Initial Python3 Support, Gitignore

[fandingo]

• Ran 2to3 that changed xrange->range
• Fixed str/bytes mismatch with struct creation
• Added .gitignore to ignore PyCharm's project directory, pyc files, and text editor temp files

I wasn't able to observe any performance or memory problems with python2 and range during testing with a 12TB file system.

[knorrie]

Hi, thanks for pushing for python 3 compatibility. I also think the code should work for both, and the user should not care about it.

I just added python3 compatibility in the develop branch and verified that all scripts in examples/ work correctly when using 2 and when using 3.

The xrange is not a big deal, those are all very short lists.

I'm not going to add the .gitignore. My opinion is that exludes like *.pyc and things for your favourite editor should go into your "global" gitignore settings, and not be copied around to every git repo.

In ~/.gitconfig:

[core]
    excludesfile = /some/path/to/default/.gitignore

Hans

[knorrie]

This is in v0.2 now, closing because no reply seen any more. Thanks.