Remove support for Py2.6 and various quirks that special-cased it.

Closes #2692.

.travis.yml

@@ -42,10 +42,6 @@ matrix:
       dist: xenial    # Required for Python 3.7
       sudo: required  # travis-ci/travis-ci#9069
       env: BACKEND=cpp
-    - python: 2.6
-      env: BACKEND=c
-    - python: 2.6
-      env: BACKEND=cpp
 # Disabled: coverage analysis takes excessively long, several times longer than without.
 #    - python: 3.7
 #      dist: xenial    # Required for Python 3.7
@@ -138,7 +134,7 @@ before_install:
 
 install:
   - python -c 'import sys; print("Python %s" % (sys.version,))'
-  - if [ -n "${TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION##*-dev}" -a -n "${TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION##2.6*}" ]; then pip install -r test-requirements.txt $( [ -z "${TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION##pypy*}" -o -z "${TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION##3.7*}" ] || echo " -r test-requirements-cpython.txt" ) ; fi
+  - if [ -n "${TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION##*-dev}" ]; then pip install -r test-requirements.txt $( [ -z "${TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION##pypy*}" -o -z "${TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION##3.7*}" ] || echo " -r test-requirements-cpython.txt" ) ; fi
 #  - CFLAGS="-O2 -ggdb -Wall -Wextra $(python -c 'import sys; print("-fno-strict-aliasing" if sys.version_info[0] == 2 else "")')" python setup.py build
 
 before_script: ccache -s || true
@@ -150,7 +146,7 @@ script:
     else
       STYLE_ARGS=--no-code-style;
       if $PYTHON_DBG -V >&2; then CFLAGS="-O0 -ggdb" $PYTHON_DBG runtests.py -vv --no-code-style Debugger --backends=$BACKEND; fi;
-      if [ -z "${BACKEND##*cpp*}" -a -n "${TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION##2.6*}" ]; then pip install pythran; fi;
+      if [ -z "${BACKEND##*cpp*}" ]; then pip install pythran; fi;
       if [ "$BACKEND" != "cpp" -a -n "${TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION##2*}" ]; then pip install mypy; fi;
     fi
   - if [ "$COVERAGE" != "1" ]; then CFLAGS="-O2 -ggdb -Wall -Wextra $(python -c 'import sys; print("-fno-strict-aliasing" if sys.version_info[0] == 2 else "")')" python setup.py build_ext -i; fi

Cython/Build/Dependencies.py

@@ -1056,15 +1056,9 @@ def cythonize(module_list, exclude=None, nthreads=0, aliases=None, quiet=False,
     if N <= 1:
         nthreads = 0
     if nthreads:
-        # Requires multiprocessing (or Python >= 2.6)
-        try:
         import multiprocessing
         pool = multiprocessing.Pool(
             nthreads, initializer=_init_multiprocessing_helper)
-        except (ImportError, OSError):
-            print("multiprocessing required for parallel cythonization")
-            nthreads = 0
-        else:
         # This is a bit more involved than it should be, because KeyboardInterrupts
         # break the multiprocessing workers when using a normal pool.map().
         # See, for example:

Cython/Compiler/Code.py

@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     from builtins import str as basestring
 
-KEYWORDS_MUST_BE_BYTES = sys.version_info < (2, 7)
-
 
 non_portable_builtins_map = {
     # builtins that have different names in different Python versions
@@ -259,15 +257,11 @@ class UtilityCodeBase(object):
             utility[1] = code
         else:
             all_tags = utility[2]
-            if KEYWORDS_MUST_BE_BYTES:
-                type = type.encode('ASCII')
             all_tags[type] = code
 
         if tags:
             all_tags = utility[2]
             for name, values in tags.items():
-                if KEYWORDS_MUST_BE_BYTES:
-                    name = name.encode('ASCII')
                 all_tags.setdefault(name, set()).update(values)
 
     @classmethod

Cython/Compiler/Errors.py

@@ -60,8 +60,6 @@ class CompileError(PyrexError):
         self.message_only = message
         self.formatted_message = format_error(message, position)
         self.reported = False
-    # Deprecated and withdrawn in 2.6:
-    #   self.message = message
         Exception.__init__(self, self.formatted_message)
         # Python Exception subclass pickling is broken,
         # see http://bugs.python.org/issue1692335
@@ -74,8 +72,6 @@ class CompileWarning(PyrexWarning):
 
     def __init__(self, position = None, message = ""):
         self.position = position
-    # Deprecated and withdrawn in 2.6:
-    #   self.message = message
         Exception.__init__(self, format_position(position) + message)
 
 class InternalError(Exception):

