On 27/03/2015 10:47, Hansel Dunlop wrote: > Happy Friday Python People! (yes, you're happy, because it's Friday) > > Two questions for you: > > 1. I'm releasing a library. That I wrote in 2.7. But I want it to make it > compatible with 2.7+. What's the best approach for this? Especially > when a bit of code for 2.7 is a SyntaxError in 3+ > > raise test_exception, None, test_traceback # Syntax error in 3+ > > raise test_exception.with_traceback(test_traceback) # 3+ api > > So, do I write a convoluted bit of code that detects if I'm in 2.7 and > wraps the exception in something that emulates the 3+ api? > Do I have two similar modules, and decide which one to import based > on Python version? Do I have two different versions? > That seems like an obviously daft idea... but?
(Hopefully) useful links: http://python3porting.com/noconv.html#handling-exceptions http://python-future.org/compatible_idioms.html https://docs.python.org/3/howto/pyporting.html#update-your-code I'm not sure if they exactly address your case, but hopefully they'll take you in the right direction. TJG _______________________________________________ python-uk mailing list python-uk@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk
