[Python-Dev] Common subset of python 2 and python 3

[Chris Angelico]

On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 11:22 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:
> I don't think that it is possible to write an interpreter that is fully
> compatible for all it accepts. Would you think that the program
>
> print(repr(2**80).endswith("L"))
>
> is in the subset that should be supported by both Python 2 and Python 3?

Easiest fix for that would be to have long.__repr__ omit the L tag.
Then it'll do the same as it would in Py3.

ChrisA