[ctypesgen] Python 3

[Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis]

Python 3 has been available for some time and I think that Ctypesgen could
support Python 3. I volunteer to perform appropriate changes required for
compatibility with Python 3.

I would like to know what is the minimal Python version supported by
Ctypesgen.

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Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis

[David James]

Hi Arfrever,

Sorry for the slow response.

The minimum version of Python supported by the Ctypesgen should probably be Python 2.4. I think it would be great to support Python 3, as long as we can do that without breaking compatibility with Python 2.4. What do you think the best way is to do that?

It would be fine with me if a translation script were needed to be run on the source code to make ctypesgen work with Python 3. We might use such a script to generate a release tarball which works out of the box with Python 3.

Cheers,

David

[Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis]

2009-04-21 21:59:13 David James napisał(a):
> Hi Arfrever,
>
> Sorry for the slow response.
>
> The minimum version of Python supported by the Ctypesgen should probably be
> Python 2.4. I think it would be great to support Python 3, as long as we can
> do that without breaking compatibility with Python 2.4. What do you think
> the best way is to do that?
>
> It would be fine with me if a translation script were needed to be run on
> the source code to make ctypesgen work with Python 3. We might use such a
> script to generate a release tarball which works out of the box with Python
> 3.

Python >=2.6 (including Python 3) contains 2to3 tool which performs some
changes for compatibility with Python 3. We might use 2to3 during generation
of a release tarball in case of changes which aren't compatible with Python 2.

[David James]

On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 9:18 PM, Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis
<arfrev...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009-04-21 21:59:13 David James napisał(a):
>> Hi Arfrever,
>>
>> Sorry for the slow response.
>>
>> The minimum version of Python supported by the Ctypesgen should probably be
>> Python 2.4. I think it would be great to support Python 3, as long as we can
>> do that without breaking compatibility with Python 2.4. What do you think
>> the best way is to do that?
>>
>> It would be fine with me if a translation script were needed to be run on
>> the source code to make ctypesgen work with Python 3. We might use such a
>> script to generate a release tarball which works out of the box with Python
>> 3.
>
> Python >=2.6 (including Python 3) contains 2to3 tool which performs some
> changes for compatibility with Python 3. We might use 2to3 during generation
> of a release tarball in case of changes which aren't compatible with Python 2.

That sounds great!

Cheers,

David

[Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis]

Subversion doesn't support local commits or changelists associated with
specific changes (not files), so I will create a branch to simplify
development of support for Python 3.

[Sage La Torra]

All sounds good to me. I'll also volunteer to help make any needed changes.