API supports both Python 2.7 and Python 3.2 #38

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1. dhuntley1023 commented on May 9, 2014

   

   dhuntley1023

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   Is there something technically preventing operation of the API in Python 2.7 (i.e. certain Python features only avail in P3), or is this just a developer preference?

   FWIW, I also think it'd be useful to remove the Python 3 dependency, and if it's just a case of needing a bit of work I might take it on and send you a pull... but I'd rather know ahead of time if the pull would be rejected on philosophical grounds.

   (Nice lib by the way, was only way to get my Honeywell I2C Pressure Sensor working. SMbus didn't fill the bill)
2. npryce commented on May 9, 2014

   

   npryce

   on May 9, 2014

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   Hi. I'm glad you found it useful.

   We chose Python 3 because we were building our products at education and
   for people who were learning programming for the first time. Python 3
   removes a lot of historical cruft and wierdness from Python 2. E.g. Python
   2 has two kinds of class system ("old" and "new" style classes) and some
   things silently stop working if you accidentally write an old style class
   by forgetting to make your class extend object. Python 3 has a single
   class system. Also, Python 3 makes a clear distinction between buffers of
   bytes and strings of (unicode) text, which makes writing I/O code that
   interfaces with hardware less error prone.

   But, the Quick2Wire libraries are no longer under active development by the
   original team, so feel free to fork the library and make it do what you
   want.

   All the best,
   --Nat

   On 9 May 2014 07:33, David Huntley notifications@github.com wrote:

   Is there something technically preventing operation of the API in Python
   2.7 (i.e. certain Python features only avail in P3), or is this just a
   developer preference?

   FWIW, I also think it'd be useful to remove the Python 3 dependency, and
   if it's just a case of needing a bit of work I might take it on and send
   you a pull... but I'd rather know ahead of time if the pull would be
   rejected on philosophical grounds.

   (Nice lib by the way, was only way to get my Honeywell I2C Pressure Sensor
   working. SMbus didn't fill the bill)

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