[Zope3-dev] Requiring Python 2.3

Peter Simmons pete at bcmpweb.com
Mon Sep 22 05:57:32 EDT 2003


+1 from me, I think it makes sense if it makes things simpler.

Philipp von Weitershausen wrote:

> Tim Peters wrote:
>
>> Yup.  Offhand I don't know what causes the problem.  I would *like* 
>> to see
>> Zope Corp require Python 2.3 for Zope3.
>
>
> A strong +1 from me. Not only can we drop certain compatability 
> modules we've been keeping around; we can also safely rely on a few 
> very nice Python 2.3 features, such as
>
> - booleans
>
> - the enumerate type
>
> - unittest.TestCase being a new-style class (you may be laughing, but 
> with 5k+ unit tests in Zope3, this really might make a difference)
>
> Phil
>
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