On Jun 8, 2016 4:04 PM, "Neil Schemenauer" <n...@python.ca> wrote: > > [I've posted something about this on python-ideas but since I now > have some basic working code, I think it is more than an idea.] > > I think the uptake of Python 3 is starting to accelerate. That's > good. However, there are still millions or maybe billions of lines > of Python code that still needs to be ported. It is beneficial to > the Python ecosystem if this code can get ported. > > My idea is to make a stepping stone version of Python, between 2.7.x > and 3.x that eases the porting job. The high level goals are: > > - code coming out of 2to3 runs correctly on this modified Python > > - code that runs without warnings on this modified Python will run > correctly on Python 3.x. > > Achieving these goals is not technically possible. Still, I want to > reduce as much as possible the manual work involved in porting. > Incrementally fixing code that generates warnings is a lot easier > than trying to fix an entire application or library at once. > > I have a very early version on github: > > https://github.com/nascheme/ppython > > I'm hoping if people find it useful then they would contribute > backwards compatibility fixes that help their applications or > librarys run. I am currently running a newly 2to3 ported > application on it. At this time there is no warning generated but I > would rather get a warning then have one of my customers run into a > porting bug. > > To be clear, I'm not proposing that these backwards compatiblity > features go into Python 3.x or that this modified Python becomes the > standard version. It is purely an intermediate step in getting code > ported to Python 3. > > I've temporarily named it "Pragmatic Python". I'd like a better > name if someone can suggest one. Maybe something like Perverted, > Debauched or Impure Python. >
...Perverted Python? Ouch. What about something like "unpythonic" or similar? > Regards, > > Neil > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/rymg19%40gmail.com -- Ryan [ERROR]: Your autotools build scripts are 200 lines longer than your program. Something’s wrong. http://kirbyfan64.github.io/
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