Thanks for the feedback. I'll update the doc probably on Friday. On Sat Dec 06 2014 at 12:41:54 AM Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6 December 2014 at 14:40, Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 6 December 2014 at 10:44, Benjamin Peterson <benja...@python.org> > wrote: > >> On Fri, Dec 5, 2014, at 18:16, Donald Stufft wrote: > >>> Do we need to update it? Can it just redirect to the 3 version? > >> > >> Technically, yes, of course. However, that would unexpected take you out > >> of the Python 2 docs "context". Also, that doesn't solve the problem for > >> the downloadable versions of the docs. > > > > As Benjamin says, we'll likely want to update the Python 2 version > > eventually for the benefit of the downloadable version of the docs, > > but Brett's also right it makes sense to wait for feedback on the > > Python 3 version and then backport the most up to date text wholesale. > > > > In terms of the text itself, this is a great update Brett - thanks! > > > > A couple of specific notes: > > > > * http://python-future.org/compatible_idioms.html is my favourite > > short list of "What are the specific Python 2 only habits that I need > > to unlearn in order to start writing 2/3 compatible code?". It could > > be worth mentioning in addition to the What's New documents and the > > full Python 3 Porting book. > > > > * it's potentially worth explicitly noting the "bytes(index_value)" > > and "str(bytes_value)" traps when discussing the bytes/text changes. > > Those do rather different things in Python 2 & 3, but won't emit an > > error or warning in either version. > > Given that 3.4 and 2.7.9 will be the first exposure some users will > have had to pip, would it perhaps be worth explicitly mentioning the > "pip install <X>" commands for the various tools? At least pylint's > PyPI page only gives the manual download instructions, including which > dependencies you will need to install. > > Cheers, > Nick. > > -- > Nick Coghlan | ncogh...@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia >
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