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Released: May 12, 2013
Note: A newer bugfix release, 2.7.6, is currently available. Its use is recommended over previous versions of 2.7. Python 2.7.5 was released on May 15, 2013. This is a 2.7 series bugfix release. It contains several regression fixes to 2.7.4. Modules with regressions fixed include zipfile, …
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Released: May 17, 2014
Note: Python 2.7.7 has been superseded by Python 2.7.8 Python 2.7.7 was released on May 31, 2014. This is a regularly scheduled 2.7 series bugfix and includes numerous bugfixes over 2.7.6. Download This is a production release. Please report any bugs you encounter. We …
Released: June 1, 2014
...important part of Google since the beginning, and remains so as the system grows and evolves. Today dozens of Google engineers use Python, and we're looking for more people with skills in this language." said Peter Norvig, director of search quality at Google, Inc. Journyx "Journyx technology, from the source code of our software to the code that maintains our Web site and ASP sites, is entirely based on Python. It increases our speed of development and keeps us several steps ahead o...
...important to note that this project was only a spare time activity for me, which means that I had very little sustained time to work on it. I was the sole developer and I had to write the code, maintain the web pages, write the documentation, and answer user questions all by myself. Even so, I was able to write about 16,000 lines of Python code in the equivalent of about 4 months of full time effort and have produced a successful end product. This effort was spread over about 5 versions of VTK...
...important information about IDLE, Tkinter, and Tcl/Tk on Mac OS X here.
...important role in the success of LivingLogic AG, and will continue to be the basis for most of our software development efforts. About the Authors Before receiving his Ph.D. in 2000, Dr. Walter Dörwald researched forest growth simulations and artificial life at BITÖK (the Bayreuth Institute of Forest Ecosystem Research), and developed a large C++ framework for simulation and visualization. In 2000, he co-founded LivingLogic AG, and has been responsible for the company's fundamental tools and t...
...import DocBook class ItalicIndexPhrase (DocBook.Rules.Phrase): "italic indexible text phrase" TITLE = DocBook.Rules.Phrase def __init__ (self, text): DocBook.Rules.Phrase.__init__ (self, 'xe', 'italic') self.data = [ text ] class NameCell (DocBook.Rules.Entry): "table row cell describing name of identifier (italic and indexible text!)" TITLE = DocBook.Rules.Entry def __init__ (self, text): DocBo...
...imported. Now is the type ``class'' callable? No, because types (in core Python) are never callable. Classes are callable (calling a class creates a new instance) but types aren't. So our conclusion is that in our example, the type of the base class (of C) is not callable. So the Don Beaudry hook does not apply, and the default class creation mechanism is used (which is also used when there is no base class). In fact, the Don Beaudry hook never applies when using only core Py...
Released: April 15, 2006
We are pleased to announce the release of Python 2.4.3 (final), a bugfix release of Python 2.4, on March 29, 2006. Python 2.4 is now in bugfix-only mode; no new features are being added. At least 50 bugs have been squashed since Python 2.4.2, including a number …
Released: April 9, 2012
Note: A newer bugfix release, 2.7.4, is currently available. Its use is recommended over previous versions of 2.7. Python 2.7.3 was released on April 9, 2012. 2.7.3 includes fixes for several reported security issues in 2.7.2: issue 13703 (oCERT-2011-003, hash collision denial of service), issue 14234 (CVE-2012-0876, …
Released: March 30, 2005
We are pleased to announce the release of Python 2.4.1 (final) on March 30, 2005. Important: This release is vulnerable to the problem described in security advisory PSF-2006-001 "Buffer overrun in repr() of unicode strings in wide unicode builds (UCS-4)". This fix is included in Python 2.4.4 …
Released: April 6, 2013
Note: A newer security-fix release, 3.2.6, is currently available. Its use is recommended. Python 3.2.4 was released on April 7th, 2013. This is the final 3.2 series bugfix release. New features of the 3.2 series, compared to 3.1 Python 3.2 is a continuation of …
Released: Sept. 27, 2005
We are pleased to announce the release of Python 2.4.2 (final), a bugfix release, on September 28, 2005. Important: This release is vulnerable to the problem described in security advisory PSF-2006-001 "Buffer overrun in repr() of unicode strings in wide unicode builds (UCS-4)". This fix is …
Released: July 2, 2014
Python 2.7.8 was released on July 1, 2014. This release includes regression and security fixes over 2.7.7 including: The openssl version bundled in the Windows installer has been updated. A regression in the mimetypes module on Windows has been fixed. A possible overflow in the buffer …
...Important: This release is vulnerable to the problem described in security advisory PSF-2006-001 "Buffer overrun in repr() of unicode strings in wide unicode builds (UCS-4)". This fix is included in Python 2.4.4 Note: there's a security fix for SimpleXMLRPCServer.py - this fix is included in 2.4.1 Python 2.4.1 is a bugfix release of Python 2.4 - Python 2.4 is now in bugfix-only mode, no new features are being added. Several dozen bugs were squashed since Python 2.4, including the Sim...
...Important: This release is vulnerable to the problem described in security advisory PSF-2006-001 "Buffer overrun in repr() of unicode strings in wide unicode builds (UCS-4)". This fix is included in Python 2.4.4 Python 2.4 is now in bugfix-only mode, no new features are being added. More than 60 bugs have been squashed since Python 2.4.1, including bugs that prevented Python working properly on 64 bit AIX and HP/UX. See the detailed release notes for more, For more information on the ...
...important information about IDLE, Tkinter, and Tcl/Tk on Mac OS X here. Also, on Mac OS X 10.6, if you need to build C extension modules with the 32-bit-only Python installed, you will need Apple Xcode 3, not 4. The 64-bit/32-bit Python can use either Xcode 3 or Xcode 4.
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