On Fri, 14 Jul 2006 23:38:52 +0200, "\"Martin v. Löwis\"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Christopher Armstrong wrote:
>> python -U is a failure for obvious reasons and a
>> __future__ import is clearly better.
>
>I disagree.
I am surprised that you do, since I thought that Chris's conclusion was
pretty obvious. Python -U doesn't work, even on the standard library.
For example,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~% python -S -U -c 'import pickletools'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 1, in ?
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/pickletools.py", line 219, in ?
doc="One-byte unsigned integer.")
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/pickletools.py", line 187, in __init__
assert isinstance(name, str)
AssertionError
This was just the first convenient example. There are others.
A __future__ import would allow these behaviors to be upgraded module-by-module.
Right now, all -U provides is an option that can't be used on any realistically
sized program, so I don't see what the utility is.
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