PEP-317

Aahz aahz at pythoncraft.com
Wed Jun 11 14:15:25 EDT 2003


In article <2259b0e2.0306110902.7d7f456d at posting.google.com>,
Michele Simionato <mis6 at pitt.edu> wrote:
>
>I don't know what is expected for Python 3000, but I would like to
>have a compatibility switch on the command line. I think the Python
>3.0 distribution should contain a Python 2.4 or 2.5 or whatever
>inside it, accessible with a switch or changing some settings and
>file associations.  Only in this way I would accept code breaking
>changes. Nothing is more annoying that a perfectly good old program no
>more working due to an upgrade.  

No problem!  Just call python2.4 directly.
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