Cython/Compiler/Main.py

@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import re
 import sys
 import io
 
-if sys.version_info[:2] < (2, 6) or (3, 0) <= sys.version_info[:2] < (3, 3):
-    sys.stderr.write("Sorry, Cython requires Python 2.6+ or 3.3+, found %d.%d\n" % tuple(sys.version_info[:2]))
+if sys.version_info[:2] < (2, 7) or (3, 0) <= sys.version_info[:2] < (3, 3):
+    sys.stderr.write("Sorry, Cython requires Python 2.7 or 3.3+, found %d.%d\n" % tuple(sys.version_info[:2]))
     sys.exit(1)
 
 try:

Cython/Compiler/ModuleNode.py

@@ -635,9 +635,9 @@ class ModuleNode(Nodes.Node, Nodes.BlockNode):
         code.putln("#ifndef Py_PYTHON_H")
         code.putln("    #error Python headers needed to compile C extensions, "
                    "please install development version of Python.")
-        code.putln("#elif PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x02060000 || "
+        code.putln("#elif PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x02070000 || "
                    "(0x03000000 <= PY_VERSION_HEX && PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x03030000)")
-        code.putln("    #error Cython requires Python 2.6+ or Python 3.3+.")
+        code.putln("    #error Cython requires Python 2.7+ or Python 3.3+.")
         code.putln("#else")
         code.globalstate["end"].putln("#endif /* Py_PYTHON_H */")
 

Cython/Debugger/Tests/TestLibCython.py

@@ -56,13 +56,13 @@ def test_gdb():
                 stdout, _ = p.communicate()
                 try:
                     internal_python_version = list(map(int, stdout.decode('ascii', 'ignore').split()))
-                    if internal_python_version < [2, 6]:
+                    if internal_python_version < [2, 7]:
                         have_gdb = False
                 except ValueError:
                     have_gdb = False
 
     if not have_gdb:
-        warnings.warn('Skipping gdb tests, need gdb >= 7.2 with Python >= 2.6')
+        warnings.warn('Skipping gdb tests, need gdb >= 7.2 with Python >= 2.7')
 
     return have_gdb
 

Cython/Debugger/libpython.py

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ The module also extends gdb with some python-specific commands.
 '''
 
 # NOTE: some gdbs are linked with Python 3, so this file should be dual-syntax
-# compatible (2.6+ and 3.0+).  See #19308.
+# compatible (2.7+ and 3.3+).  See #19308.
 
 from __future__ import print_function
 import gdb
@@ -1435,8 +1435,8 @@ The following code should ensure that the prettyprinter is registered
 if the code is autoloaded by gdb when visiting libpython.so, provided
 that this python file is installed to the same path as the library (or its
 .debug file) plus a "-gdb.py" suffix, e.g:
-  /usr/lib/libpython2.6.so.1.0-gdb.py
-  /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/libpython2.6.so.1.0.debug-gdb.py
+  /usr/lib/libpython3.7.so.1.0-gdb.py
+  /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/libpython3.7.so.1.0.debug-gdb.py
 """
 def register (obj):
     if obj is None:

Cython/Utility/Builtins.c

@@ -418,9 +418,6 @@ static CYTHON_INLINE PyObject* __Pyx_PyDict_IterItems(PyObject* d) {
 
 //////////////////// py_dict_viewkeys.proto ////////////////////
 
-#if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x02070000
-#error This module uses dict views, which require Python 2.7 or later
-#endif
 static CYTHON_INLINE PyObject* __Pyx_PyDict_ViewKeys(PyObject* d); /*proto*/
 
 //////////////////// py_dict_viewkeys ////////////////////
@@ -434,9 +431,6 @@ static CYTHON_INLINE PyObject* __Pyx_PyDict_ViewKeys(PyObject* d) {
 
 //////////////////// py_dict_viewvalues.proto ////////////////////
 
-#if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x02070000
-#error This module uses dict views, which require Python 2.7 or later
-#endif
 static CYTHON_INLINE PyObject* __Pyx_PyDict_ViewValues(PyObject* d); /*proto*/
 
 //////////////////// py_dict_viewvalues ////////////////////
@@ -450,9 +444,6 @@ static CYTHON_INLINE PyObject* __Pyx_PyDict_ViewValues(PyObject* d) {
 
