[takeda]

We're over the hump if something would change and still was python it would most likely be compatible with python 3.

There two things that might help you port things:

1. You can use Cython to mix python 2 and python 3 code together. You compile python2 code as a module and then reference it from the python3.

2. MyPy (http://mypy-lang.org/) - This might not seem like related, but if you provide information about types refactoring the code becomes much easier (like in statically typed languages) so when you change something it's easier to find all other places that also need to be changed. Some IDEs (for example PyCharm) also understand typing which helps when using their refactoring functionality.