[python-committers] [RELEASED] Python 3.4.0a1

On behalf of the Python development team, I'm pleased to announce the first alpha release of Python 3.4.

This is a preview release, and its use is not recommended for production settings.

Python 3.4 includes a range of improvements of the 3.x series, including hundreds of small improvements and bug fixes. Major new features and changes in the 3.4 release series so far include:

• PEP 435, a standardized "enum" module
• PEP 442, improved semantics for object finalization
• PEP 443, adding single-dispatch generic functions to the standard library
• PEP 445, a new C API for implementing custom memory allocators

To download Python 3.4.0a1 visit:

 http://www.python.org/download/releases/3.4.0/

Please consider trying Python 3.4.0a1 with your code and reporting any issues you notice to:

  http://bugs.python.org/

Enjoy!

-- Larry Hastings, Release Manager larry at hastings.org (on behalf of the entire python-dev team and 3.4's contributors)