On 11/30/09 14:45 , Hanno Schlichting wrote:
On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 2:39 PM, Wichert Akkerman<wichert@wiggy.net> wrote:
We could also say that we will clean up the API when we move to Python 3. That is a natural breaking point anyway, so it will not any extra pain for users of the ZCA.
Except that is precisely what the Python developers have asked everyone not to do. So far the story is that the upgrade to Python 3 can be done largely automatic and a codebase for 2.x and 3.x can be maintained automatically and kept in sync.
In theory. I am convinced that in practice you well end up with code that is un-pretty in both python 2.x and 3.x, and harder to debug. Python 3 also introduces changes that warrant API changes, so not making them could lead to awkward APIs. Personally I will take the liberty to change the API of any of my packages if and when I port them to Python 3. Wichert.