[Python-ideas] Smoothing transition: 'unicode' and 'basestring' as aliases for 'str'?

[Thomas Güttler]

Thank you for guiding me, Mike. We see us on CLT this weekend :-)

Regards,
   Thomas Güttler

Am 06.03.2017 um 12:01 schrieb Mike Müller:
> Am 06.03.17 um 11:12 schrieb Thomas Güttler:
>> yes, you are right. It's better to leave Python3 clean (without "basestring").
>>
>> I see two ways now.
>>
>>
>> six
>> ----
>>
>>     six.string_types  # replacement for basestring
>>
>>     Source
>> https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/topics/python3/#string-handling-with-six
>>
>>
>> future
>> ------
>>
>>     from past.builtins import basestring   # pip install future
>>
>>     Source http://python-future.org/compatible_idioms.html#basestring
>>
>>
>> I have no clue which one I should use.
>
> I would recommend future. It gives you a Python-3-like experience in Python 2.
> Once you fully transition to Python 3, you only need to remove the future
> imports and you don't have any dependency on it any more.
>
> For example:
>
>     from builtins import bytes, str
>
> gives you Python 3 bytes and strings in Python 2. Now, you can replace
> basestring with str and it works the same in Python 2 and 3.
> Maybe this works for you.
>
> I am pretty happy with future.
>
> Best,
> Mike
>
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