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)
On 08/03/2013 11:22 PM, Larry Hastings wrote:
- 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
Whoops, looks like I missed a couple here. I was in a hurry and just went off what I could find in Misc/NEWS. I'll have a more complete list in the release schedule PEP in a minute, and in the announcements for alpha 2.
If you want to make sure your PEP is mentioned next time, by all means email me and rattle my cage.
My apologies to those I overlooked,
//arry/
On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 11:48 PM, Larry Hastings larry@hastings.org wrote:
On 08/03/2013 11:22 PM, Larry Hastings wrote:
- 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
Whoops, looks like I missed a couple here. I was in a hurry and just went off what I could find in Misc/NEWS. I'll have a more complete list in the release schedule PEP in a minute, and in the announcements for alpha 2.
If you want to make sure your PEP is mentioned next time, by all means email me and rattle my cage.
Larry, if there are other things you're going to add, update the web page http://www.python.org/download/releases/3.4.0/ as well - it's the one being linked in the inter-webs now.
Eli
On 08/04/2013 07:01 AM, Eli Bendersky wrote:
Larry, if there are other things you're going to add, update the web page http://www.python.org/download/releases/3.4.0/ as well - it's the one being linked in the inter-webs now.
Good thinking! I'll do that today.
//arry/
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