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  • Python Getopt SIG

    ...module just doesn't do enough. The trick is to find something that is sufficiently powerful and flexible without being too complex to use, especially for novice programmers. The SIG was kicked off shortly after David Goodger and Greg Ward (your humble narrator and champion of this SIG) independently proposed adding Optik to the standard library. This kicked off a brief thread on python-dev, the outcome of which is that Paul Prescod posted a request for comments to get input from...

  • Release – Python 3.9.0a6

    Version: None

    Released: April 28, 2020

    This is an early developer preview of Python 3.9 Python 3.9 is still in development. This release, 3.9.0a6 is the last out of six planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test the current state of new features and bug fixes and to test the …

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  • Python Software Foundation: Press Release 22-Oct-2002

    ...modules May be compiled to Java byte code for use in any JVM String and regular expression processing Extensive XML and web services support HTTP, FTP, SMTP, POP, IMAP, NNTP, telnet, and other IP protocols HTML, MIME, base64, binhex, uuencode, and other internet data handling GUI development and multimedia services Unit testing, profiling, and documentation generation Restricted execution security option Available third party modules for database access, mat...

  • Release – Python 3.9.1

    Version: None

    Released: Dec. 7, 2020

    This is the first maintenance release of Python 3.9 Note: The release you're looking at is Python 3.9.1, a bugfix release for the legacy 3.9 series. Python 3.11 is now the latest feature release series of Python 3. Get the latest release of 3.11.x here. We've made 282 changes …

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  • Release – Python 3.13.0rc1

    Version: None

    Released: Aug. 1, 2024

    This is the first release candidate of Python 3.13.0 This release, 3.13.0rc1, is the penultimate release preview. Entering the release candidate phase, only reviewed code changes which are clear bug fixes are allowed between this release candidate and the final release. The second candidate (and the last planned release …

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  • Release – Python 3.13.0rc2

    Version: None

    Released: Sept. 6, 2024

    This is the second release candidate of Python 3.13.0 This release, 3.13.0rc2, is the final release preview. This release is expected to become the final 3.13.0 release, barring any critical bugs being discovered. The official release of 3.13.0 is scheduled for Tuesday, 2024-10-01. There will be no ABI changes …

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  • Python Success Stories

    ...module asyncore was not only robust and fast enough but also easy enough to use for our purposes. A number of the other standard libraries were also used, and we made use of some of the Python recipes provided by ActiveState. The C filtering libraries that we integrated into the project were wrapped as extension modules. For a development environment, we used Wing IDE as the preferred IDE. While our test machines ran both on Linux and Windows, we were able to do all our primary development on Wi...

  • Python Success Stories

    ...modules, such as the search spider, GUI, and HTTP server, were written in Python. For performance reasons, others, such as the query engine, indexer, and HTML parser, use the Python/C API to incorporate functionality written in C. The C-based search engine core was also wrapped as a Python extension module. Some C++ is used in the interfaces to key third party technologies. Python's flexibility in this regard gave us a wide degree of flexibility in integration. Other software packages that are i...

  • Python 2.7.2 Release

    ...module Automatic numbering of fields in the str.format() method 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. Downl...

  • Standard Exception Classes in Python 1.5

    ...module "exceptions". You can't change this file thinking that the changes will automatically show up in the standard exceptions; the builtin module expects the current hierarchy as defined in exceptions.py. Details on the standard exception classes are available in the Python library reference manual's entry for the exceptions module. Changes to raise The raise statement has been extended to allow raising a class exception without explicit instantiation. The following forms, c...

  • What is Python? Executive Summary

    ...modules and packages, which encourages program modularity and code reuse. The Python interpreter and the extensive standard library are available in source or binary form without charge for all major platforms, and can be freely distributed. Often, programmers fall in love with Python because of the increased productivity it provides. Since there is no compilation step, the edit-test-debug cycle is incredibly fast. Debugging Python programs is easy: a bug or bad input will never cause...

  • Release – Python 3.5.0b1

    Version: None

    Released: May 24, 2015

    Python 3.5.0b1 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.0b1 was released on May 24th, 2015. Major new features of the 3.5 series, compared to 3.4 Among the new major new features and changes in the 3.5 release series …

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  • Release – Python 3.5.0b2

    Version: None

    Released: June 1, 2015

    Python 3.5.0b2 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.0b2 was released on May 31st, 2015. Major new features of the 3.5 series, compared to 3.4 Among the new major new features and changes in the 3.5 release series …

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  • Release – Python 3.5.0b3

    Version: None

    Released: July 5, 2015

    Python 3.5.0b3 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.0b3 was released on July 5th, 2015. Major new features of the 3.5 series, compared to 3.4 Among the new major new features and changes in the 3.5 release series …

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  • Release – Python 3.5.0b4

    Version: None

    Released: July 26, 2015

    Python 3.5.0b4 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.0b4 was released on July 26th, 2015. Major new features of the 3.5 series, compared to 3.4 Among the new major new features and changes in the 3.5 release series …

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  • Release – Python 3.5.0rc1

    Version: None

    Released: Aug. 11, 2015

    Python 3.5.0rc1 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.0rc1 was released on August 10th, 2015. Major new features of the 3.5 series, compared to 3.4 Among the new major new features and changes in the 3.5 release series …

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  • Release – Python 3.5.0rc2

    Version: None

    Released: Aug. 25, 2015

    Python 3.5.0rc2 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.0rc2 was released on August 25th, 2015. Major new features of the 3.5 series, compared to 3.4 Among the new major new features and changes in the 3.5 release series …

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  • Release – Python 3.5.0rc3

    Version: None

    Released: Sept. 8, 2015

    Python 3.5.0rc3 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.0rc3 was released on September 7th, 2015. Major new features of the 3.5 series, compared to 3.4 Among the new major new features and changes in the 3.5 release series …

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  • Release – Python 3.5.0rc4

    Version: None

    Released: Sept. 9, 2015

    Python 3.5.0rc4 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.0rc4 was released on September 9th, 2015. Major new features of the 3.5 series, compared to 3.4 Among the new major new features and changes in the 3.5 release series …

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  • Release – Python 3.5.1rc1

    Version: None

    Released: Nov. 23, 2015

    Python 3.5.1rc1 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.1rc1 was released on November 22th, 2015. Major new features of the 3.5 series, compared to 3.4 Among the new major new features and changes in the 3.5 release series …

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