[Tutor] Using the Nimblenet Library in Python 3.6

[Mark Lawrence]

On 05/04/18 09:39, Alan Gauld via Tutor wrote:
> On 05/04/18 04:02, Mark Lawrence wrote:
> 
>> Python 3.6 has more functionality than 2.7 by definition, but your
>> comment implies, at least to me, that 2.7 and 3.6 are chalk and cheese.
>> Nothing could be further from the truth and has regrettably been one of
>> the reasons for the dreadfully slow uptake of Python 3.
> 
> I disagree. Apart from the superficial language compatibility issues,
> which 2.7 can partially address by importing from future, the libraries
> are dramatically different. Any non trivial program runs into issues the
> minute it starts importing modules. module names are different, function
> names within those modules are different, return values and parameter
> types are different.
> 
> Given Python programming relies hugely on the modules in the standard
> library I find it impossible to produce code that works across 2.7
> and 3.x without significant effort to force compatibility. That's why
> tools like six etc exist.
> 
> You may have been luckier than me but in my experience the gap
> between the two versions is significant and not to be underestimated.
> 

Mountains out of molehills.  I suggest that you give up programming.

-- 
My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask
what you can do for our language.

Mark Lawrence