[Python-3000] [Python-ideas] Namespaces are one honking great idea -- let's do more of those!

[Georg Brandl]

Christian Heimes schrieb:
> Georg Brandl wrote:
>> I would prefer a "python3" alias analogous to the current "python" alias,
>> at least as long as Python 2.x is still in wide use.
>> 
>> Having to type "python3.0" explicitly strikes me as unnecessarily verbose.
> 
> +1
> 
>> As for module file name extensions, what speaks against allowing (not
>> mandating) "py3" for Python 3.x modules?
> 
> File extensions are only important on Windows. Or does anybody know a
> system which starts scripts based on the extension like Windows does?

No, but Python looks for modules with the extension ".py" and not ".py3".

Georg

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