dream-python/cclauss/readme.md

CCC's Dream Python

Community

• Push harder to get all useful third party libraries/modules fully ported to Python3.
  • Twisted, gevent
• Put Python2 out to pasture so that we can unify and press forward.
• Move to something more modern/powerful than tkinter as the bundled UI. Today there are way too many UI options which is increasing the learning curve, fostering duplication of effort, and stalling innovation.
  • Tkinter, Pygame, PyQt, PySide, PyGObject, PyGtk. kivy, etc.
• Python as one of the top languages used for game development.
• More support for and progress on speeding up Python execution (Pypy3, etc.)
• More rapid support for new Python and Pypy releases on PaaS systems like Bluemix, Heroku, etc.

Technical

• An easier syntax for bounding a variable between a min and a max. See below.
• Pervasive support for with open() syntax throughout the standard library.
  • e.g. in aifc.py, wave.py, shelve.py, etc.
• Support Python3 in Pythonista so we can hack Python3 on our iPads while on the move.

On bounding a variable between a min and a max

x = -3 |> x <| 5
# would be equal to:
x = min(max(x, -3), 5)

# other approaches
x = -3 | x | 5
# or
x = -3 |>= x <=| 5