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    ...If you find something that Python cannot do, or if you need the performance advantage of low-level code, you can write extension modules in C or C++, or wrap existing code with SWIG or Boost.Python. Wrapped modules appear to your program exactly like native Python code. That's language integration made easy. You can also go the opposite route and embed Python in your own application, providing your users with a language they'll enjoy using. Python runs everywhere Python is available for all ma...

  • Release – Python 3.13.0b2

    Version: None

    Released: June 5, 2024

    This is a beta preview of Python 3.13 Python 3.13 is still in development. This release, 3.13.0b2, is the second of four beta release previews of 3.13. Beta release previews are intended to give the wider community the opportunity to test new features and bug fixes and to …

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  • Python Success Stories

    ...ife. In this age of small IC devices boasting TCP/IP stacks and wireless connectivity, one no longer needs a standalone PC to harness the Web. VAHNZ Controls developed its eBukal[1] remote alarm device to leverage their knowledge of microcontroller interfacing and Internet protocols, creating an innovative solution for the field of building automation. Remote Event Dial-up Internet Notification The idea grew out of one client's need to monitor the temperature of an office building's air condit...

  • Python Success Stories

    ...ifferent purposes, the information already present in the code. For example, the help texts present in the tool are reused to produce the reference section in the written documentation. The object model of the configuration tool is visible to the user, displayed in a "Pilot-Window". The Pilot lets the user manipulate object data, and links between objects, by clicking on the respective item (see Figure A). This click opens an object editor for modification of attributes. The object ...

  • Python Distutils-SIG: Proposed User Interface

    ...if things go wrong!) So, here is a list of commands to be supported by setup.py (through cooperation with the distutils modules) and the actions corresponding to each command: make_blib If it doesn't already exist, create a mockup installation tree, blib/, under the current directory. blib/ would contain directories for pure Python code (non-architecture-specific, or shared) and compiled code (architecture-specific), modelle...

  • Retired SIGS

    ...existed in the past but are no longer active. Their archives and home pages are retained. A retired SIG can be revived, using the same criteria as for creating a new SIG. Name Coordinator Description Info   catalog-sig A.M. Kuchling The Python software catalog archive March 2013 compiler-sig Jeremy Hylton Compiling and parsing Python Type checking, code generation archive May 2001 do-sig David Arnold Distributed Object Technologies archive August 2002 getopt-sig Greg Ward Ar...

  • Python Success Stories

    ...if 'typemap' in class_sig: class_sig.remove('typemap') if tuple(class_sig) != tuple(dict_keys): print "Conformability error" # print "Class signature: " + `class_sig` # print "Dictionary keys: " + `dict_keys` print "Not matched in class signature: " + `setdiff(class_sig, common)` print "Not matched in dictionary keys: " + `setdiff(dict_keys, common)` sys.exit(1) else: for x in di...

  • Release – Python 3.13.0rc3

    Version: None

    Released: Oct. 1, 2024

    This is the third release candidate of Python 3.13.0 This release, 3.13.0rc3, is the final release preview (no really) of 3.13. 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 now scheduled for Monday, 2024-10-07. …

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  • Python Success Stories

    ...ific and different requirements for user interface look and behavior. A significant part of the deployment of an air traffic control system is the customization of its interface. Instead of developing each user interface from the ground up on a per-customer basis, Frequentis has developed a user interface layout tool called PanView, similar to products like QDesigner or Visual Studio. This tool is used to design and build the user interface which is then executed by a piece of software called th...

  • Python Success Stories

    ...ify saving and restoring state in the engine. Python could be used to build a set of internal interfaces, and as a scripting language would allow customers to programmatically alter the behavior of the indexing spider and parser to meet local requirements. This extensibility without the need to learn proprietary scripting languages or API's has been highly regarded by many customers. Python could be embedded into the HTML pages that make up the product's user interface, and used during page gene...

