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| What's New in Python 3000? |
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| *Release date: XX-XXX-200X* |
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| TO DO |
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| - See PEP 3000. |
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| - Test merging certain changes from the 2.5 HEAD code. |
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| - Weed really old/weird stuff from the library. |
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| - Unify range() and xrange(). |
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| - Revamp the dict API: keys(), values(), items() return iterators, etc. |
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| - Add the bytes type. |
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| - Rework the standard I/O library to use bytes for binary files. |
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| - Make strings all Unicode. |
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| - Get rid of classic class implementation. |
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| - Get rid of various compatibility-related flags (e.g. division flags). |
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| Core and Builtins |
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| - __coerce__ has been removed. |
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| - Classic classes are a thing of the past. All classes are new style. |
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| - Exceptions *must* derive from BaseException. |
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| - Integer division always returns a float. The -Q option is no more. |
| All the following are gone: |
| * PyNumber_Divide and PyNumber_InPlaceDivide |
| * __div__, __rdiv__, and __idiv__ |
| * nb_divide, nb_inplace_divide |
| * operator.div, operator.idiv, operator.__div__, operator.__idiv__ |
| (Only __truediv__ and __floordiv__ remain, not sure how to handle them |
| if we want to re-use __div__ and friends. If we do, it will make |
| it harder to write code for both 2.x and 3.x.) |
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| - 'as' and 'with' are keywords. |
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| - Absolute import is the default behavior for 'import foo' etc. |
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| - input(), raw_input() and apply() are gone. |
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| - Removed staticforward and statichere macros. |
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| Extension Modules |
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| Library |
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| Build |
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| C API |
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| Tests |
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| Documentation |
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| Mac |
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| New platforms |
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| Tools/Demos |
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| **(For information about older versions, consult the HISTORY file.)** |