[Xapian-tickets] [Xapian] #346: Python 3 support

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#346: Python 3 support
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 Reporter:  olly             |       Owner:  richard  
     Type:  defect           |      Status:  new      
 Priority:  high             |   Milestone:  1.1.2    
Component:  Xapian-bindings  |     Version:  SVN trunk
 Severity:  normal           |    Keywords:           
Blockedby:                   |    Platform:  All      
 Blocking:                   |  
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Comment(by kelm):

 The patch was just enough to get Xapian functional for me (for the
 moment). There was no intention on my side to claim that it it solves
 everything. Actually, it is obvious that commenting out (very few)
 testcases cannot be "it". Nevertheless it demonstrated progress in moving
 towards Py3k support.

 Please note that I haven't delved into it for a while, so please bear with
 me if I forgot something:
 The __new__ warning stems from an incomplete iterator interface (from
 py3ks point of view). The __next__ and __len__ changes are essential to
 comply to the modified py3k iterator interface. I'm no too surprised that
 it did not work without them...

 The reason for changes like:

 {{{
 MSet.__len__ = MSet.size
 }}}

 to

 {{{
 MSet.__len__ = lambda self, *args: MSet.size(self, *args)
 }}}

 was to work around a change in py3k - the removal of support for "unbound
 methods". It might well be that the *args parameter is not needed in this
 case...

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