On 12/13/2012 4:14 PM, Ross Lagerwall wrote:
On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 07:57:52AM +1100, Chris Angelico wrote:
The default version shown on http://docs.python.org/ is now 3.3.0,
which I think is a Good Thing. However, http://python.org/download/
puts 2.7 first, and says:
"""If you don't know which version to use, start with Python 2.7; more
existing third party software is compatible with Python 2 than Python
3 right now."""
Firstly, is this still true? (I wouldn't have a clue.) And secondly,
would this be better worded as "one's better but the other's a good
fall-back"? Something like:
"""Don't know which version to use? Python 3.3 is the recommended
version for new projects, but much existing software is compatible
with Python 2."""
I would say listing 3.3 as the recommended version to use is a good
thing, especially as distros like Ubuntu and Fedora transition to Python
3. It also makes sense, given that the docs default to 3.3.
From the LibreOffice 4.0beta1 release notes
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/4.0
Python
The bundled Python was upgraded from Python 2.6 to Python 3.3 (Michael
Stahl)
Python extensions and macros may require some degree of re-work to work
on the latest Python; see for example Porting to Python 3.
The last is a link to Lennart Regebro's book: http://python3porting.com/
--
Terry Jan Reedy
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