[Biopython] Biopython 1.76 plans

[João Rodrigues]

Thanks Peter!

I agree with moving to f-strings btw. Better performance and shorter lines,
plus the subjective better readability!

Happy holidays,

João

A sexta, 20/12/2019, 16:34, Peter Cock <p.j.a.cock at googlemail.com> escreveu:

> I've logged the Bio._py3k removal as a good first time contributor issue:
>
> https://github.com/biopython/biopython/issues/2420
>
> Peter
>
> On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 8:06 PM Peter Cock <p.j.a.cock at googlemail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > A brief discussion with Chris about next steps in 2020 once this release
> is done.
> >
> > Peter
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> > From: Chris Rands <c_rands100 at hotmail.com>
> > Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 at 18:03
> > Subject: Re: [Biopython] Biopython 1.76 plans
> > To: Peter Cock <p.j.a.cock at googlemail.com>
> >
> >
> > Thanks Peter, I like your plan, and please do fwd to the mailing list if
> you think it's of broad interest
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Peter Cock <p.j.a.cock at googlemail.com>
> > Sent: 18 December 2019 6:09 PM
> > To: Chris Rands <c_rands100 at hotmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Biopython] Biopython 1.76 plans
> >
> > Shall we stay on the list? My plan:
> >
> > (1) Release Biopython 1.76 with Python 2.7 and 3.5 support
> > (2) Turn off testing under Python 2.7 and 3.5
> >
> > Then tackle the low handing fruit (in no particular order):
> >
> > (3) Remove Bio._py3k compatibility shim
> > (4) Look for and remove other Python 2 specific workarounds
> > (5) Remove no longer needed __future__ imports etc
> > (6) Remove all the Python 2/3 overhead in the C code
> >
> > Also, where sensible and after appropriate discussion, take
> > advantage of new language or standard library features in
> > Python 3.6+ as appropriate (e.g. sorted dictionaries by default
> > without needing to import OrderedDict from collections).
> >
> > I hadn't thought much about f-strings (beyond that I'm not
> > used to them and that makes me dislike them), but that could
> > be a good example.
> >
> > Peter
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