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  • Release – Python 3.14.0a4

    Version: None

    Released: Jan. 14, 2025

    Hello, three dot fourteen dot zero alpha four! This is an early developer preview of Python 3.14 Major new features of the 3.14 series, compared to 3.13 Python 3.14 is still in development. This release, 3.14.0a4, is the fourth of seven planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make …

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  • Known bugs in Python 2.2.1

    ...float now raises OverflowError if the long is too big to represent as a C double. This used to return an "infinity" value on most platforms. <p><li> The 3-argument builtin pow() no longer allows a third non-None argument if either of the first two arguments is a float, or if both are of integer types and the second argument is negative (in which latter case the arguments are converted to float, so this is really the same restriction). <p><li>An old tokenizer bu...

  • Incompatibilities between Python 2.1[.x] and 2.2[.x]

    ...float now raises OverflowError if the long is too big to represent as a C double. This used to return an "infinity" value on most platforms. <p><li> The 3-argument builtin pow() no longer allows a third non-None argument if either of the first two arguments is a float, or if both are of integer types and the second argument is negative (in which latter case the arguments are converted to float, so this is really the same restriction). <p><li>An old tokenizer bu...

  • Recurring Giving Campaign

    ...float: left; overflow: hidden; } #progress { float: left; width: 0%; height: 20px; background: #2ecc71; z-index: 333; //border-radius: 5px; } .goal-stat { width: 33%; //height: 30px; padding: 10px; float: left; text-align: center; margin: 0; color: #888; font-weight: bolder; @media only screen and (max-width : 640px) { width: 50%; text-align: center; } } .goal-number, .goal-label { display: block; } .goal-number { font-weight: bold; } #donate-c...

  • Rebuilding the PSF - Q4 2020 Fundraiser

    ...float: left; overflow: hidden; } #progress { float: left; width: 0%; height: 20px; background: #2ecc71; z-index: 333; //border-radius: 5px; } .goal-stat { width: 32%; //height: 30px; padding: 10px; float: left; text-align: center; margin: 0; color: #888; font-weight: bolder; @media only screen and (max-width : 640px) { width: 50%; text-align: center; } } .goal-number, .goal-label { display: block; } .goal-number ...

  • Incompatibilities between Python 2.1[.x] and 2.2[.x]

    ...float now raises OverflowError if the long is too big to represent as a C double. This used to return an "infinity" value on most platforms. <p><li> The 3-argument builtin pow() no longer allows a third non-None argument if either of the first two arguments is a float, or if both are of integer types and the second argument is negative (in which latter case the arguments are converted to float, so this is really the same restriction). <p><li>An old tokenizer bu...

  • Known bugs in Python 2.2

    ...float now raises OverflowError if the long is too big to represent as a C double. This used to return an "infinity" value on most platforms. <p><li> The 3-argument builtin pow() no longer allows a third non-None argument if either of the first two arguments is a float, or if both are of integer types and the second argument is negative (in which latter case the arguments are converted to float, so this is really the same restriction). <p><li>An old tokenizer bu...

  • Highlights: Python 2.4

    ...floating point numbers (avoiding the problems of binary floating point) (PEP 327) os.urandom() has been added for systems that support a source of random data (entropy) The mpz, rotor and xreadlines modules have been removed. The difflib module now includes an HtmlDiff class that creates an HTML table showing a side by side comparison of two versions of a text. The socket module gained the socketpair() function, on systems that support it. os.path.lexists(), which tests whether the path is a sy...

  • Building the PSF: the Q2 2019 Fundraiser

    ...float: left; overflow: hidden; } #progress { float: left; width: 0%; height: 20px; background: #2ecc71; z-index: 333; //border-radius: 5px; } .goal-stat { width: 50%; //height: 30px; padding: 10px; float: left; text-align: center; margin: 0; color: #888; font-weight: bolder; @media only screen and (max-width : 640px) { width: 50%; text-align: center; } } .goal-number, .goal-label { display: block; } .goal-number { font-weight: bold; } #donate-c...

