[CASSANDRA-17417] Replace use of 'six' compatibility library with python 3 equivalents

• Type: Task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Normal
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 4.1-alpha1, 4.1
• Component/s: CQL/Interpreter
• Change Category: Code Clarity
• Complexity: Low Hanging Fruit
• Platform: All

Source Control Link

https://github.com/apache/cassandra/commit/768bdffe5298b937bfafc2eb42fb93454cfca521

Test and Documentation Plan

pytest runs successfully w/out errors

• Assignee: Brad Schoening
• Reporter: Brad Schoening

Authors

Brad Schoening

Reviewers

Brandon Williams, Stefan Miklosovic

• Created: 04/Mar/22 20:43
• Updated: 27/May/22 19:24
• Resolved: 30/Mar/22 17:15

Description

Six is a Python 2 and 3 compatibility library.  It provides simple utilities for wrapping the differences between Python 2 and Python 3. It is intended to support codebases that work on both Python 2 and 3.

Since CQLSH requires python version >= 3.6, its use can be replaced with native python 3 constructs.

Issue Links

• links to: https://github.com/apache/cassandra/pull/1493