On 24 jul. 2012, at 18:39, Anthony Scopatz wrote: > The next version of PyTables that will be released will be v3.0 and will be > Python 3 compliant. I thought that this would be an excellent (if not the > only) chance to bring the PyTables API into full PEP8 compliance [1]. This > would mean changing function and attribute names like: > > tb.openFile() -> tb.open_file() > > For the next couple of releases BOTH the new and old API would be available > to facilitate this transition (ie tb.openFile() and tb.open_file() would both > work). To ease migration, we would also provide a 2to3-like utility for > you to use on your code base that would update the API for you automatically. > At some fixed point in the future (v3.2?), the old API would go away, but > you would have had ample time to run this script. The developers either feel > positively or neutral to these changes. > > The question for you the user is then, would this be something that you would > like to see? How valuable would you find this change? Is bundling this with > the Python 3 change too much overhead?
+1 Although for the example you give here I would prefer to change to tb.open(). Namespaces exist for a reason, I think. And yes, that would mean that a significant part of the examples and documentation would need to be written with 'import tables as tb' instead of 'from tables import *'. I find the former much better for learning. Since most of the functionality is accessed through instance methods anyway, the namespace isn't too big anyway. This change will require careful thought, but I think it is worth it. About the timing. Since many of the packages I need aren't on py3, I haven't given much thought to py3. I have of course followed the recommended practices (use the print function, not the statement, ...) for py 2.7, but other than that I have yet to figure out 2to3. Since this change will require attention to older code anyway, we might as well fold this PEP8 change into the Python 3 one. Best, Maarten ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Pytables-users mailing list Pytables-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pytables-users
