Writing Python 2.7 code that is as close to Python 3.x syntax as possible

Question

Since Django doesn\'t yet support Python 3.x, I\'m using Python 2.7. However, I\'d like to go ahead and start familiarizing myself with the new Python 3.x syntax as much as

Answer 1

You also need to use the new exception syntaxes, ie no more

try:
     raise Exception, "Message"
except Exception, e:
     pass

instead you should do:

try:
     raise Exception("Message")
except Exception as e:
     pass

Also make sure you prefix all your binary strings with a b, ie:

b'This is a binary string'

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