In a message of Mon, 02 Nov 2015 01:27:24 +1100, Chris Angelico writes: >On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 1:11 AM, <paul.hermeneu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Nov 1, 2015 2:45 AM, "Chris Angelico" <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> I'm proud to say that a Python tutoring company has just converted its >>> course over from teaching Python 2.7 to teaching 3.x. For the >>> naysayers out there, it actually wasn't much of a transition; >> >> This would make an excellent opportunity to develop a curriculum to teach >> students how to maintain a 2.x and 3.x code base using 2to3. >> >> 2.x is not going away as fast as some would like.
>I'd rather not use 2to3 there. If you want to maintain a library that >can be used from 2.x and 3.x, it's much better to aim for the >compatible middle - u prefixes on all Unicode strings, b prefixes on >all byte strings, stick to ASCII where possible, etc, etc. Much easier >than writing code for one branch and then converting to the other. How about using six, same idea with the curriculum? Laura -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
