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@@ -122,6 +122,19 @@ third-party dependencies (except for the `windows-curses <https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/windows-curses>`_ package on Windows, when running the terminal ``menuconfig`` implementation). +Python version compatibility (2.7/3.2+) +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Kconfiglib and all utilities run under both Python 2.7 and Python 3.2 and +later. The code mostly uses basic Python features and has no third-party +dependencies, so keeping it backwards-compatible is pretty low effort. + +The 3.2 requirement comes from ``argparse``. ``format()`` with unnumbered +``{}`` is used as well. + +A recent Python 3 version is recommended if you have a choice, as it'll give +you better Unicode handling. + Installation for the Linux kernel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -396,16 +409,6 @@ Other features The tools implemented on top of it are one file each. -- **Runs unmodified under both Python 2 and Python 3** - - The code mostly uses basic Python features and has no third-party - dependencies. The most advanced things used are probably ``@property`` and - ``__slots__``. - - A recent Python 3 version is recommended if you have a choice. Python 3.7 - finally has parsing performance on par with Python 2.7 (and Python 3.6 is - just a bit slower). - - **Robust and highly compatible with the C Kconfig tools** The `test suite <https://github.com/ulfalizer/Kconfiglib/blob/master/testsuite.py>`_ |