Python 1.5.x vs Python 2.x.x

[Suchandra Thapa]

Andrew Kuchling <akuchlin at mems-exchange.org> wrote:
>Paul Rubin <phr-n2001d at nightsong.com> writes:
>> That's a good point.  It's probably too late to start reporting the
>> incompatibilities as bugs against 2.2c, though that's what they are.
>
>And if no one reports bugs, they can't get fixed.  You could still go
>ahead and report them, but unless they're real showstoppers they won't
>be fixed in 2.2final, which is being wrapped up even as we speak.  I
>don't know if it'll be considered worth fixing them in 2.3.
>
>(Or is this talk of incompatibilities simply FUD from people who are
>scared of upgrading?)

    I think Paul was referring more to changes in modules or syntax that
broke previous scripts.  For example, the rand module had a name change
to random.  Scripts that used the rand module will break with an 
ImportError if they are run under 2.x.   I believe there were a few other
things like this where things were intentionally changed but prevented
backwords compatibility.  Not bugs per se unless perfect backward
compatibility was an overriding concern.

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