On May 2, 2008, at 10:56 PM, Stefan Behnel wrote: > Hi, > > Dag Sverre Seljebotn wrote: >> Are there any real reasons for leaving the Cython compiler (not >> talking >> about generated or supported code of course) at Python 2.3, rather >> than >> a small bump to 2.4? Reason: I'd like decorators. >> >> The rationale: Notice that parse tree visitors can currently be >> written >> like this: >> >> class AnalyseControlFlow(VisitorTransform): >> def pre_FuncDefNode(self, node): >> node.body.analyse_control_flow(node.scope) >> return False # do not recurse beyond first function level > > If this way of doing it is accepted, I'm actually for accepting 2.4 > code. I > don't know any important platform that doesn't come with at least > Py2.4. And > note that most people won't even need to run Cython themselves, > even if they > use software implemented in Cython.
We ship our own Python (2.5.2) with Sage, but I would rather stick with 2.3 compatibility. You might not consider it "important" but my computer (OS X 10.4, yet I know 10.5 is out but I haven't found the time to upgrade yet) has 2.3 by default, as did OS X 10.3. I very much dislike using __class__.__name__ to decide what functions to call, but it doesn't look like you need decorators to get around this, do you? - Robert _______________________________________________ Cython-dev mailing list [email protected] http://codespeak.net/mailman/listinfo/cython-dev
