Python 3, using old Python 2 scripts

[Krion 3]

Hi,

I have just installed the Python 3 version of Houdini to test out if I can use old code with it. I had read something about an included convert-script.

My own shelf tool which references an old python script in an own PYTHONPATH of mine produces this error:

Do I need to rewrite all my old code?

Thanks,

[kiryha 67]

There is no such a big difference between Python2 and 3, so re-writing should not be hard. 

In Python 3 "print" is not a statement anymore, it is a function, which means you have to place everything in parentheses: print ('Hello, World!')

[Stalkerx777 160]

On 3/10/2021 at 7:41 AM, kiryha said:

There is no such a big difference between Python2 and 3, so re-writing should not be hard. 

In Python 3 "print" is not a statement anymore, it is a function, which means you have to place everything in parentheses: print ('Hello, World!')

This is simply not true. There's a huge difference between python 2 and 3. There's a reason why there's still massive amounts of Python 2 code around even after 12 years since Python 3 came out.

Changes to import mechanics, strings and unicode, iterators, metaclasses just to name a few. Switching to Python 3 is not trivial.

For simple scripts, converting manually is a reasonable option, for bigger projects I use this tool: futurize

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Do I need to rewrite all my old code?

Check out this guide: https://docs.python.org/3/howto/pyporting.html

Edited March 16 by Stalkerx777
typo

[kiryha 67]

18 hours ago, Stalkerx777 said:

There's a huge difference between python 2 and 3.

My bad, you are right. But I was assuming the script is quite simple, and in that case, I guess it can be easy to update.