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Skip Montanaroe5d7f7f2002-09-20 14:16:59 +0000[diff] [blame]1+++++++++++
2Python News
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Anthony Baxterb0c66302004-11-04 05:23:17 +0000[diff] [blame]5(editors: check NEWS.help for information about editing NEWS using ReST.)
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Guido van Rossum45aecf42006-03-15 04:58:47 +0000[diff] [blame]7What's New in Python 3000?
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Thomas Wouters4d70c3d2006-06-08 14:42:34 +0000[diff] [blame]9
Neal Norwitz4886cc32006-08-21 17:06:07 +0000[diff] [blame]10*Release date: XX-XXX-200X*
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12TO DO
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Georg Brandl66a796e2006-12-19 20:50:34 +0000[diff] [blame]15- See PEP 3000, 3100.
Neal Norwitz4886cc32006-08-21 17:06:07 +0000[diff] [blame]16
17- Test merging certain changes from the 2.5 HEAD code.
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19- Weed really old/weird stuff from the library.
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21- Unify range() and xrange().
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23- Revamp the dict API: keys(), values(), items() return iterators, etc.
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25- Add the bytes type.
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27- Rework the standard I/O library to use bytes for binary files.
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29- Make strings all Unicode.
30
31- Get rid of classic class implementation.
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33- Get rid of various compatibility-related flags (e.g. division flags).
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Neal Norwitz378b2c92006-08-29 07:57:22 +0000[diff] [blame]35
Neal Norwitz4886cc32006-08-21 17:06:07 +0000[diff] [blame]36Core and Builtins
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Brett Cannon398db8b2007-01-29 23:44:37 +0000[diff] [blame^]39- PEP 3102: keyword-only arguments.
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Guido van Rossum523d4f92007-01-15 00:31:49 +0000[diff] [blame]41- Int/Long unification is halfway complete. The 'long' built-in type
42 hasn't been removed yet, and literals with trailing 'L' or 'l' are
43 still recognized. Performance may be sub-optimal.
Guido van Rossumab186842007-01-14 03:42:30 +0000[diff] [blame]44
45- 'except E, V' must now be spelled as 'except E as V' and deletes V
46 at the end of the except clause; V must be a simple name.
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Neal Norwitzc1505362006-12-28 06:47:50 +0000[diff] [blame]48- Added function annotations per PEP 3107.
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Georg Brandl66a796e2006-12-19 20:50:34 +0000[diff] [blame]50- Moved intern() to sys.intern().
51
52- exec is now a function.
53
54- Renamed nb_nonzero to nb_bool and __nonzero__ to __bool__.
Jack Diederich4dafcc42006-11-28 19:15:13 +0000[diff] [blame]55
Neal Norwitz4886cc32006-08-21 17:06:07 +0000[diff] [blame]56- Classic classes are a thing of the past. All classes are new style.
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58- Exceptions *must* derive from BaseException.
59
60- Integer division always returns a float. The -Q option is no more.
61 All the following are gone:
62 * PyNumber_Divide and PyNumber_InPlaceDivide
63 * __div__, __rdiv__, and __idiv__
64 * nb_divide, nb_inplace_divide
65 * operator.div, operator.idiv, operator.__div__, operator.__idiv__
66 (Only __truediv__ and __floordiv__ remain, not sure how to handle them
67 if we want to re-use __div__ and friends. If we do, it will make
68 it harder to write code for both 2.x and 3.x.)
69
70- 'as' and 'with' are keywords.
71
72- Absolute import is the default behavior for 'import foo' etc.
73
Neal Norwitz378b2c92006-08-29 07:57:22 +0000[diff] [blame]74- Removed support for syntax:
75 backticks (`x`), <>
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Neal Norwitz4886cc32006-08-21 17:06:07 +0000[diff] [blame]77- Removed these Python builtins:
78 apply(), coerce(), input(), raw_input()
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Neal Norwitz378b2c92006-08-29 07:57:22 +0000[diff] [blame]80- Removed these Python methods:
81 {}.has_key
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Neal Norwitz4886cc32006-08-21 17:06:07 +0000[diff] [blame]83- Removed these Python slots:
84 __coerce__, __div__, __idiv__, __rdiv__
85
86- Removed these attributes from Python modules:
87 * operator module: div, idiv, __div__, __idiv__
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Neal Norwitz4886cc32006-08-21 17:06:07 +0000[diff] [blame]89- Removed these C APIs:
Neal Norwitz378b2c92006-08-29 07:57:22 +0000[diff] [blame]90 PyNumber_Coerce(), PyNumber_CoerceEx()
Neal Norwitz4886cc32006-08-21 17:06:07 +0000[diff] [blame]91
92- Removed these C slots/fields:
93 nb_divide, nb_inplace_divide
94
95- Removed these macros:
96 staticforward, statichere, PyArg_GetInt, PyArg_NoArgs
97
98- Removed these typedefs:
99 intargfunc, intintargfunc, intobjargproc, intintobjargproc,
100 getreadbufferproc, getwritebufferproc, getsegcountproc, getcharbufferproc
101
102- Removed these opcodes:
Neal Norwitz378b2c92006-08-29 07:57:22 +0000[diff] [blame]103 BINARY_DIVIDE, INPLACE_DIVIDE, UNARY_CONVERT
104
105- zip returns an iterator
106
107- Additions:
Georg Brandl66a796e2006-12-19 20:50:34 +0000[diff] [blame]108 set literals, ellipsis literal
Neal Norwitz378b2c92006-08-29 07:57:22 +0000[diff] [blame]109
Neal Norwitz4886cc32006-08-21 17:06:07 +0000[diff] [blame]110
111Extension Modules
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113
114Library
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Guido van Rossum893523e2007-01-10 01:29:06 +0000[diff] [blame]117- Removed all traces of the sets module.
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Raymond Hettinger4901a1f2004-12-02 08:59:14 +0000[diff] [blame]119Build
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Raymond Hettinger4901a1f2004-12-02 08:59:14 +0000[diff] [blame]122C API
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Raymond Hettinger4901a1f2004-12-02 08:59:14 +0000[diff] [blame]125Tests
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Brett Cannonced04e02005-02-13 22:53:22 +0000[diff] [blame]128Documentation
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Raymond Hettinger4901a1f2004-12-02 08:59:14 +0000[diff] [blame]131Mac
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Hye-Shik Chang4e422812005-07-17 02:36:59 +0000[diff] [blame]134New platforms
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Raymond Hettinger4901a1f2004-12-02 08:59:14 +0000[diff] [blame]137Tools/Demos
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Skip Montanaroe5d7f7f2002-09-20 14:16:59 +0000[diff] [blame]140**(For information about older versions, consult the HISTORY file.)**