| This is Python version 3.6.0 alpha 4 |
| ==================================== |
| |
| Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, |
| 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 Python Software Foundation. All rights reserved. |
| |
| Python 3.x is a new version of the language, which is incompatible with the |
| 2.x line of releases. The language is mostly the same, but many details, |
| especially how built-in objects like dictionaries and strings work, |
| have changed considerably, and a lot of deprecated features have finally |
| been removed. |
| |
| |
| Build Instructions |
| ------------------ |
| |
| On Unix, Linux, BSD, OSX, and Cygwin: |
| |
| ./configure |
| make |
| make test |
| sudo make install |
| |
| This will install Python as python3. |
| |
| You can pass many options to the configure script; run "./configure --help" to |
| find out more. On OSX and Cygwin, the executable is called python.exe; |
| elsewhere it's just python. |
| |
| On Mac OS X, if you have configured Python with --enable-framework, you should |
| use "make frameworkinstall" to do the installation. Note that this installs the |
| Python executable in a place that is not normally on your PATH, you may want to |
| set up a symlink in /usr/local/bin. |
| |
| On Windows, see PCbuild/readme.txt. |
| |
| If you wish, you can create a subdirectory and invoke configure from there. |
| For example: |
| |
| mkdir debug |
| cd debug |
| ../configure --with-pydebug |
| make |
| make test |
| |
| (This will fail if you *also* built at the top-level directory. |
| You should do a "make clean" at the toplevel first.) |
| |
| If you need an optimized version of Python, you type "make profile-opt" in the |
| top level directory. This will rebuild the interpreter executable using Profile |
| Guided Optimization (PGO). For more details, see the section bellow. |
| |
| |
| Profile Guided Optimization |
| --------------------------- |
| |
| PGO takes advantage of recent versions of the GCC or Clang compilers. |
| If ran, the "profile-opt" rule will do several steps. |
| |
| First, the entire Python directory is cleaned of temporary files that |
| may have resulted in a previous compilation. |
| |
| Then, an instrumented version of the interpreter is built, using suitable |
| compiler flags for each flavour. Note that this is just an intermediary |
| step and the binary resulted after this step is not good for real life |
| workloads, as it has profiling instructions embedded inside. |
| |
| After this instrumented version of the interpreter is built, the Makefile |
| will automatically run a training workload. This is necessary in order to |
| profile the interpreter execution. Note also that any output, both stdout |
| and stderr, that may appear at this step is suppressed. |
| |
| Finally, the last step is to rebuild the interpreter, using the information |
| collected in the previous one. The end result will be a Python binary |
| that is optimized and suitable for distribution or production installation. |
| |
| |
| What's New |
| ---------- |
| |
| We have a comprehensive overview of the changes in the "What's New in |
| Python 3.6" document, found at |
| |
| https://docs.python.org/3.6/whatsnew/3.6.html |
| |
| For a more detailed change log, read Misc/NEWS (though this file, too, |
| is incomplete, and also doesn't list anything merged in from the 2.7 |
| release under development). |
| |
| If you want to install multiple versions of Python see the section below |
| entitled "Installing multiple versions". |
| |
| |
| Documentation |
| ------------- |
| |
| Documentation for Python 3.6 is online, updated daily: |
| |
| https://docs.python.org/3.6/ |
| |
| It can also be downloaded in many formats for faster access. The documentation |
| is downloadable in HTML, PDF, and reStructuredText formats; the latter version |
| is primarily for documentation authors, translators, and people with special |
| formatting requirements. |
| |
| If you would like to contribute to the development of Python, relevant |
| documentation is available at: |
| |
| https://docs.python.org/devguide/ |
| |
| For information about building Python's documentation, refer to Doc/README.txt. |
| |
| |
| Converting From Python 2.x to 3.x |
| --------------------------------- |
| |
| Python starting with 2.6 contains features to help locating code that needs to |
| be changed, such as optional warnings when deprecated features are used, and |
| backported versions of certain key Python 3.x features. |
| |
| A source-to-source translation tool, "2to3", can take care of the mundane task |
| of converting large amounts of source code. It is not a complete solution but |
| is complemented by the deprecation warnings in 2.6. See |
| https://docs.python.org/3.6/library/2to3.html for more information. |
| |
| |
| Testing |
| ------- |
| |
| To test the interpreter, type "make test" in the top-level directory. |
| The test set produces some output. You can generally ignore the messages |
| about skipped tests due to optional features which can't be imported. |
| If a message is printed about a failed test or a traceback or core dump |
| is produced, something is wrong. |
| |
| By default, tests are prevented from overusing resources like disk space and |
| memory. To enable these tests, run "make testall". |
| |
| IMPORTANT: If the tests fail and you decide to mail a bug report, *don't* |
| include the output of "make test". It is useless. Run the failing test |
| manually, as follows: |
| |
| ./python -m test -v test_whatever |
| |
| (substituting the top of the source tree for '.' if you built in a different |
| directory). This runs the test in verbose mode. |
| |
| |
| Installing multiple versions |
| ---------------------------- |
| |
| On Unix and Mac systems if you intend to install multiple versions of Python |
| using the same installation prefix (--prefix argument to the configure script) |
| you must take care that your primary python executable is not overwritten by the |
| installation of a different version. All files and directories installed using |
| "make altinstall" contain the major and minor version and can thus live |
| side-by-side. "make install" also creates ${prefix}/bin/python3 which refers to |
| ${prefix}/bin/pythonX.Y. If you intend to install multiple versions using the |
| same prefix you must decide which version (if any) is your "primary" version. |
| Install that version using "make install". Install all other versions using |
| "make altinstall". |
| |
| For example, if you want to install Python 2.6, 2.7 and 3.6 with 2.7 being the |
| primary version, you would execute "make install" in your 2.7 build directory |
| and "make altinstall" in the others. |
| |
| |
| Issue Tracker and Mailing List |
| ------------------------------ |
| |
| We're soliciting bug reports about all aspects of the language. Fixes are also |
| welcome, preferably in unified diff format. Please use the issue tracker: |
| |
| https://bugs.python.org/ |
| |
| If you're not sure whether you're dealing with a bug or a feature, use the |
| mailing list: |
| |
| python-dev@python.org |
| |
| To subscribe to the list, use the mailman form: |
| |
| https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev/ |
| |
| |
| Proposals for enhancement |
| ------------------------- |
| |
| If you have a proposal to change Python, you may want to send an email to the |
| comp.lang.python or python-ideas mailing lists for initial feedback. A Python |
| Enhancement Proposal (PEP) may be submitted if your idea gains ground. All |
| current PEPs, as well as guidelines for submitting a new PEP, are listed at |
| https://www.python.org/dev/peps/. |
| |
| |
| Release Schedule |
| ---------------- |
| |
| See PEP 494 for release details: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0494/ |
| |
| |
| Copyright and License Information |
| --------------------------------- |
| |
| Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, |
| 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 Python Software Foundation. All rights reserved. |
| |
| Copyright (c) 2000 BeOpen.com. All rights reserved. |
| |
| Copyright (c) 1995-2001 Corporation for National Research Initiatives. All |
| rights reserved. |
| |
| Copyright (c) 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum. All rights reserved. |
| |
| See the file "LICENSE" for information on the history of this software, |
| terms & conditions for usage, and a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. |
| |
| This Python distribution contains *no* GNU General Public License (GPL) code, |
| so it may be used in proprietary projects. There are interfaces to some GNU |
| code but these are entirely optional. |
| |
| All trademarks referenced herein are property of their respective holders. |