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[ezdev]

i am aware of the python foundations plans for 2020, i do not expect those to change. i will stop relying on cpython after 2020.

A lot of really neat stuff has been added to 3.6

let me know when they add from __past__ import python2 but im sure that will never happen (certainly not before python goes 4.x.)

if anyone wants to fork something ive written to new versions of python they are most welcome, though probably not interested. the offer is open all the same.

i use fig for shell operations a lot. i was getting encode/decode errors after about half a year of *fairly reliable* use-- when i switched back to python 2, suddenly things worked more reliably (for my uses.)

i think python is probably the coolest programming language ever written, but it is still a tool-- a foss tool at that-- and i prefer it to work in a way that suits my purposes. ive already spent hours and hours and hours with tutorials trying to learn the new-fangled way to use python; you know i dont get paid for that time, its all for someone elses use than mine.

if some experts want to poke around at my code for trying to get unicode strings to work automatically with bytestrings, im happy to post it. and if anyone wants to discuss python 2 with me, a pm is welcome at any time. that way the discussion cant be considered trolling the forum. im not here to cause (much) trouble. when i code, using python 2 takes about 1/2 as long to get work done-- for me. if i were working with asian character sets id probably hate it.