Re: [Tutor] 2 vs 3

2015-09-07 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 07/09/2015 12:34, Steven D'Aprano wrote: On Mon, Sep 07, 2015 at 11:32:32AM +0200, Laura Creighton wrote: In a message of Mon, 07 Sep 2015 10:16:16 +0100, Alan Gauld writes: And of course if you are really moving to the v3 way of doing things you should move to using the new string formatti

Re: [Tutor] 2 vs 3

2015-09-07 Thread Sithembewena Lloyd Dube
This has turned into a very interesting discussion. Thank you to everyone who's participating and sharing nuggets of information on 2 vs 3. On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 1:58 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Mon, Sep 07, 2015 at 11:01:00AM +0100, Alan Gauld wrote: > > On 07/09/15 10:32, Laura Creighton

Re: [Tutor] 2 vs 3

2015-09-07 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Mon, Sep 07, 2015 at 11:01:00AM +0100, Alan Gauld wrote: > On 07/09/15 10:32, Laura Creighton wrote: > >In a message of Mon, 07 Sep 2015 10:16:16 +0100, Alan Gauld writes: > > > >>And of course if you are really moving to the v3 way of > >>doing things you should move to using the new string > >

Re: [Tutor] 2 vs 3

2015-09-07 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Mon, Sep 07, 2015 at 11:32:32AM +0200, Laura Creighton wrote: > In a message of Mon, 07 Sep 2015 10:16:16 +0100, Alan Gauld writes: > > >And of course if you are really moving to the v3 way of > >doing things you should move to using the new string > >formatting style. > > I don't think there

Re: [Tutor] 2 vs 3

2015-09-07 Thread Alan Gauld
On 07/09/15 10:32, Laura Creighton wrote: In a message of Mon, 07 Sep 2015 10:16:16 +0100, Alan Gauld writes: And of course if you are really moving to the v3 way of doing things you should move to using the new string formatting style. I don't think there is any great push to prefer the new

Re: [Tutor] 2 vs 3

2015-09-07 Thread Laura Creighton
In a message of Mon, 07 Sep 2015 10:16:16 +0100, Alan Gauld writes: >And of course if you are really moving to the v3 way of >doing things you should move to using the new string >formatting style. I don't think there is any great push to prefer the new style over the old style 'just because' whe

Re: [Tutor] 2 vs 3

2015-09-07 Thread Alan Gauld
On 07/09/15 02:15, Grady Martin wrote: On 2015年09月05日 23時33分, Alan Gauld wrote: Once you get used to it - and it is a big jump, don't underestimate the learning time - v3 is superior. This is the first I've heard someone describe the learning curve from 2 to 3 in anything but negligible terms.

Re: [Tutor] 2 vs 3

2015-09-07 Thread Laura Creighton
In a message of Sun, 06 Sep 2015 21:15:52 -0400, Grady Martin writes: >On 2015年09月05日 23時33分, Alan Gauld wrote: >>Once you get used to it - and it is a big jump, don't >>underestimate the learning time - v3 is superior. > >This is the first I've heard someone describe the learning curve from 2 to 3

Re: [Tutor] 2 vs 3

2015-09-07 Thread Grady Martin
On 2015年09月05日 23時33分, Alan Gauld wrote: Once you get used to it - and it is a big jump, don't underestimate the learning time - v3 is superior. This is the first I've heard someone describe the learning curve from 2 to 3 in anything but negligible terms. What makes the jump big?

Re: [Tutor] 2 vs 3

2015-09-05 Thread Alan Gauld
On 05/09/15 14:06, Sithembewena Lloyd Dube wrote: A colleague and I are embarking on a project for a client. We have agreed to implement a REST API in Falcon (www.falconframework.org) and colleague wants to implement it in Python 3. Python 3 is the future and where we will all inevitably wind u

Re: [Tutor] 2 vs 3

2015-09-05 Thread Sithembewena Lloyd Dube
@Steven, @Mark, Thanks for the feedback. On Sat, Sep 5, 2015 at 5:37 PM, Mark Lawrence wrote: > On 05/09/2015 14:25, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > >> On Sat, Sep 05, 2015 at 03:06:25PM +0200, Sithembewena Lloyd Dube wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> A colleague and I are embarking on a project for a cli

Re: [Tutor] 2 vs 3

2015-09-05 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 05/09/2015 14:25, Steven D'Aprano wrote: On Sat, Sep 05, 2015 at 03:06:25PM +0200, Sithembewena Lloyd Dube wrote: Hi all, A colleague and I are embarking on a project for a client. We have agreed to implement a REST API in Falcon (www.falconframework.org) and colleague wants to implement it

Re: [Tutor] 2 vs 3

2015-09-05 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Sat, Sep 05, 2015 at 03:06:25PM +0200, Sithembewena Lloyd Dube wrote: > Hi all, > > A colleague and I are embarking on a project for a client. We have agreed > to implement a REST API in Falcon (www.falconframework.org) and colleague > wants to implement it in Python 3. > > Are there any advan

[Tutor] 2 vs 3

2015-09-05 Thread Sithembewena Lloyd Dube
Hi all, A colleague and I are embarking on a project for a client. We have agreed to implement a REST API in Falcon (www.falconframework.org) and colleague wants to implement it in Python 3. Are there any advantages/ disadvantages of using Python 3? I have always stuck to Python 2. -- Kind rega