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It is crazy to see they are still using python 2. Seeing how slow the conversions to python 3 have been, was creating python 3 a good decision for python commun
by wonjohnchoi 7y ago
It is crazy to see they are still using python 2. Seeing how slow the conversions to python 3 have been, was creating python 3 a good decision for python community? Can it be argued that developing python 2 further in a backward compatible way would have been better for the community? I know that evaluating this kind of thing is hard as metrics are bound to be subjective and speculative. But I am curious if there was any serious attempt to figure it out.
- ddxxdd 7y agoI remember a long time ago, I used the "six" library (Python (2 * 3) ) to code in Python 2 with an API based on Python 3. I'm not entirely sure how well the line of code: "import six" would fix any compatibility issues nowadays.
- speedplane 7y ago> was creating python 3 a good decision for python community? ... I know that evaluating this kind of thing is hard I don't think there is any question here: Python 3 is a complete disaster. Years and years of engineering effort wasted on changing string libraries. Sadly, the Python leadership refuses to acknowledge the failing, perhaps because such an acknowledgement would challenge their omnipotence ... it would, and it should.