Hi > > But it _is_ entirely practical to run CML2 with a bog-standard python > > 1.5 interpreter. I just did a search/replace for the python2-ism's like > > > > <x> += <y> => <x> = <x> + <y>, and > > <string>.<op>(<arg>) => string.<op>(<string>, <arg>) > > > > Worked around some missing functionality in the older shlex and curses > > modules and I can now use oldconfig, menuconfig, xconfig, and cmladvent > > with CML2 and a python1 interpreter. It also still works fine with > > python2 as well. > > > > http://ravel.coda.cs.cmu.edu/cml2-1.9.4-python1.patch (36K) > > > > 36K might sound like a lot, but given the fact that the CML python > > sources totals about 280KB, it is a pretty small diff, and the whole > > "but python2 isn't standard in distributions and the license is bad" > > argument can be dropped and we can get on with life. > > It's a good try. But there are some important things missing from > this patch -- notably the Textpad class, which is needed for doing > popup queries correctly. ... > I personally added the ncurses/Textpad/ascii features to the Python > libraries shipped in 2.0, and I did it for a reason -- to support what >
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