[PyQt] PyQt and Python v3

Phil Thompson phil at riverbankcomputing.com
Tue Mar 24 22:15:41 GMT 2009


On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:31:21 +0100, Detlev Offenbach
<detlev at die-offenbachs.de> wrote:
> On Dienstag, 24. März 2009, Phil Thompson wrote:
>> The current SIP and PyQt4 snapshots now support Python v3. The build
>> process is exactly the same - just use the right interpreter to run
>> configure.py.
>>
>> pyuic4 has yet to be ported - but the code it generates should run under
>> Python v3.
>>
>> pyrcc4 generates code for Python v2.6 and v3. If you need to generate
>> code
>> for earlier versions of Python use the new -py2 flag. Note that Python
>> v2.6
>> can handle both formats.
>>
>> I'm still working through the examples - so far they have all run under
>> Python v3 without any changes.
>>
> 
> That is excellent news. eric4's debugger will support Python3 in the
first 
> development snapshot as well.
> 
> When will QScintilla's Python bindings be made Python3 compatible?

It wouldn't surprise me if it just worked - though configure.py will need
some changes.

Phil


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