Globplot/Globpipe in python3

Question

[User 6777]

Has anyone tried to modify the Globpipe (http://globplot.embl.de/) code in python3? I found out that the current version imports some modules that are obscure in py3.

[Devon Ryan]

It looks like Globpipe was written before python3 existed...

[User 6777]

Yes. It was written in Python2. But it should be converted to py3 to remain practical. I asked Michael Kuhn (author) also, but he is saying he can't help. The problem is with the obscure modules that are imported in python2. I don''t know how to change those modules in code. Code is here: https://github.com/mkuhn/globplot.

[Devon Ryan]

fpformat can be replaced by standard python. For example, fpformat.fix(something, 10) is float("{:15.10f}".format(something)). popen3 can be replaced by Popen from the subprocess module.

As an aside, I wouldn't be surprised if the majority of python programs are still python2 only. While there are some benefits to python3, there's no real killer feature (UTF8 everywhere and a 64bit integer type aren't really killer features).