Python 3 is killing Python

[wxjmfauth at gmail.com]

Le samedi 31 mai 2014 14:30:11 UTC+2, Steven D'Aprano a écrit :
> On Sat, 31 May 2014 12:07:59 +0200, Steve Hayes wrote:
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> > I'll leave Python 3.2 on my computer, but 2.7.5 will be the one I'm
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> > installing now. Even if I could *find* a book that deals with Python
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> > 3.x, couldn't afford to but yet another Python book.
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> Version 2.7 is a good choice, and it will be around for a long time: it 
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> will be supported until at least 2020, so you should get many years of 
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> use from it.
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> Do not be discouraged about Python 3. There are differences, but they 
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> aren't so different as to be a major barrier. By the time you have a bit 
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> of experience with 2.7, you will be more than capable of dealing with the 
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> differences with version 3. They are not different languages, think of 
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> them as slightly different dialects of the same language, like UK and 
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> South African English.
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At least Py2 does not crash when using non ascii
(eg sticking with cp1252).

I just noticed this last week, Thursday, when presenting
the absurdity of the Flexible String Representation.

jmf