Re: [pygame] Python 2.5.4 or 2.6

[James Paige <Bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

IDLE != python

On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 06:48:27PM -0000, snet-1@xxxxxxx wrote:
> I do like 3.1 for learning, if something goes wrong in 2.5.4 it cuts out 
> and all your work is lost, 3.1, if something doesn't add up you can close 
> the program but it doesn't close your .py files so you can save then go 
> back and check what's wrong. As far as i'm aware 3.1 doesn't have a 
> compiler so it's just a matter of editing (find & replace)your code to 
> 2.5.4.
> 
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> From: "Kris Schnee" <kschnee@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2010 6:08 PM
> To: <pygame-users@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "B W" <stabbingfinger@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [pygame] Python 2.5.4 or 2.6
> 
> >On 3/25/2010 1:41 PM, B W wrote:
> >>Pygame download page claims "python2.5.4 is the best python on windows
> >>at the moment".
> >>Why should I prefer Python 2.5.4 on Windows?
> >
> >I've found that when I tried to build a Windows EXE of a program I'd 
> >written, I got inexplicable errors when I tried to use the latest version 
> >of Python and Pygame. Only 2.5.4 and the matching Pygame worked for EXEs. 
> >The experience was frustrating enough -- fatal errors just when I thought 
> >the project was ready to show off! -- that I've not tried since then to 
> >use a newer version.
> >
> 
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