 //////////////////// py_dict_viewitems.proto ////////////////////
 
-#if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x02070000
-#error This module uses dict views, which require Python 2.7 or later
-#endif
 static CYTHON_INLINE PyObject* __Pyx_PyDict_ViewItems(PyObject* d); /*proto*/
 
 //////////////////// py_dict_viewitems ////////////////////

Cython/Utility/Capsule.c

@@ -6,15 +6,7 @@ static CYTHON_INLINE PyObject *__pyx_capsule_create(void *p, const char *sig);
 //////////////// Capsule ////////////////
 
 static CYTHON_INLINE PyObject *
-__pyx_capsule_create(void *p, CYTHON_UNUSED const char *sig)
+__pyx_capsule_create(void *p, const char *sig)
 {
-    PyObject *cobj;
-
-#if PY_VERSION_HEX >= 0x02070000
-    cobj = PyCapsule_New(p, sig, NULL);
-#else
-    cobj = PyCObject_FromVoidPtr(p, NULL);
-#endif
-
-    return cobj;
+    return PyCapsule_New(p, sig, NULL);
 }

Cython/Utility/CommonStructures.c

@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ static void* __Pyx_FetchCommonPointer(void* pointer, const char* name);
 
 
 static void* __Pyx_FetchCommonPointer(void* pointer, const char* name) {
-#if PY_VERSION_HEX >= 0x02070000
     PyObject* fake_module = NULL;
     PyObject* capsule = NULL;
     void* value = NULL;
@@ -80,7 +79,4 @@ bad:
     Py_XDECREF(capsule);
     Py_DECREF(fake_module);
     return value;
-#else
-    return pointer;
-#endif
 }

Cython/Utility/CpdefEnums.pyx

@@ -6,10 +6,7 @@ cdef extern from *:
     int PY_VERSION_HEX
 
 cdef object __Pyx_OrderedDict
-if PY_VERSION_HEX >= 0x02070000:
-    from collections import OrderedDict as __Pyx_OrderedDict
-else:
-    __Pyx_OrderedDict = dict
+from collections import OrderedDict as __Pyx_OrderedDict
 
 @cython.internal
 cdef class __Pyx_EnumMeta(type):

Cython/Utility/ImportExport.c

@@ -412,7 +412,6 @@ static int __Pyx_ImportFunction(PyObject *module, const char *funcname, void (**
                 PyModule_GetName(module), funcname);
         goto bad;
     }
-#if PY_VERSION_HEX >= 0x02070000
     if (!PyCapsule_IsValid(cobj, sig)) {
         PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
             "C function %.200s.%.200s has wrong signature (expected %.500s, got %.500s)",
@@ -420,21 +419,6 @@ static int __Pyx_ImportFunction(PyObject *module, const char *funcname, void (**
         goto bad;
     }
     tmp.p = PyCapsule_GetPointer(cobj, sig);
-#else
-    {const char *desc, *s1, *s2;
-    desc = (const char *)PyCObject_GetDesc(cobj);
-    if (!desc)
-        goto bad;
-    s1 = desc; s2 = sig;
-    while (*s1 != '\0' && *s1 == *s2) { s1++; s2++; }
-    if (*s1 != *s2) {
-        PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
-            "C function %.200s.%.200s has wrong signature (expected %.500s, got %.500s)",
-             PyModule_GetName(module), funcname, sig, desc);
-        goto bad;
-    }
-    tmp.p = PyCObject_AsVoidPtr(cobj);}
-#endif
     *f = tmp.fp;
     if (!(*f))
         goto bad;
@@ -472,11 +456,7 @@ static int __Pyx_ExportFunction(const char *name, void (*f)(void), const char *s
             goto bad;
     }
     tmp.fp = f;
-#if PY_VERSION_HEX >= 0x02070000
     cobj = PyCapsule_New(tmp.p, sig, 0);
-#else
-    cobj = PyCObject_FromVoidPtrAndDesc(tmp.p, (void *)sig, 0);
-#endif
     if (!cobj)
         goto bad;
     if (PyDict_SetItemString(d, name, cobj) < 0)
@@ -513,7 +493,6 @@ static int __Pyx_ImportVoidPtr(PyObject *module, const char *name, void **p, con
                 PyModule_GetName(module), name);
         goto bad;
     }
-#if PY_VERSION_HEX >= 0x02070000
     if (!PyCapsule_IsValid(cobj, sig)) {
         PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
             "C variable %.200s.%.200s has wrong signature (expected %.500s, got %.500s)",
@@ -521,21 +500,6 @@ static int __Pyx_ImportVoidPtr(PyObject *module, const char *name, void **p, con
         goto bad;
     }
     *p = PyCapsule_GetPointer(cobj, sig);
-#else
-    {const char *desc, *s1, *s2;
-    desc = (const char *)PyCObject_GetDesc(cobj);
-    if (!desc)
-        goto bad;
-    s1 = desc; s2 = sig;
-    while (*s1 != '\0' && *s1 == *s2) { s1++; s2++; }
-    if (*s1 != *s2) {
-        PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
-            "C variable %.200s.%.200s has wrong signature (expected %.500s, got %.500s)",
-             PyModule_GetName(module), name, sig, desc);
-        goto bad;
-    }
-    *p = PyCObject_AsVoidPtr(cobj);}
-#endif
     if (!(*p))
         goto bad;
     Py_DECREF(d);
@@ -567,11 +531,7 @@ static int __Pyx_ExportVoidPtr(PyObject *name, void *p, const char *sig) {
         if (__Pyx_PyObject_SetAttrStr($module_cname, PYIDENT("$api_name"), d) < 0)
             goto bad;
     }
-#if PY_VERSION_HEX >= 0x02070000
     cobj = PyCapsule_New(p, sig, 0);
-#else
-    cobj = PyCObject_FromVoidPtrAndDesc(p, (void *)sig, 0);
-#endif
     if (!cobj)
         goto bad;
     if (PyDict_SetItem(d, name, cobj) < 0)
@@ -593,11 +553,7 @@ static int __Pyx_SetVtable(PyObject *dict, void *vtable); /*proto*/
 /////////////// SetVTable ///////////////
 
