Is it possible to use language level 2 with python 3.12?

[Idan Ahal]

Is setting
#cython:    language_level = 2
still compatible with the latest Cython and Python 3.12?

I couldn't find an answer on the web and would be happy for some clarification. 

[Oscar Benjamin]

Have you tried it?

If you have some existing code that needs language level 2 then just
try it. If you don't have such existing code then I recommend setting
language_level = 3.

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Oscar

[Idan Ahal]

I'm scarred of not edge cases like missing micros for example. 

ב-יום שני, 4 באוגוסט 2025 בשעה 23:00:26 UTC+3, oscar.j....@gmail.com כתב/ה:

[David Woods]

I'm not sure what a "missing micro" is.

However, language_level=2 does still work. The one thing you'll find is that `"abc"` is a Py3 string rather than bytes. So it isn't a perfect Python 2 emulator.

For new code, I'm not sure why you'd choose to use language_level=2 though