On 13 March 2018 at 19:12, Paul Rogers <paulgrog...@fastmail.fm> wrote:
> > Hazel, a little late in replying, I know, but I agree, it is annoying to > > have to install two versions of Python. Of course, the Python Community > > would say that there is only one version of Python now and that is > Python 3. > > I'm on Hazel's side. I like lightweight systems. And although I do > recognize there may come a time to break backward compatibility, I still > wish they'd provide a P2->P3 translator. > There is translation available; see these links:- http://www.pythonconverter.com/ https://docs.python.org/3.0/library/2to3.html However, the translation is for converting chunks of code from one version to the other. Expecting to run a translator on the fly must be close to impossible, especially where the Python code is linked to C code, which is probably true for most packages. It might be possible to convert Python 2 to Python 3 manually on a package by package basis, but it would be a painstaking business. Let us know how you get on :-) Richard
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