[Python-Dev] Python 2.x and 3.x use survey, 2014 edition (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Tue Dec 16 22:56:51 CET 2014

This thread hasn't been productive for a really long time now.

On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 1:52 PM, Ethan Furman <ethan at stoneleaf.us> wrote: >> On 12/16/2014 12:31 PM, Brian Curtin wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 2:15 PM, Skip Montanaro wrote: > >> On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 1:58 PM, Marko Rauhamaa wrote: > >>> > >>> IMO, you should consider forking your library code for Python2 and > >>> Python3. > >> > >> I don't get the idea that Brett Cannon agrees with you: > >> > >> > http://nothingbutsnark.svbtle.com/commentary-on-getting-your-code-to-run-on-python-23 > >> > >> While he doesn't explicitly say so, I got the distinct impression > reading > >> his recent blog post that he supports one source, not forked sources. > >> > >> In the absence to evidence to the contrary, I think of Brett as the most > >> expert developer in the porting space. > > > > I'm a few inches shorter than Brett, but having done several sizable > > ports, dual-source has never even on the table. I would prefer the > > "run 2to3 at installation time" option before maintaining two versions > > (which I do not prefer at all in reality). >> I have a handful of projects. The tiny ones are one-source, the biggest > one (dbf) is not. >> If I had an entire application I would probably split the difference, and > just have dual source on a single module to > hold the classes/functions that > absolutely-had-to-have-this-or-that-feature (exec (the statement) vs exec > (the function) > comes to mind). >> -- > Ethan >>> _________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/guido%40python.org >>

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