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author | Ben McGinnes <[email protected]> | 2018-05-15 03:13:16 +0000 |
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committer | Ben McGinnes <[email protected]> | 2018-05-15 03:13:16 +0000 |
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docs: python bindings HOWTO - DITA XML version
* Due to the org-babel bug which breaks Python source code examples
beyond the most simple snippets, ported the HOWTO to a source format
which I *know* for sure won't break it.
* Details of the org-mode bug is in https://dev.gnupg.org/T3977
* DITA project uses DITA-OT 2.x (2.4 or 2.5, IIRC) with support for DITA 1.3.
* source files were written with oXygenXML Editor 20.0, hence the
oXygenXML project file in the directory; however only the .ditamap
and .dita files are required to generate any output with the
DITA-OT.
Signed-off-by: Ben McGinnes <[email protected]>
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diff --git a/lang/python/docs/dita/howto/part01/python2-vs-python3.dita b/lang/python/docs/dita/howto/part01/python2-vs-python3.dita new file mode 100644 index 00000000..97662764 --- /dev/null +++ b/lang/python/docs/dita/howto/part01/python2-vs-python3.dita @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE dita PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Composite//EN" "ditabase.dtd"> +<dita> + <topic id="topic_j1r_qmx_5db"> + <title>Python 2 vs. Python 3</title> + <body> + <p>Though the GPGME Python bindings themselves provide support for both Python 2 and 3, + the focus is unequivocally on Python 3 and specifically from Python 3.4 and above. As a + consequence all the examples and instructions in this guide use Python 3 code.</p> + <p>Much of it will work with Python 2, but much of it also deals with Python 3 byte literals, + particularly when reading and writing data. Developers concentrating on Python 2.7, and + possibly even 2.6, will need to make the appropriate modifications to support the older + string and unicode types as opposed to bytes.</p> + <p>There are multiple reasons for concentrating on Python 3; some of which relate to the + immediate integration of these bindings, some of which relate to longer term plans for both + GPGME and the python bindings and some of which relate to the impending EOL period for + Python 2.7. Essentially, though, there is little value in tying the bindings to a version of + the language which is a dead end and the advantages offered by Python 3 over Python 2 make + handling the data types with which GPGME deals considerably easier.</p> + </body> + </topic> +</dita> |