 static int __Pyx_SetVtable(PyObject *dict, void *vtable) {
-#if PY_VERSION_HEX >= 0x02070000
     PyObject *ob = PyCapsule_New(vtable, 0, 0);
-#else
-    PyObject *ob = PyCObject_FromVoidPtr(vtable, 0);
-#endif
     if (!ob)
         goto bad;
     if (PyDict_SetItem(dict, PYIDENT("__pyx_vtable__"), ob) < 0)
@@ -621,11 +577,7 @@ static void* __Pyx_GetVtable(PyObject *dict) {
     PyObject *ob = PyObject_GetItem(dict, PYIDENT("__pyx_vtable__"));
     if (!ob)
         goto bad;
-#if PY_VERSION_HEX >= 0x02070000
     ptr = PyCapsule_GetPointer(ob, 0);
-#else
-    ptr = PyCObject_AsVoidPtr(ob);
-#endif
     if (!ptr && !PyErr_Occurred())
         PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError, "invalid vtable found for imported type");
     Py_DECREF(ob);

Cython/Utility/ModuleSetupCode.c

@@ -29,9 +29,7 @@
 
 #ifndef HAVE_LONG_LONG
   // CPython has required PY_LONG_LONG support for years, even if HAVE_LONG_LONG is not defined for us
-  #if PY_VERSION_HEX >= 0x02070000
   #define HAVE_LONG_LONG
-  #endif
 #endif
 
 #ifndef PY_LONG_LONG
@@ -135,11 +133,7 @@
   #ifndef CYTHON_USE_TYPE_SLOTS
     #define CYTHON_USE_TYPE_SLOTS 1
   #endif
-  #if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x02070000
-    // looks like calling _PyType_Lookup() isn't safe in Py<=2.6/3.1
-    #undef CYTHON_USE_PYTYPE_LOOKUP
-    #define CYTHON_USE_PYTYPE_LOOKUP 0
-  #elif !defined(CYTHON_USE_PYTYPE_LOOKUP)
+  #ifndef CYTHON_USE_PYTYPE_LOOKUP
     #define CYTHON_USE_PYTYPE_LOOKUP 1
   #endif
   #if PY_MAJOR_VERSION < 3
@@ -148,10 +142,7 @@
   #elif !defined(CYTHON_USE_ASYNC_SLOTS)
     #define CYTHON_USE_ASYNC_SLOTS 1
   #endif
-  #if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x02070000
-    #undef CYTHON_USE_PYLONG_INTERNALS
-    #define CYTHON_USE_PYLONG_INTERNALS 0
-  #elif !defined(CYTHON_USE_PYLONG_INTERNALS)
+  #ifndef CYTHON_USE_PYLONG_INTERNALS
     #define CYTHON_USE_PYLONG_INTERNALS 1
   #endif
   #ifndef CYTHON_USE_PYLIST_INTERNALS
@@ -470,7 +461,7 @@ class __Pyx_FakeReference {
   #define __Pyx_PyFrame_SetLineNumber(frame, lineno)  (frame)->f_lineno = (lineno)
 #endif
 
