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| author | Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> | 2011-02-05 22:22:47 (GMT) |
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| committer | Brett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com> | 2011-02-05 22:22:47 (GMT) |
| commit | 98135d07e7950977eb080e61262f04d31d5fb3e5 (patch) | |
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Mention that people going the source compatibility route should run 2to3 to find pain points.
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diff --git a/Doc/howto/pyporting.rst b/Doc/howto/pyporting.rst index 8876c81..042d120 100644 --- a/Doc/howto/pyporting.rst +++ b/Doc/howto/pyporting.rst @@ -596,7 +596,9 @@ to creating a Python 2/3 codebase. This includes trying only support Python 2.6 or newer (the :mod:`__future__` statements work in Python 3 without issue), eliminating warnings that are triggered by ``-3``, etc. -Essentially you should cover all of the steps short of running 2to3 itself. +You should even consider running 2to3_ over your code (without committing the +changes). This will let you know where potential pain points are within your +code so that you can fix them properly before they become an issue. Use six_ |