On Jun 13, 5:46 pm, Benjamin Peterson <benja...@python.org> wrote: > On behalf of the Python development team, I'm happy to announce the second > release candidate of Python 3.1. > > Python 3.1 focuses on the stabilization and optimization of the features and > changes that Python 3.0 introduced. For example, the new I/O system has been > rewritten in C for speed. File system APIs that use unicode strings now > handle > paths with undecodable bytes in them. Other features include an ordered > dictionary implementation, a condensed syntax for nested with statements, and > support for ttk Tile in Tkinter. For a more extensive list of changes in 3.1, > seehttp://doc.python.org/dev/py3k/whatsnew/3.1.htmlor Misc/NEWS in the Python > distribution. > > This is a release candidate, and as such, we do not recommend use in > production > environments. However, please take this opportunity to test the release with > your libraries or applications. This will hopefully discover bugs before the > final release and allow you to determine how changes in 3.1 might impact you. > If you find things broken or incorrect, please submit a bug report at > > http://bugs.python.org > > For more information and downloadable distributions, see the Python 3.1 > website: > > http://www.python.org/download/releases/3.1/ > > See PEP 375 for release schedule details: > > http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0375/ > > Enjoy, > -- Benjamin > > Benjamin Peterson > benjamin at python.org > Release Manager > (on behalf of the entire python-dev team and 3.1's contributors)
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