesarily with all existing code in either. It is > >>> designed as a porting tool only. > > I don't think that it is possible to write an interpreter that is fully > compatible for all it accepts. Would you think that the program > > print(repr(2**80).endswith("L")) > > is in the subset that should be supported by both Python 2 and Python 3? > > Notice that it prints "True" in Python 2 and "False" in Python 3.
We probably need an "asciibool" that is both true and false. (for some value of "we" ;-)) Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com