[Python-3000] u'text' as an alias for 'text'?

[Georg Brandl]

Amaury Forgeot d'Arc schrieb:
> Ralf Schmitt wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 1:30 PM, Lennart Regebro <regebro at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 1:16 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de>
>> wrote:
>> > >  However, it *is* common to install Python code before running it.
>> >
>> > Not every time you make a change in the code.
>> >
>>
>> I also happen to have test code that will not be installed with python
>> setup.py install, so I would have to manually convert that.
> 
> What about using sys.path_hooks to run 2to3 on the fly at import time?
> It would cache its results, of course.
> 

See http://dev.pocoo.org/hg/sandbox/file/tip/auto2to3.py  - it's awfully
slow.

Georg


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