[Tutor] Python 3.5.1 64 bit?

yehudak . katye2007 at gmail.com
Wed Jan 6 03:14:15 EST 2016


Thanks eryk.
I've downloaded and installed 3.5.1 64 bit, as Alan suggested.
So far no problem. I can anytime return to 3.5 if it will be needed.

Yehuda

On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 10:01 AM, eryk sun <eryksun at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 1:06 AM, yehudak . <katye2007 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > What's wrong with upgrading to newer version?
>
> It depends on how many systems and virtual environments that you're
> upgrading. It shouldn't be an issue if it's just a new micro release
> for your own development machine. If you come across a regression, you
> can just downgrade to the previous version. That said, there's the old
> adage that if something isn't broken (for your needs), then you
> shouldn't 'fix' it.
>
> Installing a new minor release (e.g. 3.5 to 3.6) is more work, since
> you have to reinstall all packages and rebuild extension modules for
> source packages. But it's worth it to stay current with the evolution
> of the language. On Windows, make sure to set the PY_PYTHON3
> environment variable to the version you want as the default "python3".
>


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