-#if !CYTHON_FAST_THREAD_STATE || PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x02070000
+#if !CYTHON_FAST_THREAD_STATE
   #define __Pyx_PyThreadState_Current PyThreadState_GET()
 #elif PY_VERSION_HEX >= 0x03060000
   //#elif PY_VERSION_HEX >= 0x03050200
@@ -1396,10 +1387,6 @@ static void __Pyx_FastGilFuncInit(void);
 #define __Pyx_FastGIL_PyCapsule \
     __Pyx_FastGIL_ABI_module "." __Pyx_FastGIL_PyCapsuleName
 
-#if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x02070000
-  #undef CYTHON_THREAD_LOCAL
-#endif
-
 #ifdef CYTHON_THREAD_LOCAL
 
 #include "pythread.h"
@@ -1492,11 +1479,7 @@ static void __Pyx_FastGilFuncInit0(void) {
 #endif
 
 static void __Pyx_FastGilFuncInit(void) {
-#if PY_VERSION_HEX >= 0x02070000
   struct __Pyx_FastGilVtab* shared = (struct __Pyx_FastGilVtab*)PyCapsule_Import(__Pyx_FastGIL_PyCapsule, 1);
-#else
-  struct __Pyx_FastGilVtab* shared = NULL;
-#endif
   if (shared) {
     __Pyx_FastGilFuncs = *shared;
   } else {

Cython/Utility/ObjectHandling.c

@@ -199,10 +199,8 @@ static CYTHON_INLINE PyObject *__Pyx_PyIter_Next2(PyObject* iterator, PyObject*
         next = iternext(iterator);
         if (likely(next))
             return next;
-        #if PY_VERSION_HEX >= 0x02070000
         if (unlikely(iternext == &_PyObject_NextNotImplemented))
             return NULL;
-        #endif
 #else
         // Since the slot was set, assume that PyIter_Next() will likely succeed, and properly fail otherwise.
         // Note: PyIter_Next() crashes in CPython if "tp_iternext" is NULL.
@@ -1303,7 +1301,7 @@ static PyObject *__Pyx_RaiseGenericGetAttributeError(PyTypeObject *tp, PyObject
 }
 
 static CYTHON_INLINE PyObject* __Pyx_PyObject_GenericGetAttrNoDict(PyObject* obj, PyObject* attr_name) {
-    // Copied and adapted from _PyObject_GenericGetAttrWithDict() in CPython 2.6/3.7.
+    // Copied and adapted from _PyObject_GenericGetAttrWithDict() in CPython 3.6/3.7.
     // To be used in the "tp_getattro" slot of extension types that have no instance dict and cannot be subclassed.
     PyObject *descr;
     PyTypeObject *tp = Py_TYPE(obj);

runtests.py

@@ -412,12 +412,7 @@ EXT_EXTRAS = {
 VER_DEP_MODULES = {
     # tests are excluded if 'CurrentPythonVersion OP VersionTuple', i.e.
     # (2,4) : (operator.lt, ...) excludes ... when PyVer < 2.4.x
-    (2,7) : (operator.lt, lambda x: x in ['run.withstat_py27', # multi context with statement
-                                          'run.yield_inside_lambda',
-                                          'run.test_dictviews',
-                                          'run.pyclass_special_methods',
-                                          'run.set_literals',
-                                          ]),
+
     # The next line should start (3,); but this is a dictionary, so
     # we can only have one (3,) key.  Since 2.7 is supposed to be the
     # last 2.x release, things would have to change drastically for this
@@ -1260,8 +1255,7 @@ class CythonRunTestCase(CythonCompileTestCase):
             try:
                 self.success = False
                 ext_so_path = self.runCompileTest()
-                # Py2.6 lacks "_TextTestResult.skipped"
-                failures, errors, skipped = len(result.failures), len(result.errors), len(getattr(result, 'skipped', []))
+                failures, errors, skipped = len(result.failures), len(result.errors), len(result.skipped)
                 if not self.cython_only and ext_so_path is not None:
                     self.run_tests(result, ext_so_path)
                 if failures == len(result.failures) and errors == len(result.errors):
@@ -1445,10 +1439,6 @@ class PartialTestResult(_TextTestResult):
         _TextTestResult.__init__(
             self, self._StringIO(), True,
             base_result.dots + base_result.showAll*2)
-        try:
-            self.skipped
-        except AttributeError:
-            self.skipped = []  # Py2.6
 
