Support for Python 2

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Support for Python 2

Closed this issue 8 years ago · 4 comments

Hi,

I would be interested in adding support for Python 2 bytecode to be able to use bytecode in a project that must retain 2/3compatibility and for which the better Python 3 support provided by bytecode would be interesting.

Would you merge such a PR and do you have any advice as to how structure the code ?

Thanks

Answer 1 · 2016-11-12T23:36:22.000Z

I would prefer to see the size of the patch required to support Python 2, before accepting any change in this direction. Not supporting Python 2 is a deliberate choice to use the cool syntax of Python 3 for the source code of bytecode itself.

Answer 2 · 2016-11-13T00:25:35.000Z

This makes sense. I will focus on the stack depth first to get a bit more familiar with the code. I will move to Python 2 support only next.

Answer 3 · 2021-04-08T12:51:24.000Z

@MatthieuDartiailh I would be interested in any potential investigation outcomes regarding Python 2 support. Did you manage to figure out the amount of work required?

Answer 4 · 2021-04-08T12:54:16.000Z

Now that we are well past Python 2 EOL, I have no interest anymore in Python 2 I must say. I even dropped support for Python < 3.6 in the current main (but I messed up the commit message badly...)