Steven D'Aprano wrote:
I prefer to consider Python 2.7 and Python 3.x as different dialects of the same language. There are a very few handful of incompatibilities, most of which can be automatically resolved by the 2to3 fixers.
Yes, I am actually finding this to be consistent with my experience of trying to come up to speed with 3.2. I have been relieved to find that less has changed than the fear-mongering and bickering was leading me to believe.
Another item that would be nice as an IDLE enhancement would be a menu option that applies the fixers (either direction depending on version 2.7 <--> 3.2) right in the IDE. Entries that could not be fixed could be flagged for manual update.
If there are good tools for app developers to use to make the transition smoother then the development community won't get their ear chewed off so ragged, I'm supposing.
kind regards, m harris -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