     def strip_error_results(self, results):
         for test_case, error in results:
@@ -1473,10 +1463,7 @@ class PartialTestResult(_TextTestResult):
         if output:
             result.stream.write(output)
         result.errors.extend(errors)
-        try:
         result.skipped.extend(skipped)
-        except AttributeError:
-            pass  # Py2.6
         result.failures.extend(failures)
         result.testsRun += tests_run
 
@@ -2209,7 +2196,7 @@ def time_stamper_thread(interval=10):
             write('\n#### %s\n' % now())
 
     thread = threading.Thread(target=time_stamper, name='time_stamper')
-    thread.setDaemon(True)  # Py2.6 ...
+    thread.setDaemon(True)  # Py2 ...
     thread.start()
     try:
         yield

tests/buffers/userbuffer.pyx

-import sys
 
-__doc__ = u""
-
-if sys.version_info[:2] == (2, 6):
-    __doc__ += u"""
->>> memoryview = _memoryview
-"""
-
-__doc__ += u"""
+__doc__ = u"""
 >>> b1 = UserBuffer1()
 >>> m1 = memoryview(b1)
 >>> m1.tolist()
 [0, 1, 2, 3, 4]
 >>> del m1, b1
-"""
 
-__doc__ += u"""
 >>> b2 = UserBuffer2()
 >>> m2 = memoryview(b2)
 UserBuffer2: getbuffer

tests/errors/cdefkwargs.pyx

@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@ __doc__ = u"""
     >>> call4()
 """
 
-import sys, re
-if sys.version_info >= (2,6):
-    __doc__ = re.sub(u"Error: (.*)exactly(.*)", u"Error: \\1at most\\2", __doc__)
-
 # the calls:
 
 def call2():

tests/memoryview/memslice.pyx

@@ -1853,11 +1853,7 @@ def test_struct_attributes_format():
     """
     cdef TestAttrs[10] array
     cdef TestAttrs[:] struct_memview = array
-
-    if sys.version_info[:2] >= (2, 7):
     print builtins.memoryview(struct_memview).format
-    else:
-        print "T{i:int_attrib:c:char_attrib:}"
 
 
 # Test padding at the end of structs in the buffer support

tests/run/builtin_float.py

 
-import sys
-
 def empty_float():
     """
     >>> float()
@@ -11,24 +9,20 @@ def empty_float():
     x = float()
     return x
 
+
 def float_conjugate():
     """
     >>> float_call_conjugate()
     1.5
     """
-    if sys.version_info >= (2,6):
     x = 1.5 .conjugate()
-    else:
-        x = 1.5
     return x
 
+
 def float_call_conjugate():
     """
     >>> float_call_conjugate()
     1.5
     """
-    if sys.version_info >= (2,6):
     x = float(1.5).conjugate()
-    else:
-        x = 1.5
     return x

tests/run/c_type_methods_T236.pyx

 # ticket: 236
 
-__doc__ = ''
-
 import sys
-if sys.version_info >= (2,6):
-    __doc__ += '''
+
+__doc__ = '''
 >>> float_is_integer(1.0)
 True
 >>> float_is_integer(1.1)
@@ -19,7 +17,6 @@ True
 '''
 
 def float_is_integer(float f):
-    # requires Python 2.6+
     return f.is_integer()
 
 def int_bit_length(int i):

tests/run/cpdef_enums.pyx

@@ -70,14 +70,8 @@ def test_as_variable_from_cython():
     """
     >>> test_as_variable_from_cython()
     """
-    import sys
-    if sys.version_info >= (2, 7):
     assert list(PyxEnum) == [TWO, THREE, FIVE], list(PyxEnum)
     assert list(PxdEnum) == [RANK_0, RANK_1, RANK_2], list(PxdEnum)
-    else:
-        # No OrderedDict.
-        assert set(PyxEnum) == {TWO, THREE, FIVE}, list(PyxEnum)
-        assert set(PxdEnum) == {RANK_0, RANK_1, RANK_2}, list(PxdEnum)
 
 cdef int verify_pure_c() nogil:
     cdef int x = TWO

tests/run/extstarargs.pyx

@@ -88,15 +88,13 @@ __doc__ = u"""
     (1, ('a', 1), ('b', 2))
 """
 
