[Edu-sig] [Python-3000] Pre-PEP: Simple input built-in in Python 3000

[John Zelle]

Thank you to Andre, Guido, and all those who pushed for this! Your efforts are 
appreciated!

--John


On Monday 26 February 2007 6:30 pm, Guido van Rossum wrote:
> We implemented this at today's sprint. Andre wrote the transformations
> for the 2to3 tools, I copied the raw_input() implementation from the
> trunk back into the p3yk branch. Thanks Andre for your efforts in
> writing the PEP, pushing for its implementation, and writing the
> transformations!
>
> --Guido
>
> On 2/20/07, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
> > Consider the PEP accepted.
> >
> > Regarding the conversion, please do use the sandbox/2to3 framework.
> > Write me if you have trouble understanding the many examples already
> > in fixes/.
> >
> > On 2/20/07, Andre Roberge <andre.roberge at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 2/20/07, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
> > > > Why do you want this *before* PyCon? It would be much easier to do
> > > > this as part of the Py3k sprint.
> > >
> > > My main interest was to have, prior to Pycon, the PEP recorded as
> > > such; it had been close to 2 months since the last post on this issue
> > > on the list.
> > >
> > > As for the actual work, I'd be willing to volunteer to write the
> > > required code (with test cases) that could be use to do the conversion
> > > input(...)  ->  eval(input(...))
> > > raw_input(...)  ->  input(...)
> > >
> > > Unfortunately, I will not be participating in any sprints.
> > >
> > > André
> > >
> > > > On 2/20/07, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > Andre Roberge wrote:
> > > > > > Any possibility that (some of) the following can be done before
> > > > > > Pycon? Respectfully yours,
> > > > > > André Roberge
> > > > >
> > > > > I've added the PEP as 3111. I made a few small modifications (and
> > > > > committed it directly as Accepted) based on Guido's comments in
> > > > > this thread.
> > > > >
> > > > > The actual change still needs to be made, though.
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > Nick.
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Nick Coghlan   |   ncoghlan at gmail.com   |   Brisbane, Australia
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> > > > --
> > > > --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
> >
> > --
> > --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)

-- 
John M. Zelle, Ph.D.             Wartburg College
Professor of Computer Science    Waverly, IA     
john.zelle at wartburg.edu          (319) 352-8360