[Python-Dev] Python 2.x and 3.x use survey, 2014 edition

[Brian Curtin]

On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 2:15 PM, Skip Montanaro
<skip.montanaro at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 1:58 PM, Marko Rauhamaa <marko at pacujo.net> wrote:
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>> IMO, you should consider forking your library code for Python2 and
>> Python3.
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> I don't get the idea that Brett Cannon agrees with you:
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> http://nothingbutsnark.svbtle.com/commentary-on-getting-your-code-to-run-on-python-23
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> While he doesn't explicitly say so, I got the distinct impression reading
> his recent blog post that he supports one source, not forked sources.
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> In the absence to evidence to the contrary, I think of Brett as the most
> expert developer in the porting space.

I'm a few inches shorter than Brett, but having done several sizable
ports, dual-source has never even on the table. I would prefer the
"run 2to3 at installation time" option before maintaining two versions
(which I do not prefer at all in reality).