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Python 2-3 compatibility

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I have a Python script that I wrote to support a project that I work on (that runs primarily on Unix OSes). Given its support role in this package, this script should not introduce any other dependencies. As a result, I wrote the script in Python 2, since every Linux currently ships with 2.4--2.7 as its system Python (RHEL 5, still popular in my field, ships with 2.4).
However, Ive heard news that Ubuntu is migrating to Python 3 soon (next release??), and thats a platform we actively try to support due to its popularity. Ive tried writing the code to support both 2 and 3 as much as possible, but with priority put on supporting 2.4 over 3.
Now that Python 3-compatibility is about to become more important, Im looking for a way to catch and store exceptions in a compatible way. Because Python 2.4 and 2.5 dont support the except Exception as err:
syntax, Ive used except Exception, err:
Is there any way of getting this effect in a way compatible with Py2.4 and 3.x? Of course I could duplicate every module with 2to3 and do sys.version_info-conditional imports, but Id rather avoid duplicating all of the code if possible.

posted Jun 2, 2013 by anonymous

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From http://stromberg.dnsalias.org/~dstromberg/Intro-to-Python/Python%202%20and%203.pdf [1] :
Try/Except: both 2.x and 3.x
try: print(1/0)except ZeroDivisionError: extra = sys.exc_info()[1] print(oops)

answer Jun 2, 2013 by anonymous
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root@secure [~]# which python3
/usr/bin/python3

root@secure [~]# which pip
/usr/bin/pip

root@secure [~]# yum install pip3
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