  • Release – Python 2.7.0

    Version: None

    Released: July 3, 2010

    Note: A bugfix release, 2.7.13, is currently available. Its use is recommended. Python 2.7.0 was released on July 3rd, 2010. Python 2.7 is scheduled to be the last major version in the 2.x series before it moves into an extended maintenance period. This release contains many of the features …

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  • Python 2.7.0 Release

    ...Float repr improvements backported from 3.x Tile support for Tkinter A backport of the memoryview object from 3.x Set literals Set and dictionary comprehensions Dictionary views New syntax for nested with statements The sysconfig module See these resources for further information: What's new in 2.7? Change log for this release. Online Documentation Report bugs at http://bugs.python.org. Help fund Python and its community. Download This is a production release. Please report any bugs you en...

  • Release – Python 2.7.9rc1

    Version: None

    Released: Nov. 26, 2014

    Python 2.7.9rc1 is the first release candidate for the next bugfix version of the Python 2.7 series. Python 2.7.9 will include several significant changes unprecedented in a "bugfix" release: The entirety of Python 3.4's ssl module has been backported for Python 2.7.9. See PEP 466 for justification. HTTPS certificate validation …

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  • Unifying types and classes in Python 2.2

    ...float): ... "THIS DOESN'T WORK!!!" ... def __init__(self, arg=0.0): ... float.__init__(self, arg*0.0254) ... >>> print inch(12) 12.0 >>> The version overriding __init__ doesn't work because the float type's __init__ is a no-op: it returns immediately, ignoring its arguments. All this is done so that immutable types can preserve their immutability while allowing subclassing. If the value of a float object were initialized by its ...

  • Unifying types and classes in Python 2.2

    ...float): ... "THIS DOESN'T WORK!!!" ... def __init__(self, arg=0.0): ... float.__init__(self, arg*0.0254) ... >>> print inch(12) 12.0 >>> The version overriding __init__ doesn't work because the float type's __init__ is a no-op: it returns immediately, ignoring its arguments. All this is done so that immutable types can preserve their immutability while allowing subclassing. If the value of a float object were initialized by its ...

  • Unifying types and classes in Python 2.2

    ...float): ... "THIS DOESN'T WORK!!!" ... def __init__(self, arg=0.0): ... float.__init__(self, arg*0.0254) ... >>> print inch(12) 12.0 >>> The version overriding __init__ doesn't work because the float type's __init__ is a no-op: it returns immediately, ignoring its arguments. All this is done so that immutable types can preserve their immutability while allowing subclassing. If the value of a float object were initialized by its ...

  • Unifying types and classes in Python 2.2

    ...float): ... "THIS DOESN'T WORK!!!" ... def __init__(self, arg=0.0): ... float.__init__(self, arg*0.0254) ... >>> print inch(12) 12.0 >>> The version overriding __init__ doesn't work because the float type's __init__ is a no-op: it returns immediately, ignoring its arguments. All this is done so that immutable types can preserve their immutability while allowing subclassing. If the value of a float object were initialized by its __init__ method, you could c...

  • Release – Python 2.7.1

    Version: None

    Released: Nov. 27, 2010

    Note: A newer bugfix release, 2.7.2, is currently available. Its use is recommended. Python 2.7.1 was released on November 27th, 2010. The Python 2.7 series is scheduled to be the last major version in the 2.x series before 2.x moves into an extended maintenance period. This release contains many …

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  • Release – Python 2.7.2

    Version: None

    Released: June 11, 2011

    Note: A newer bugfix release, 2.7.3, is currently available. Its use is recommended over Python 2.7.2. Python 2.7.2 was released on June 11th, 2011. The Python 2.7 series is scheduled to be the last major version in the 2.x series before 2.x moves into an extended maintenance period. The …

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  • Comparing Python to Other Languages

    ...floating point addition, but requires variable declarations for a and b, and does not allow overloading of the + operator for instances of user-defined classes. For these reasons, Python is much better suited as a "glue" language, while Java is better characterized as a low-level implementation language. In fact, the two together make an excellent combination. Components can be developed in Java and combined to form applications in Python; Python can also be used to prototype component...

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