Re: [pypy-dev] Global executable naming policy

2012-02-16 Thread Aaron DeVore
Gentoo's CPython package gives python, python2, python3, python2.x, and python3.x. Gentoo's PyPy package allows parallel PyPy versions by appending a version number. The names I listed would bring PyPy up to the level of CPython. -Aaron DeVore > On a related note, can we see sit

[pypy-dev] Global executable naming policy

2012-02-16 Thread Aaron DeVore
while ago, but the conversation sputtered out. One possible naming scheme includes these executables using Python 2.7, Python 3.3, and PyPy 1.9 as an example: pypy pypy-1.9 pypy2 pypy2-1.9 pypy3 pypy3-1.9 pypy2.7 pypy2.7-1.9 pypy3.3 pypy3.3-1.9 -Aa

Re: [pypy-dev] Policy on Python 3 and Python 2 executable names

2011-08-31 Thread Aaron DeVore
. The idea is to be proactive in policy making instead of allowing the problem to be acute like with CPython. -Aaron DeVore ___ pypy-dev mailing list pypy-dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pypy-dev

[pypy-dev] Policy on Python 3 and Python 2 executable names

2011-08-30 Thread Aaron DeVore
prefer #1 because it sticks with PEP 394 and is future-proof. #2 and #3 take away future flexibility. #4 is a horrible, horrible idea at present. -Aaron DeVore [1] http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0394/ ___ pypy-dev mailing list pypy-dev@python.org ht

Re: [pypy-dev] pypy1.6 slow on string-heavy ops

2011-08-18 Thread Aaron DeVore
Python 2.4 introduced a change that helps improve performance of string concatenation, according to its release notes. I don't know anything beyond that. -Aaron DeVore On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 3:31 PM, Justin Peel wrote: > Yes, Vincent's way is the better way to go. To elaborat