[IronPython] IronPython 3

[Michael Foord]

Hey all,

I have an idea for how I'd like to see IronPython 3 developed, not sure 
how much extra work it would be but it would be very cool...

I'd love to see IronPython 3 as a separate DLR language that could be 
used alongside IronPython 2.X. That way an IronPython 2 engine could use 
IronPython 3 engines and vice versa. This would allow Python 3 apps to 
use Python 2 libraries (with a wrapper layer) and vice-versa, and be 
unique in the Python world (well the Jython guys could do it as well).

I guess there are two ways of doing it. Either provide a single 
implementation where Python engines can be created as 2.X engines or 3.X 
engines. I imagine this would be fairly painful to do. Alternatively 
provide a separate set of assemblies for Python 3 - IronPython3.dll, 
IronPython3.Modules.dll etc. so that projects can reference *both* as 
separate dlr languages - I imagine this might make sharing code between 
the implementations a bit 'fiddly'.

It would however make the transition from IronPython 2 to IronPython 3 a 
lot less painful.

All the best,

Michael

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