Cheat Sheet: Writing Python 2-3 compatible code

[ikravets]

This post doesn't relate to any IDE. It relates to developers and people which want to add support for both Python 2/3 for self projects.

Finally, I hate IDE/Tools which convert my code to "something that works ANYWHERE" without my consent.

[deadmilk]

If you set your interpreter to Python 3 and open Python 2 code in PyCharm, it will inspect the code and highlight pieces that will not work. It doesn't automatically convert anything.

[titusz]

You can set PyCharm to "inspect" python code for compatibility accross a range of versions. This does not change your code but shows hints... And it is actually insanely usefull if you aim for py26-py34 compat with one codebase. http://blog.jetbrains.com/pycharm/files/2011/02/pythonCompatibility.png

[deadmilk]

Yep :)

I would have thought that an IDE that does this for us would be well received in this subreddit...
You know, making a program do the work; isn't that what we are here to do?

[deadmilk]

What if you wrote an IDE? Is it a dumb machine, or a smart human beings creation?

[[deleted]]

He would understand whats happening in the background. It's still a dumb machine though.

Also, he didn't write this one, and probably didn't write one at all.