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2 """
3 past: compatibility with Python 2 from Python 3
4 ===============================================
5
6 ``past`` is a package to aid with Python 2/3 compatibility. Whereas ``future``
7 contains backports of Python 3 constructs to Python 2, ``past`` provides
8 implementations of some Python 2 constructs in Python 3 and tools to import and
9 run Python 2 code in Python 3. It is intended to be used sparingly, as a way of
10 running old Python 2 code from Python 3 until the code is ported properly.
11
12 Potential uses for libraries:
13
14 - as a step in porting a Python 2 codebase to Python 3 (e.g. with the ``futurize`` script)
15 - to provide Python 3 support for previously Python 2-only libraries with the
16 same APIs as on Python 2 -- particularly with regard to 8-bit strings (the
17 ``past.builtins.str`` type).
18 - to aid in providing minimal-effort Python 3 support for applications using
19 libraries that do not yet wish to upgrade their code properly to Python 3, or
20 wish to upgrade it gradually to Python 3 style.
21
22
23 Here are some code examples that run identically on Python 3 and 2::
24
25 >>> from past.builtins import str as oldstr
26
27 >>> philosopher = oldstr(u'\u5b54\u5b50'.encode('utf-8'))
28 >>> # This now behaves like a Py2 byte-string on both Py2 and Py3.
29 >>> # For example, indexing returns a Python 2-like string object, not
30 >>> # an integer:
31 >>> philosopher[0]
32 '\xe5'
33 >>> type(philosopher[0])
34 <past.builtins.oldstr>
35
36 >>> # List-producing versions of range, reduce, map, filter
37 >>> from past.builtins import range, reduce
38 >>> range(10)
39 [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
40 >>> reduce(lambda x, y: x+y, [1, 2, 3, 4, 5])
41 15
42
43 >>> # Other functions removed in Python 3 are resurrected ...
44 >>> from past.builtins import execfile
45 >>> execfile('myfile.py')
46
47 >>> from past.builtins import raw_input
48 >>> name = raw_input('What is your name? ')
49 What is your name? [cursor]
50
51 >>> from past.builtins import reload
52 >>> reload(mymodule) # equivalent to imp.reload(mymodule) in Python 3
53
54 >>> from past.builtins import xrange
55 >>> for i in xrange(10):
56 ... pass
57
58
59 It also provides import hooks so you can import and use Python 2 modules like
60 this::
61
62 $ python3
63
64 >>> from past.translation import autotranslate
65 >>> authotranslate('mypy2module')
66 >>> import mypy2module
67
68 until the authors of the Python 2 modules have upgraded their code. Then, for
69 example::
70
71 >>> mypy2module.func_taking_py2_string(oldstr(b'abcd'))
72
73
74 Credits
75 -------
76
77 :Author: Ed Schofield, Jordan M. Adler, et al
78 :Sponsor: Python Charmers Pty Ltd, Australia: http://pythoncharmers.com
79
80
81 Licensing
82 ---------
83 Copyright 2013-2019 Python Charmers Pty Ltd, Australia.
84 The software is distributed under an MIT licence. See LICENSE.txt.
85 """
86
87 from future import __version__, __copyright__, __license__
88
89 __title__ = 'past'
90 __author__ = 'Ed Schofield'