[Python-3000] Python 3.0 Porting Strategies

Neal Norwitz nnorwitz at gmail.com
Fri Mar 28 05:33:04 CET 2008


On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 3:52 AM, Lennart Regebro <regebro at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 5:33 AM, Talin <talin at acm.org> wrote:
>  >  -- A document describing the "common subset", and how to write programs
>  >  in it. This doesn't have to be a complete standalone manual, just an
>  >  addendum to the regular Python docs explaining what things to avoid and
>  >  how to get around them.
>  >
>  >  -- That document could include a description of (or for extra credit, an
>  >  implementation of) the utility library mentioned earlier, that isolates
>  >  the difference between the two Python versions.
>  >
>  >  Any volunteers?
>
>  I've done a buch of tests to see what works and what doesn't and how
>  to get around it that could serve as a starting point. Any ideas of
>  where to check these in?

Thanks for volunteering Lennart!

For now, it's best to put this on the wiki.  That will allow many
people to contribute.

Cheers,
n


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