The Python Alliance (Lightweight TBA Client in Python)

[Brian Maher]

Good job, Tim.

Originally Posted by tjf

(Side note, this only properly works in Python 2.7 because of input() vs raw_input(). If anyone has a solution that works in both, I'd happily accept...)

A quick-and-dirty solution that comes to mind is writing your own input function with a try-except block:

def my_input(prompt):
     try:
          return raw_input(prompt) 
     except:
          return input(prompt)

An alternative, more sophisticated approach would be to check the Python version in your function. This Stack Overflow thread talks about how to use the Python version number in a program.

A similar method can be used for print() vs the print keyword, which should make it compatible with both Python 2.7 and 3.X.