Perl 5.16 and beyond

Posted Mar 27, 2012 10:37 UTC (Tue) by man_ls (guest, #15091)
In reply to: Perl 5.16 and beyond by kleptog
Parent article: Perl 5.16 and beyond

It looks like it would be a sane solution for the Python 2->3 transition mess. Not only string semantics, but to provide complete compatibility for Python 2 modules in Python 3 programs. It would be a nice way forward.

Re: What if Python had such an extensible core

Posted Jun 3, 2012 8:47 UTC (Sun) by gps (subscriber, #45638) [Link]

I don't see how this would help bridge the Python 2 <-> 3 boundary within a single program.

The real issue with doing that is the fundamental string type change; you can't magically pass data across such an interface boundary without deciding which way the types convert. Python is so dynamic that in most situations there is no definition carried around of where something came from such that a boundary crossing could be determined and enforced.