Python 2.0 release candidate 1
Bjorn Pettersen
bjorn at roguewave.com
Tue Oct 10 14:35:15 EDT 2000
Are there any instructions on how to build this for Win64/itanium
anywhere?
-- bjorn
Jeremy Hylton wrote:
>
> Python 2.0c1 is released. The BeOpen PythonLabs and our cast of
> SourceForge volunteers have fixed many bugs since the beta releases
> last month. Please pick up the new release at
>
> http://www.pythonlabs.com/products/python2.0/
>
> There's a tarball, a Windows installer, RedHat RPMs, online
> documentation, and a long list of fixed bugs.
>
> The final release of Python 2.0 will be next week. We would
> appreciate feedback on the release candidate in order to fix any
> remaining bugs before the final release. Confirmation of build and
> test success on less common platforms is also helpful.n
>
> All major reported bugs have been fixed in the release candidate. We
> do not plan to make any changes between now and the final release,
> except to fix bugs reported in the next week. We encourage potential
> users of Python 2.0 to try the release candidate with their programs
> and report any remaining bugs.
>
> To report a new bug, use the SourceForge bug tracker
> http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?func=addbug&group_id=5470
>
> Python 2.0 has many new features, including the following:
>
> - Augmented assignment, e.g. x += 1
> - List comprehensions, e.g. [x**2 for x in range(10)]
> - Extended import statement, e.g. import Module as Name
> - Extended print statement, e.g. print >> file, "Hello"
> - Collection of cyclical garbage
>
> For a fuller discussion of the changes in Python 2.0, please see the
> article "What's New in Python 2.0" by Andrew Kuchling and Moshe Zadke:
> http://starship.python.net/crew/amk/python/writing/new-python/
>
> -- Jeremy Hylton <http://www.python.org/~jeremy/>
>
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