[IronPython] Wishlist for next version: from __future__ import print_function

Vernon Cole vernondcole at gmail.com
Thu Nov 13 15:13:13 CET 2008


Done.
Everyone go vote:
http://www.codeplex.com/IronPython/WorkItem/View.aspx?WorkItemId=19521
http://www.codeplex.com/IronPython/WorkItem/View.aspx?WorkItemId=19522
--
Vernon

On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 12:30 AM, Curt Hagenlocher <curt at hagenlocher.org>wrote:

> These sound good.  Can you file them on CodePlex, please?
>
> On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 3:32 AM, Vernon Cole <vernondcole at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Some time back contributors to this forum were invited to suggest which
>> Python3k and Python 2.6 functions were most important to implement in the
>> next IronPython.
>>
>> I downloaded Python 2.6 and Python3.0RC2 today and started hacking at
>> making adodbapi work in Python 3.  (Now that it works in Iron, py3k seems
>> like the next logical thing.)  Conversion to Python2.6 is the first baby
>> step.  Roger Upole has already done some of the work, so I picked up his
>> branch off CVS.
>>
>> I quickly discovered that the first thing I need for each module is to
>> add:
>>
>> from __future__ import print_function
>> from __future__ import unicode_literals
>>
>> This makes IronPython immediatly error out, of course.
>>
>> The unicode_literals would be a simple "pass" statement for IronPython,
>> which already defaults that way.
>> The convertion of "print" from a statement to a function affects every
>> Python program down to "Hello, World". IMHO it would be the most important
>> thing to implement.
>> --
>> Vernon Cole
>>
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