On 19/05/2011 10:22, Jacob Kruger wrote:
Ok, firstly, I have moved over to an email address I do actually have some control over the format of, but anyway.
Thanks for doing that -- it does make a difference to those of us reading the result :) [... Which version of Python? ...] It's a tricky one (sometimes) and an amount is determined by what libraries or tools you want / need to use. You've mentioned py2exe and Eclipse, and if the lack of those, for example, is a showstopper then your decision is made. That said, PyDev (the Python "mode" for Eclipse) does appear to support Python 3 (I can't find an outright statement to that effect, but there are several mentions of Python3 in their docs). Also, I don't about py2exe, but cx_freeze seems to have versions for Python 3. But regardless of tools, there's the wider issue: which is better to start off with? I think it's worth pointing out that, especially if you're looking at 2.7 -- but even with earlier 2.x versions -- there isn't *that* much difference. My wmi library runs unaltered on versions from 2.4 to 3.3. I did have to make some tiny compromises, but the point I'm making is that Python 3 is *not* worlds away from Python 2. Whichever version you plump for now, you'll be well-placed to use the other one if you ever need to. General guidance would be: go with Python 3 if you're starting afresh, unless you have some overriding need for a library or tool which hasn't been ported (and which you can't easily port yourself... it might be easier than you think). Another of my libraries runs on both versions by virtue of running the 2to3.py library across it on install. (The pywin32 extensions use the same approach). TJG _______________________________________________ python-win32 mailing list python-win32@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
