Re: [cclib-devel] Porting to Python 3

[Karol M. L. <kar...@gm...>]

On Sat, Apr 02, 2011 at 06:47:42PM +0100, Noel O'Boyle wrote:
> regression.py now passes on the Python 3 branch. The biggest change is
> use of "next(inputfile)" instead of "inputfile.next()", and integer
> division (if desired) needs to be specified explicitly with "//".
> 
> How do you guys feel about transitioning over to this branch in the
> next few months? Py3 came out in Dec 2008, and we are going to have to
> make the move at some point. I don't really want to have to maintain
> two releases of cclib, so let me know what you think.
> 
> - Noel
> 
> On 1 April 2011 13:35, Noel O'Boyle <bao...@gm...> wrote:
> > Now that numpy has been ported to Py3, I've created a branch for
> > Python 3. I would anticipate that a release of cclib in 12 months time
> > would be based on Python 3.
> >
> > - Noel

I'm for it. I don't think we heavily rely on any obsolete elements
of the language. The minor things (like the ones you mention) will
still work for 2.6 and later, so we can bump up the suggested
dependencies in the INSTALL file. We can also try to import
from __future__ to support older versions.

- Karol

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written by Karol Langner
Sun Apr  3 21:11:14 CEST 2011