On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 8:02 AM, Larry Hastings <la...@hastings.org> wrote:
> > On behalf of the Python development team, I'm chuffed to announce the > second alpha release of Python 3.4. > > This is a preview release, and its use is not recommended for > production settings. > > Python 3.4 includes a range of improvements of the 3.x series, including > hundreds of small improvements and bug fixes. Major new features and > changes in the 3.4 release series so far include: > > * PEP 435, a standardized "enum" module > * PEP 442, improved semantics for object finalization > * PEP 443, adding single-dispatch generic functions to the standard library > * PEP 445, a new C API for implementing custom memory allocators > * PEP 446, changing file descriptors to not be inherited by default > in subprocesses > * PEP 447, a new magic method for metaclasses (``__typelookup__``) > * PEP 448, making automatic sequence unpacking more general > Those last two PEPs are still in draft form and not accepted nor have any committed code yet.
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