Re: [Python-Dev] Compatibility between Python 2.3.x and Python 2.4.x

2005-09-16 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Rich Burridge wrote: >>And I forgot to give you this link: >>http://docs.python.org/whatsnew/whatsnew24.html > > > That lists the changes. It's not clear (at least to me) whether > these changes are incompatible. The section http://docs.python.org/whatsnew/node15.html is meant to cover incomp

Re: [Python-Dev] Compatibility between Python 2.3.x and Python 2.4.x

2005-09-15 Thread Rich Burridge
Hi Neal, Ray, Neal wrote: > The binary versions (.pyc and .pyo) are not compatible, their magic > number is different. I don't know the details, but if you want to > investigate yourself. Get a CVS version, cd python/dist/src ; cvs > diff -r r23 -r r24 Python/import.c > > That shows the magic

Re: [Python-Dev] Compatibility between Python 2.3.x and Python 2.4.x

2005-09-15 Thread Phillip J. Eby
At 05:44 PM 9/15/2005 -0400, Raymond Hettinger wrote: >[Neal Norwitz] > > That shows the magic number changing. You will need to read CVS logs > > to figure out why. It's possible the numbers don't really *need* to > > change. > >The new LIST_APPEND opcode won't run on Py2.3. The OP asked about

Re: [Python-Dev] Compatibility between Python 2.3.x and Python 2.4.x

2005-09-15 Thread Raymond Hettinger
[Neal Norwitz] > That shows the magic number changing. You will need to read CVS logs > to figure out why. It's possible the numbers don't really *need* to > change. The new LIST_APPEND opcode won't run on Py2.3. Raymond ___ Python-Dev mailing li

Re: [Python-Dev] Compatibility between Python 2.3.x and Python 2.4.x

2005-09-15 Thread Fredrik Lundh
(oops. trying again) Rich Burridge wrote: > I'm involved with the team that's working towards installing Python 2.4.x > as part of a future release of the Solaris O/S. > > We currently have Python 2.3.x installed. We are trying to determine just > how compatible these two release are (at both the

Re: [Python-Dev] Compatibility between Python 2.3.x and Python 2.4.x

2005-09-15 Thread Neal Norwitz
On 9/15/05, Rich Burridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm involved with the team that's working towards installing Python 2.4.x > as part of a future release of the Solaris O/S. Cool. I would like to hear more about what you are doing. > We currently have Python 2.3.x installed. We

Re: [Python-Dev] Compatibility between Python 2.3.x and Python 2.4.x

2005-09-15 Thread Fredrik Lundh
Rich Burridge wrote: > I'm involved with the team that's working towards installing Python 2.4.x > as part of a future release of the Solaris O/S. > > We currently have Python 2.3.x installed. We are trying to determine just > how compatible these two release are (at both the binary and source lev

[Python-Dev] Compatibility between Python 2.3.x and Python 2.4.x

2005-09-15 Thread Rich Burridge
Hi, I'm involved with the team that's working towards installing Python 2.4.x as part of a future release of the Solaris O/S. We currently have Python 2.3.x installed. We are trying to determine just how compatible these two release are (at both the binary and source levels). In other words, wi