[IronPython] IronPython 3

[Dody Gunawinata]

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On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Michael Foord <fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk>wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> I have an idea for how I'd like to see IronPython 3 developed, not sure how
> much extra work it would be but it would be very cool...
>
> I'd love to see IronPython 3 as a separate DLR language that could be used
> alongside IronPython 2.X. That way an IronPython 2 engine could use
> IronPython 3 engines and vice versa. This would allow Python 3 apps to use
> Python 2 libraries (with a wrapper layer) and vice-versa, and be unique in
> the Python world (well the Jython guys could do it as well).
>
> I guess there are two ways of doing it. Either provide a single
> implementation where Python engines can be created as 2.X engines or 3.X
> engines. I imagine this would be fairly painful to do. Alternatively provide
> a separate set of assemblies for Python 3 - IronPython3.dll,
> IronPython3.Modules.dll etc. so that projects can reference *both* as
> separate dlr languages - I imagine this might make sharing code between the
> implementations a bit 'fiddly'.
>
> It would however make the transition from IronPython 2 to IronPython 3 a
> lot less painful.
>
> All the best,
>
> Michael
>
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