easybuild.tools.py2vs3.py3 module

Functionality to facilitate keeping code compatible with Python 2 & Python 3.

Implementations for Python 3.

Authors:

• Kenneth Hoste (Ghent University)

easybuild.tools.py2vs3.py3.extract_method_name(method_func)

Extract method name from lambda function.

easybuild.tools.py2vs3.py3.json_loads(body)

Wrapper for json.loads that takes into account that Python versions older than 3.6 require a string value.

easybuild.tools.py2vs3.py3.mk_wrapper_baseclass(metaclass)

easybuild.tools.py2vs3.py3.raise_with_traceback(exception_class, message, traceback)

Raise exception of specified class with given message and traceback.

easybuild.tools.py2vs3.py3.safe_cmp_looseversions(v1, v2)

Safe comparison function for two (values containing) LooseVersion instances.

easybuild.tools.py2vs3.py3.sort_looseversions(looseversions)

Sort list of (values including) distutils.version.LooseVersion instances.

easybuild.tools.py2vs3.py3.subprocess_popen_text(cmd, **kwargs)

Call subprocess.Popen in text mode with specified named arguments.

easybuild.tools.py2vs3.py3.subprocess_terminate(proc, timeout)

Terminate the subprocess if it hasn’t finished after the given timeout