-import sys, re
-if sys.version_info >= (2,6):
-    __doc__ = re.sub(u"(ELLIPSIS[^>]*Error: )[^\n]*\n", u"\\1...\n", __doc__)
 
 cdef sorteditems(d):
     l = list(d.items())
     l.sort()
     return tuple(l)
 
+
 cdef class Silly:
 
     def __init__(self, *a):

tests/run/numpy_test.pyx

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ cimport numpy as np
 cimport cython
 
 import re
-import sys
 
 
 def little_endian():
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ def testcase(f):
 
 def testcase_have_buffer_interface(f):
     major, minor, *rest = np.__version__.split('.')
-    if (int(major), int(minor)) >= (1, 5) and sys.version_info[:2] >= (2, 6):
+    if (int(major), int(minor)) >= (1, 5):
         __test__[f.__name__] = f.__doc__
     return f
 

tests/run/test_asyncgen.py

@@ -247,16 +247,6 @@ class AsyncGenTest(unittest.TestCase):
             else:
                 self.assertTrue(False)
 
-    if sys.version_info < (2, 7):
-        def assertIn(self, x, container):
-            self.assertTrue(x in container)
-
-        def assertIs(self, x, y):
-            self.assertTrue(x is y)
-
-        assertRaises = assertRaisesRegex
-
-
     def compare_generators(self, sync_gen, async_gen):
         def sync_iterate(g):
             res = []

tests/run/test_coroutines_pep492.pyx

@@ -144,17 +144,6 @@ def silence_coro_gc():
         gc.collect()
 
 
-def min_py27(method):
-    return None if sys.version_info < (2, 7) else method
-
-
-def ignore_py26(manager):
-    @contextlib.contextmanager
-    def dummy():
-        yield
-    return dummy() if sys.version_info < (2, 7) else manager
-
-
 @contextlib.contextmanager
 def captured_stderr():
     try:
@@ -1826,7 +1815,7 @@ class CoroutineTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
         buffer = []
         async def test1():
-            with ignore_py26(self.assertWarnsRegex(DeprecationWarning, "legacy")):
+            with self.assertWarnsRegex(DeprecationWarning, "legacy"):
                 async for i1, i2 in AsyncIter():
                     buffer.append(i1 + i2)
 
@@ -1840,7 +1829,7 @@ class CoroutineTest(unittest.TestCase):
         buffer = []
         async def test2():
             nonlocal buffer
-            with ignore_py26(self.assertWarnsRegex(DeprecationWarning, "legacy")):
+            with self.assertWarnsRegex(DeprecationWarning, "legacy"):
                 async for i in AsyncIter():
                     buffer.append(i[0])
                     if i[0] == 20:
@@ -1859,7 +1848,7 @@ class CoroutineTest(unittest.TestCase):
         buffer = []
         async def test3():
             nonlocal buffer
-            with ignore_py26(self.assertWarnsRegex(DeprecationWarning, "legacy")):
+            with self.assertWarnsRegex(DeprecationWarning, "legacy"):
                 async for i in AsyncIter():
                     if i[0] > 20:
                         continue
@@ -2076,7 +2065,6 @@ class CoroutineTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(CNT, 0)
 
     # old-style pre-Py3.5.2 protocol - no longer supported
-    @min_py27
     def __test_for_9(self):
         # Test that DeprecationWarning can safely be converted into
         # an exception (__aiter__ should not have a chance to raise
@@ -2094,7 +2082,6 @@ class CoroutineTest(unittest.TestCase):
                 run_async(foo())
 
     # old-style pre-Py3.5.2 protocol - no longer supported
-    @min_py27
     def __test_for_10(self):
         # Test that DeprecationWarning can safely be converted into
         # an exception.

tests/run/test_fstring.pyx

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import contextlib
 
 import sys
 IS_PY2 = sys.version_info[0] < 3
-IS_PY26 = sys.version_info[:2] < (2, 7)
 
 from Cython.Build.Inline import cython_inline
 from Cython.TestUtils import CythonTest
@@ -63,23 +62,8 @@ class TestCase(CythonTest):
                     first = stripped_first.decode('unicode_escape')
             super(TestCase, self).assertEqual(first, second, msg)
 
