import itertools from itertools import izip_longest x = izip_longest([1,2,3], [1,2]) y = itertools.izip_longest([1,2,3], [1,2]) # Expected file after 2to3 is: # # import itertools # from itertools import zip_longest # # x = zip_longest([1,2,3], [1,2]) # y = itertools.zip_longest([1,2,3], [1,2])