[python-uk] Library advice + anyone built a real time bidder?

[Hansel Dunlop]

Happy Friday Python People! (yes, you're happy, because it's Friday)

Two questions for you:

1. I'm releasing a library. That I wrote in 2.7. But I want it to make it
    compatible with 2.7+. What's the best approach for this? Especially
    when a bit of code for 2.7 is a SyntaxError in 3+

         raise test_exception, None, test_traceback   #   Syntax error in 3+

         raise test_exception.with_traceback(test_traceback)  #   3+ api

   So, do I write a convoluted bit of code that detects if I'm in 2.7 and
   wraps the exception in something that emulates the 3+ api?
   Do I have two similar modules, and decide which one to import based
   on Python version? Do I have two different versions?
   That seems like an obviously daft idea... but?

    URL for the library is http://keteparaha.aychedee.com/ if anyone wants
to have a look.


2. I'm building a real time bidder (a system that places bids on ad
    impressions in real time) and I was wondering if anyone else on
    this list has built anything similar? Other implementations are VERY
    stateful and I want to take a much more functional approach.
    So, if anyone has built one and will let me buy them a beer and
    chat about it?

xox


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                                Hansel
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