[Python-Dev] 2to3, 3to2: official status (original) (raw)

Ben Finney ben+python at benfinney.id.au
Thu Nov 5 04:20:41 CET 2009

Collin Winter <collinw at gmail.com> writes:

On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 6:49 PM, Ben Finney <ben+python at benfinney.id.au> wrote: > Okay. It's probably best for anyone with their Python developer hat > on (which, in this forum, is all the time for any Python developer) > to make the status of 3to2 clear when recommending it to people > concerned about future plans.

Are you implying that we shouldn't recommend 3to2 to people wanting to develop in Py3k and back-translate to 2.x?

No, I'm implying that mentioning Python 3, 3to2, and 2to3 all together in a discussion about how to migrate can easily give the false impression that they're all equally supported by the Python developers.

That 3to2 is not supported officially is certainly something I'd want to know if a Python core developer was recommending it to me to reassure me about the migration path to Python 3, and I didn't get that impression from the way it's been casually referenced in this discussion.

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