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> If Python 2.6/7 had a mode like -b... Agreed. This was a major mistake in the migration story for Py3. They bet on the static translation approach of 2to3, w

• hhas01 7y ago
  Nah, even with tooling the sloppy-2-to-tighter-3 migration was always going to be a semi-manual job. The right thing to do was embrace that transition: do it early, once, and never touch it again. Get everyone developing their code solely in Python 3, and provide fully automated 3-to-2 conversion for those who still need to deploy on Python 2. (Ideally as part of the module packaging, so that all Python packages automatically support 2 and 3.) Instead of which, we got a lot of “write-once, run-everywhere” nonsense, with everyone vying to bend their code out of shape in the most creatively unproductive ways possible. Absolutely ridiculous makework, and the Python community should’ve called itself on it. Unfortunately, the geeks love a challenge, far more than being told when they’re having a brain fart. Oh well, at least that whole shambles has finally just about run its course; here’s hoping its lessons are learned for Python 4.:)