Re: [Chicken-hackers] CR #1142 and upcoming changes

[John Cowan]

John Cowan scripsit:

> It's only now with Python 3.4 (arguably 3.3) that parity with Python
> 2.7 was achieved.  There is still no recommendation to convert working
> 2.7 applications (as opposed to libraries) and there may never be.

Here's a FAQ about the Python 2 to Python 3 transition, one of the main
foci of which was cleaning up the string model.  I recommend the first
three sections, down to the "What actually changed in the text model"
heading.

http://python-notes.curiousefficiency.org/en/latest/python3/questions_and_answers.html

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