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2015. "Ignoring Python 3.." that's getting harder and harder to do these days.
by natch 9y ago
2015.
"Ignoring Python 3.." that's getting harder and harder to do these days.
- josteink 9y agoI'm rather the opposite: I ignore anything ignoring Python 3. That's the only version of Python I can bother touching these days.
- dismantlethesun 9y agoAh for context, the article only means the the regex module had limited updates until Python 3. Which is to say that it is presumably much better in Python 3.
- WaxProlix 9y agoThe article seems to be saying that it didn't need to change much at all to be Py3 ready.
- RUTHLESS_RUFUS 9y agoIt is official; Netcraft confirms: Python 2.7 is officially dead. One more crippling bombshell hit the already beleaguered Python 2.7 community when josteink confirmed that he would not be bothering to touch anything older than Python 3 code. All major surveys show that Python 2.7 has steadily declined in market share. 2.7 packages are very sick and their long term survival prospects are very dim. If legacy Python is to survive at all it will be among trolling dilettante dabblers. 2.7 continue to decay. Nothing short of a miracle could save it at this point in time. For all practical purposes, Python 2.7 is dead. FACT: Python 2.7 is dying.
- jjawssd 9y agoEvidence plz
- zu03776 9y agoWasn't the same said of BSD at one time?
- RUTHLESS_RUFUS 9y agoYes, ha, I was just taking the piss. It's an old Slashdot trope to declare things dead by Netcraft survey.
- ndr 9y agoThe article is not dismissing Python 3 in any way, the full quote: > Ignoring Python 3 it has not really evolved since its inception other than gaining basic unicode support at one point. It's actually praising that the 're' module only needed basic unicode support and not an API revamp to get into Python 3.
- ubernostrum 9y agoThe third-party 'regex' library is aiming to finish off what needed to happen there. It's a drop-in replacement for 're', and adds some important things like implementing the Unicode grapheme-matching rules.
- nzjrs 9y agoTalk about a dishonest misquote!