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No support for Python 3
by Dowwie 9y ago
No support for Python 3
- spooneybarger 9y agoPython 3 support is on the roadmap for later this year. In general, our roadmap is determined by what we think is important but also is heavily influenced by the needs of folks we are working closely with. There's an almost infinite number of things we could work on so we live to drive our direction based on the needs of folks we are working with. In the case of Python, the early users were all Python 2.7 and thus we focused there. We've recently started working with folks who are looking for Python 3 support (in particular, 3.6) so we are going to be adding it. If anyone is interested in adding features, language support etc to Wallaroo, we'd love to help. You can find us on freenode in the #wallaroo channel or stop by our user mailing list (https://groups.io/g/wallaroo https://groups.io/g/wallaroo) and we can help you out.
- lima 9y agoEnterprise user here. Can confirm that we moved all the things to Python 3 (and it was easier than expected). Especially all the data processing pipelines. No Python 3 is a deal breaker in 2017.
- spooneybarger 9y agoWe'll have you covered by the end of the year if you are interested in checking us out then.
- jasonrhaas 9y agoYea this is a bummer. Especially when new applications are being written in Python 2. At least write them so they are forwards compatible with Python 3 and save yourself some headaches later.
- haikuginger 9y agoThe heartbreaking thing is that if you're willing to only target 2.7 on the Python 2 front, it's relatively trivial to write in Python 3 and have it be immediately compatible in Python 2 using from __future__ imports.
- ericfrederich 9y agoFor trivial programs sure... not when dealing with encoders, decoders, binary formats, etc, etc. It all depends on how they wrote their Python 2.7 code. You can write it oblivious to Python 3 and screw things up, or you can write it in a way that you know you'll eventually support Python 3. In the latter case, you might as well just support both right away though.
- spooneybarger 9y agoAndy's next blog post is going to be in this general area. Check back next month!