[Zope3-dev] Re: What does python 3000 mean for zope?

[Martijn Faassen]

Hey,

On 9/3/07, Hermann Himmelbauer <dusty at qwer.tk> wrote:
> Am Montag, 3. September 2007 13:25 schrieb Martijn Faassen:
[snip]
> Well, I personally don't have good experiences with automatic code conversion
> tools. Most often I had to manually edit the source. It may work in simple
> cases where e.g. "print" is replace with "stdout.write()" but if things get
> complicated, I'd rather not bet on such a conversion tool. I think it all
> depends on the amount/complexity of changes but we will see...

Oh, I am quite pessimistic about this tool as well. But this is what
the core developers are advocating we do. The core developers say that
they won't create a common subset between 2.6 and 3.0.

Regards,

Martijn