[Python-Dev] PEP 414

[Armin Ronacher]

Hi,

On 2/27/12 1:55 AM, Terry Reedy wrote:
> I presume such a hook would simply remove 'u' prefixes and would run 
> *much* faster than 2to3. If such a hook is satisfactory for 3.2, why 
> would it not be satisfactory for 3.3?
Agile development and unittests.  An installation hook means that you
need to install the package before running the tests.  Which is fine for
CI but horrible during development.  "python3 run-tests.py" beats "make
venv; install library; run testsuite" anytime in terms of development speed.


Regards,
Armin