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[Python-Dev] (Looking for) A Retrospective on the Move to Python 3

Ethan Furman ethan at stoneleaf.us
Mon May 14 12:58:44 EDT 2018 
On 05/14/2018 09:34 AM, Chris Barker via Python-Dev wrote:

> between 3.0 and 3.6 (.5?) -- py3 grew a lot of minor features that made it easier to write py2/py3 compatible code.
> u"string", b'bytes %i' % something -- and when where the various __future__ imports made available?
>
> If these had been in place in 3.0, the whole process would have been easier :-(

You'll need to be more specific.  __future__ has been around for a looooong time.

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~Ethan~
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