[Python-Dev] 2.7 Release? 2.7 == last of the 2.x line?

[Lennart Regebro]

2009/11/4 "Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de>:
>> Keep in mind also that the 2.x translation process is extremely slow and
>> results in a clunky development process.  There's no '2to3
>> --interactive' commandline that lets me type python 2 at a >>> prompt
>> and get python 3 results out so that I can try experiments on the 3.x
>> interpreter; I have to actually put my experiments into my unit tests
>> and wait 10 minutes to see if it works.  It's like writing C++.
>
> That's not my experience. I see a change in source (say, on Django)
> available for 3.x within 5 seconds.

True, but you need to set up a process that will convert only the
changed files, and before Distribute came with 3.0 support, that was
tedious. Now it's easy, if you want to use distribute. (Except that
there is some bug I promised to look at this week, but haven't....)

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