[Python-Dev] PEP 414 - Unicode Literals for Python 3

[Antoine Pitrou]

Le mardi 28 février 2012 à 22:14 +1000, Nick Coghlan a écrit :
> If you're using separate branches, then your Python 2 code isn't being
> made forward compatible with Python 3. Yes, it avoids making your
> Python 2 code uglier, but it means maintaining two branches in
> parallel until you drop Python 2 support.

IMO, maintaining two branches shouldn't be much more work than
maintaining hacks so that a single codebase works with two different
programming languages.

> You've once again raised the
> barrier to entry: either people contribute two patches, or they accept
> that their patch may languish until someone else writes the patch for
> the other version.

Again that's wrong. If you cleverly use 2to3 to port between branches,
patches only have to be written against the 2.x version.

Regards

Antoine.