[Tutor] python2 vs python3 urllib

[wesley chun]

i strongly recommend you consider using the 2to3 tool if porting apps
from 2.x to 3.x... it will show you much more than you may think.
here's the output from the 2.7 version of 2to3:

$ 2to3 test.py
RefactoringTool: Skipping implicit fixer: buffer
RefactoringTool: Skipping implicit fixer: idioms
RefactoringTool: Skipping implicit fixer: set_literal
RefactoringTool: Skipping implicit fixer: ws_comma
RefactoringTool: Refactored test.py
--- test.py	(original)
+++ test.py	(refactored)
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import urllib
-sock = urllib.urlopen("http://diveintopython.org/")
+import urllib.request, urllib.parse, urllib.error
+sock = urllib.request.urlopen("http://diveintopython.org/")
 htmlSource = sock.read()
 sock.close()
 print (htmlSource)
RefactoringTool: Files that need to be modified:
RefactoringTool: test.py

it shows you the diffs, and if you use the -w option, it will
overwrite (and backup) the 2.x version.

hope this helps!
-- wesley
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