On 13/07/14 18:50, Joel Goldstick wrote:
I haven't tried python 3.x yet. The two differences that get talked
about most are 'print' is a statement in 2.x and a function in 3.x.
Unicode support was reworked in 3.x and so if you are working with
non-english characters, you might lean to using 3.x
I've been using python 3 almost exclusively for the last 4 months and
the differences are much more significant than the headlines suggest.
In particular the module structure and naming is very different - enough
to confuse a beginner using a Python2 tutor for sure.
But there are a lot of subtle changes under the hood - extra
options in functions for example. After about a month I gave up on my
intention to create dual version code - it was just too much work.
So 6 months ago I thought it didn't make much difference. Now I think
its quite a big decision. If you can I'd say go with python 3. All the
biggest libraries now have v3 support or alternatives exist.
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Alan G
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