PyPy3 2.3.1 released

[Tim Delaney]

Congratulations.

I can't find the details of PyPy3's unicode implementation documented
anywhere. Is it equivalent to:

- a Python 3.2 narrow build
- a Python 3.2 wide build
- PEP 393
- something else?

Cheers,

Tim Delaney



On 21 June 2014 06:32, Philip Jenvey <pjenvey at underboss.org> wrote:

> =====================
> PyPy3 2.3.1 - Fulcrum
> =====================
>
> We're pleased to announce the first stable release of PyPy3. PyPy3
> targets Python 3 (3.2.5) compatibility.
>
> We would like to thank all of the people who donated_ to the `py3k
> proposal`_
> for supporting the work that went into this.
>
> You can download the PyPy3 2.3.1 release here:
>
>     http://pypy.org/download.html#pypy3-2-3-1
>
> Highlights
> ==========
>
> * The first stable release of PyPy3: support for Python 3!
>
> * The stdlib has been updated to Python 3.2.5
>
> * Additional support for the u'unicode' syntax (`PEP 414`_) from Python 3.3
>
> * Updates from the default branch, such as incremental GC and various JIT
>   improvements
>
> * Resolved some notable JIT performance regressions from PyPy2:
>
>  - Re-enabled the previously disabled collection (list/dict/set) strategies
>
>  - Resolved performance of iteration over range objects
>
>  - Resolved handling of Python 3's exception __context__ unnecessarily
> forcing
>    frame object overhead
>
> .. _`PEP 414`: http://legacy.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0414/
>
> What is PyPy?
> ==============
>
> PyPy is a very compliant Python interpreter, almost a drop-in replacement
> for
> CPython 2.7.6 or 3.2.5. It's fast due to its integrated tracing JIT
> compiler.
>
> This release supports x86 machines running Linux 32/64, Mac OS X 64,
> Windows,
> and OpenBSD,
> as well as newer ARM hardware (ARMv6 or ARMv7, with VFPv3) running Linux.
>
> While we support 32 bit python on Windows, work on the native Windows 64
> bit python is still stalling, we would welcome a volunteer
> to `handle that`_.
>
> .. _`handle that`:
> http://doc.pypy.org/en/latest/windows.html#what-is-missing-for-a-full-64-bit-translation
>
> How to use PyPy?
> =================
>
> We suggest using PyPy from a `virtualenv`_. Once you have a virtualenv
> installed, you can follow instructions from `pypy documentation`_ on how
> to proceed. This document also covers other `installation schemes`_.
>
> .. _donated:
> http://morepypy.blogspot.com/2012/01/py3k-and-numpy-first-stage-thanks-to.html
> .. _`py3k proposal`: http://pypy.org/py3donate.html
> .. _`pypy documentation`:
> http://doc.pypy.org/en/latest/getting-started.html#installing-using-virtualenv
> .. _`virtualenv`: http://www.virtualenv.org/en/latest/
> .. _`installation schemes`:
> http://doc.pypy.org/en/latest/getting-started.html#installing-pypy
>
>
> Cheers,
> the PyPy team
>
> --
> Philip Jenvey
>
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> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
>
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