-        if IS_PY26:
-            @contextlib.contextmanager
-            def assertRaises(self, exc):
-                try:
-                    yield
-                except exc:
-                    pass
-                else:
-                    assert False, "exception '%s' not raised" % exc
-
-            def assertIn(self, value, collection):
-                self.assertTrue(value in collection)
-
     def test__format__lookup(self):
-        if IS_PY26:
-            return
-        elif IS_PY2:
+        if IS_PY2:
             raise unittest.SkipTest("Py3-only")
 
         # Make sure __format__ is looked up on the type, not the instance.
@@ -288,7 +272,6 @@ f'{a * x()}'"""
         width = 10
         precision = 4
         value = decimal.Decimal('12.34567')
-        if not IS_PY26:
         self.assertEqual(f'result: {value:{width}.{precision}}', 'result:      12.35')
         self.assertEqual(f'result: {value:{width!r}.{precision}}', 'result:      12.35')
         self.assertEqual(f'result: {value:{width:0}.{precision:1}}', 'result:      12.35')
@@ -312,7 +295,6 @@ f'{a * x()}'"""
                              ])
 
         # CYTHON: The nesting restriction seems rather arbitrary. Ignoring it for now and instead test that it works.
-        if not IS_PY26:
         self.assertEqual(f'result: {value:{width:{0}}.{precision:1}}', 'result:      12.35')
         #self.assertAllRaise(SyntaxError, "f-string: expressions nested too deeply",
         #                    [# Can't nest format specifiers.
@@ -678,7 +660,6 @@ f'{a * x()}'"""
 
     def test_conversions(self):
         self.assertEqual(f'{3.14:10.10}', '      3.14')
-        if not IS_PY26:
         self.assertEqual(f'{3.14!s:10.10}', '3.14      ')
         self.assertEqual(f'{3.14!r:10.10}', '3.14      ')
         self.assertEqual(f'{3.14!a:10.10}', '3.14      ')

tests/run/test_grammar.py

@@ -1520,24 +1520,6 @@ class GrammarTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
 GrammarTests.assertRaisesRegex = lambda self, exc, msg: self.assertRaises(exc)
 
-if sys.version_info < (2, 7):
-    def assertRaises(self, exc_type, func=None, *args, **kwargs):
-        if func is not None:
-            return unittest.TestCase.assertRaises(self, exc_type, func, *args, **kwargs)
-        @contextlib.contextmanager
-        def assertRaisesCM():
-            class Result(object):
-                exception = exc_type("unexpected EOF")  # see usage above
-            try:
-                yield Result()
-            except exc_type:
-                self.assertTrue(True)
-            else:
-                self.assertTrue(False)
-        return assertRaisesCM()
-    GrammarTests.assertRaises = assertRaises
-    TokenTests.assertRaises = assertRaises
-
 
 if not hasattr(unittest.TestCase, 'subTest'):
     @contextlib.contextmanager
@@ -1550,20 +1532,10 @@ if not hasattr(unittest.TestCase, 'subTest'):
     GrammarTests.subTest = subTest
 
 
-if not hasattr(unittest.TestCase, 'assertIn'):
-    def assertIn(self, member, container, msg=None):
-        self.assertTrue(member in container, msg)
-    TokenTests.assertIn = assertIn
-
-
 # FIXME: disabling some tests for real Cython bugs here
 del GrammarTests.test_comprehension_specials  # iterable pre-calculation in generator expression
 del GrammarTests.test_funcdef  # annotation mangling
 
-# this test is difficult to enable in Py2.6
-if sys.version_info < (2,7):
-    del GrammarTests.test_former_statements_refer_to_builtins
-
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()

tests/run/unicodeliterals.pyx

@@ -87,11 +87,7 @@ __doc__ = br"""
     True
     >>> ustring_in_constant_tuple == ('a', u'abc', u'\\N{SNOWMAN}', u'x' * 3, u'\\N{SNOWMAN}' * 4 + u'O')  or  ustring_in_constant_tuple  # unescaped by Python
     True
-"""
 
-if sys.version_info >= (2,6,5):
-    # this doesn't work well in older Python versions
-    __doc__ += u"""\
     >>> expected = u'\U00101234'    # unescaped by Cython
     >>> if wide_literal == expected: print(True)
     ... else: print(repr(wide_literal), repr(expected), sys.maxunicode)