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On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 4:28 PM, Modulok <modu...@gmail.com> wrote: > After following the reading suggestions, I soon found myself looking > at quite a few code examples that would only run under a particular > version of python. Finally, I converted the example that I was > working on to run under Python3. I just wondered if you guys would > advise a newbie like me to concentrate on Python3 or stay with Python2 > and get into bad habits when it comes to change eventually? Apart > from the print and input functions, I haven't so far got a lot to > re-learn. > > Kind regards, Barry. > > > Barry, > > If you're just starting out, go with 3.x. If you have a need for some third > party modules that aren't yet available for 3.x, you'll have to stick with > 2.x. > Most beginner tutorials will work without changes, except for the print > statement is now a function, e.g: > > print "foo" > > Is now: > > print("foo") > > There isn't a whole lot of difference in syntax to learn. Some modules have > been renamed, some module functions re-worked, etc. Probably the biggest > change > is the move to all unicode strings. One thing you can do if you're running 2.x > but want to get into the 3.x swing of things is turn on 3.x warnings. It will > tell you if you did something the 2to3 tool can't automatically fix: > > python2.6 -3 > > If you want, you can actually use the 3.x style print function and true > division when using 2.x by putting this at the top of your code:: > > from __future__ import print_function > from __future__ import division > > Now in 2.x, just like 3.x this will raise an exception: > > print "foo" #<-- Now fails in 2.x > print("foo") #<-- Works. > > -Modulok- > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor -- Regards ~ S. Irfan Rizvi ADR-TS _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor