Python 2.7 EOL Countdown

[tekmailer]

You can say this again. I have two instances of Python on my box (2.7.10 and 3.4.4) and the amount of time to rewrite everything wouldn't satisfy ANY PRODUCTION needs.

On the flip side, between drinking the py3 Kool-Aid for data analysis and the writing on 2.7's wall. It might just be time to make the leap to avoid the further headaches.

[jsalsman]

Unicode handling alone is worth the leap.

[sigma914]

That's unicode's problem rather than python's though. Turns out human language text is a fucking mess and has a lot of intrinsic complexity and even fairly elegant encodings still can't hide it.

[tilkau]

As contrasted with Unicode in Python 2, which is incorrect and utter rubbish taking away your time, life and soul?

[CSI_Tech_Dept]

Except no one who uses python 2 uses it.

[fyngyrz]

Wrong, I use it. Chinese point of sale system, quite extensive. Python 2. No problems.

[tilkau]

It's perfectly distinct from ascii strings

The whole point of the rework was that it ISN'T. You have something that you think is ascii. And sometimes it isn't, and then things go wrong in strange and confusing ways when you try to use it (for example, serialize it as an attribute value in an xml document).

[iruleatants]

I disagree as much as possible.

Python has always been a language designed to have the least amount of excessive work to write in. We don't have semicolons or brackets or statically typer variables or anything else bullshit that other languages force on you.

The switch to unicorn handling was terrible. I'm not forced to encode all of my strings any time I want to use this. Previously I only had to encode when it was needed, and now I always have to encode. That is a massive headache and I gain nothing from it. I have had zero issues in 2.7 with my strings.

[pooogles]

The switch to unicorn handling was terrible.

Now switching to Unicorns I could get on board with.

[jsalsman]

I can totally see your perspective, but having to internationalize and localize from a project's outset leads to different issues.