Re: Misleading wikipedia article on Python 3?

I'm surprised to read this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_3

"""Note that while there is no explicit requirement that code be able
to run unmodified in both versions, in practice it is quite likely for
most code. As of January 2007, it looks like most reasonable code
should run quite well under either branch."""

It's difficult to predict the future, but I think this statement is
a fair description.


I haven't been following Python 3 development recently. Have things
really changed that much? Last time I looked, e.g. dict.items() no
longer returned a list.

Correct.

Seems unlikely that most code will run on 2
and 3, in that case,

Why that? Most reasonable code doesn't care what dict.items returns,
as it reads like

for k,v in dict.items():
do_something_with(k,v)

and IIUC Guido has said all along that not much
code will run on both.

I think you misunderstood. It's not a design goal that code works
without modifications, yet most reasonable code will even without
that being an explicit goal.

Regards,
Martin
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