On 30/04/16 00:05, Ken G. wrote: > been able to change over to Python3. I am not together sure if Python3 > is now more stable to use and more commonly use.
It is definitely stable and most libraries are now converted (although a few remain v2 only). Availability of libraries is now the only real reason to stick with v2 IMHO. > change over but do realize there is a learning curve to learn. The main learning is in the libraries rather than the core language. Quite a lot of modules got changed/moved/renamed etc. Also the return values of a lot of functions changed to iterators and the like. Those are the things that tend to catch you out, not the core language. > there is a script to translate my Python2 programs to Python3 format. Yes there is, although it's not foolproof, you often have to manually tweak things. It comes with v3 in, I think, the scripts folder. There is also something called six that you should investigate if you have a significant amount of v2 code to manage alongside v3. -- Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ http://www.amazon.com/author/alan_gauld Follow my photo-blog on Flickr at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alangauldphotos _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
