Changes between Version 21 and Version 22 of PythonGuidelines


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Timestamp:
Mar 19, 2012, 4:14:13 PM (13 years ago)
Author:
kubo@profusion.mobi
Comment:

Python 2.6 is now the minimum supported version, see bug 71593

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  • PythonGuidelines

    v21 v22  
    77== Basics ==
    88
    9  * WebKit's Python scripts require Python 2.5 or higher to run.
     9 * WebKit's Python scripts require Python 2.6 or higher to run.
    1010 * [http://trac.webkit.org/browser/trunk/Tools/Scripts/test-webkitpy Scripts/test-webkitpy] unit tests the Python code.  It also cleans orphan *.pyc files from webkitpy (i.e. .pyc files without a corresponding .py file).  You can also do this manually (for all *.pyc files in webkitpy) using the following command:
    1111{{{
    … …  
    106106python_select -l
    107107}}}
    108 
    109 == Consequences of not using Python 2.6 ==
    110 
    111 Below is a list of some consequences of not using Python 2.6 (and things we should revisit in our code base should we ever upgrade to 2.6):
    112 
    113  * We can't use os.path.relpath(): [http://docs.python.org/library/os.path.html#os.path.relpath]
    114  * We can't use ZipFile.extractall(): [http://docs.python.org/library/zipfile.html#zipfile.ZipFile.extractall]
    115  * We need to use an import statement to use the "with" keyword: http://docs.python.org/whatsnew/2.5.html#pep-343-the-with-statement