Subject: Re: [MTT users] Python choice
From: Jeff Squyres (jsquyres) (jsquyres_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-05-09 12:38:49
Is it possible to give a friendly error message at run time if you accidentally run with Python 3.x?
> On May 9, 2016, at 12:37 PM, Ralph Castain <rhc_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> Hi folks
>
> As we look at the Python client, there is an issue with the supported Python version. There was a significant break in the user-level API between Python 2.x and Python 3. Some of the issues are described here:
>
> https://docs.python.org/2/glossary.html#term-2to3
>
> Noah and I have chatted about this, and we feel it may be best to just lock-in on Python 2.x until an overwhelming reason arises for us to transition to Python 3. At that time, we would have to do a backward-break to update.
>
> The virtualenv content file (pyenv.txt) already reflects this requirement, so folks who use virtual environments are set.
>
> Make sense?
> Ralph
>
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