On 19/07/13 02:41 -0400, Bohuslav Kabrda wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- >> On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 11:24:22AM -0400, Bohuslav Kabrda wrote: >>> FAQ: >>> Q: Why do we need to switch to Python 3? >>> A: Because Python 2 is old, slower, less pythonic, doesn't get any more >>> functionality and it won't be that long before the official upstream >>> support ends [1] >>> >> Although I agree with the need to switch to python3, I don't think the first >> three reasons are very compelling arguments (they're only half-truths) -- we >> should concentrate on the last reason and also on features that python3 >> has that pyhton2 doesn't. Chained exceptions are a pretty nice thing, for >> instance. >> > > So first three reason: > - Python 2 is old - how is that a half-truth? > - Slower - yes, in the beginning, Python 3 was significantly slower > because of nonoptimal code after the rewrite from Python 3. But with > Python 3.3 for instance, you get tons of speed improvements - > decimal module for instance got a significant boost. Brett Cannon > had a nice presentation about speed benchmarking [1]. Yes, Python 3 > is slower in some areas, but mostly it's faster. Mind to share some grounds for this claim? My negligible experience told me the contrary, but perhaps timeit module is a bad indicator. Otherwise yes, let's get gently beyond 3000. -- Jan -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
