It would help if cython could generate compiler warnings for a release or two about py2-specific constructs before officially switching the default language level.
On Mon, May 28, 2018 at 2:14 PM Stefan Behnel <stefan...@behnel.de> wrote: > Hi, > > Python 3 is clearly taking over the world these days, so it starts feeling > arcane to require Py2 syntax in .pyx files. Increasingly, it means that > people cannot just rename .py files anymore to start optimising them, > because the .py file has a high chance of being written in Py3 syntax. > > Eventually, we will have to switch to Py3 syntax by default in order to > follow what most people are (or will be) used to. > > As a transition, I think we could start warning about cases where the > language level is not set explicitly. If people start marking their code as > being "Cython 2.x code", either with an in-file directive or from their > setup.py, we will have less of a problem in the future to change the > default. > > What do you think? Any other ideas, comments, objections? > > Stefan > _______________________________________________ > cython-devel mailing list > cython-devel@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/cython-devel >
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