[Scons-dev] Python 3

[Eric S. Raymond]

Russel Winder <russel at winder.org.uk>:
> As far as I remember we had made the decision to ditch six. Step 1 is
> to make the code futurize -1 compliant and run under Python 2.7 then to
> decide whether to have the futurize dependency so as to go the whole
> Python 3.5 thing. The doubt was that some people didn't want the
> futurize dependency.

Read this:

Practical Python Porting for Systems Programmers:

http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/practical-python-porting/

In summary, it's possible (and not actually very difficult) to write Python
that runs under either 2.7 or 3.x.  The above is a step-by-step guide with
links to real examples, e.g. larg e Python programs that have been
successfully ported this way.
-- 
		<a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>
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