  • Python.org Maintenance and Administration

    ...If you have questions, try the webmaster alias first, then pydotorg-www if you don't get a response. Getting Started To learn how to maintain the Python.org website, please read the Python.org Website Maintenance document and explore the Admin wiki page. If you would like to volunteer to help maintain the Python.org website, please send a note to the pydotorg-www mailinglist. Mailing Lists There are four mailing lists for python.org maintainers; many maintainers are on all the lists. pydotor...

  • Python 2.4.1 - Release Notes

    ...iff.py prints file diffs in context, unified, or ndiff formats, providing a command line interface to difflib.py. texcheck.py is a new script for making a rough validation of Python LaTeX files. Build Setting DESTDIR during 'make install' now allows specifying a different root directory. C API PyType_Ready(): If a type declares that it participates in gc (Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC), and its base class does not, and its base class's tp_free slot is the default _PyObject_Del, and type does not d...

  • Quotes about Python

    ...If you don't have any need to expose code and algorithms in a simple and safe way to others, you can argue that providing a scripting language is not worth the effort. However, if you do have that need, as we did, scripting is a no brainer, and it makes complete sense to use a powerful, documented, cross-platform standard such as Python." -- Mustafa Thamer of Firaxis Games, talking about Civilization IV. Quoted on page 18 of the August 2005 Game Developer Magazine. "Python, like man...

  • Python Success Stories

    ...If it weren't for Python, MayaVi would not exist. Programming in Python is such a pleasure and so easy that even a spare time project can be very successful in doing what it set out to do. There were no major porting issues and MayaVi runs perfectly well under Linux, Unix, and Windows with very little modifications made by me. Overall it has been a wonderful experience with Python. I've learned so much, become very productive with it, and hopefully have also made others productive with the t...

  • Python Success Stories

    ...ificial 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 technologies ever since. After getting his Ph.D. in Mathematics in 1990, Dr. Alois Kastner-Maresch lead the Forest Ecosystem Simulation research team at BITÖK. In 2000, he co-founded LivingLogic AG, where he is CEO.

  • Metaclasses in Python 1.5

    ...If it isn't found, it raises an AttributeError exception. (In a more realistic example, it would first have to look through the base classes as well.) If it is found, there are two possibilities: it's either a function or it isn't. If it's not a function, it is assumed to be a class variable, and its value is returned. If it's a function, we have to ``wrap'' it in instance of yet another helper class, BoundMethod. The BoundMethod class is needed to implement a familiar feature: when...

  • 2008-11-10 PSF Board Meeting Minutes (Draft)

    ...ificates: S. Holden will issue PSF Community Award certificates. Status: carried forward. Section 5, PyCon: D. Goodger will prepare a budget for PyCon 2009. Status: carried forward. Section 6.1, Sponsor Member Application: KNMP: S. Holden will inform KNMP of their pending sponsor membership status, and will request a logo for the web site. S. Holden noted that S. Deibel informed KNMP. Status: done. Section 6.2, Sponsor Member Application: KNMP: K. Kaiser will invoice KNMP for their ...

  • 2011-07-18 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...if you're interested in the project, please consider signing up to our newsletter: http://brochure.getpython.info/ Thanks !" As far as future plans are concerned, he reported: "If the project goes well, we'll follow up with a Python flyer, translated versions of the brochure and also consider creating marketing material more targeted at specific user groups or application fields. In the long run, we'd also like to take the idea of producing marketing material beyond printed material and...

  • Release – Python 3.14.5

    Version: None

    Released: May 10, 2026

    Python 3.14.5 final is the fifth maintenance release of 3.14, containing around 154 bugfixes, build improvements and documentation changes since 3.14.4. Garbage collector Notably, the garbage collector (GC) has changed in Python 3.14.5. The incremental garbage collector shipped in Python 3.14.0-3.14.4 has been reverted back to the …

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  • Release – Python 2.5.0

    Version: None

    Released: Sept. 19, 2006

    Python 2.5 was released on September 19th 2006. There's a bunch of places you can look for more information on what's new in this release -- see the "What's New" section further down this page. This is a final release, and should be suitable for production use. …

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