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Python 3 compatibility
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======================
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Django 1.5 is the first version of Django to support Python 3.
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The same code runs both on Python 2 (≥2.6.5) and Python 3 (≥3.2). To
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achieve this:
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- wherever possible, Django uses the six_ compatibility layer,
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- all modules declare ``from __future__ import unicode_literals``.
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.. _six: http://packages.python.org/six/
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This document is not meant as a Python 2 to Python 3 migration guide. There
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are many existing resources, including `Python's official porting guide`_. But
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it describes guidelines that apply to Django's code and are recommended for
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pluggable apps that run with both Python 2 and 3.
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.. _Python's official porting guide: http://docs.python.org/py3k/howto/pyporting.html
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.. module: django.utils.six
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django.utils.six
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================
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Read the documentation of six_. It's the canonical compatibility library for
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supporting Python 2 and 3 in a single codebase.
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``six`` is bundled with Django: you can import it as :mod:`django.utils.six`.
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.. _string-handling:
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String handling
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===============
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In Python 3, all strings are considered Unicode strings by default. Byte
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strings must be prefixed with the letter ``b``. In order to enable the same
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behavior in Python 2, every module must import ``unicode_literals`` from
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``__future__``::
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from __future__ import unicode_literals
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my_string = "This is an unicode literal"
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my_bytestring = b"This is a bytestring"
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Be cautious if you have to `slice bytestrings`_.
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.. _slice bytestrings: http://docs.python.org/py3k/howto/pyporting.html#bytes-literals
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