[Python-Dev] Migration from Python 2.7 and bytes formatting (original) (raw)

Ryan Gonzalez rymg19 at gmail.com
Fri Jan 17 21:26:22 CET 2014

Regardless, I still feel the introduction of a switch and all that stuff is too complicated. I understand you position, since all my applications are written in Python 2(except 1). However, I don't think this is the best solution.

On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 2:19 PM, Neil Schemenauer <nas at arctrix.com> wrote:

On 2014-01-17, Ryan Gonzalez wrote: > A command line parameter??

I believe it has to be global flag. A future statement will not work. Probably we should allow the flag to be set with an environment variable as well. > The annoying part would be telling every single user to call Python with a > certain argument and hope they read the README. > > If it's a library, out of the question. > > If it's a program, well, I hope your users read READMEs. The purpose of the command line parameter is not for end users. It is intended to help developers port millions of lines of existing Python 2.x code. I'm very sad if Python core developers don't realize the enormity of the task and don't continue to make efforts to make it easier. Regards, Neil

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