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Anthony Baxterb0c66302004-11-04 05:23:17 +00005(editors: check NEWS.help for information about editing NEWS using ReST.)
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Guido van Rossum45aecf42006-03-15 04:58:47 +00007What's New in Python 3000?
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Thomas Wouters4d70c3d2006-06-08 14:42:34 +00009
Neal Norwitz4886cc32006-08-21 17:06:07 +000010*Release date: XX-XXX-200X*
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Georg Brandl66a796e2006-12-19 20:50:34 +000015- See PEP 3000, 3100.
Neal Norwitz4886cc32006-08-21 17:06:07 +000016
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.
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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 +000035
Neal Norwitz4886cc32006-08-21 17:06:07 +000036Core and Builtins
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Neal Norwitzc1505362006-12-28 06:47:50 +000039- Added function annotations per PEP 3107.
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Georg Brandl66a796e2006-12-19 20:50:34 +000041- Moved intern() to sys.intern().
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43- exec is now a function.
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45- Renamed nb_nonzero to nb_bool and __nonzero__ to __bool__.
Jack Diederich4dafcc42006-11-28 19:15:13 +000046
Neal Norwitz4886cc32006-08-21 17:06:07 +000047- Classic classes are a thing of the past. All classes are new style.
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49- Exceptions *must* derive from BaseException.
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51- Integer division always returns a float. The -Q option is no more.
52 All the following are gone:
53 * PyNumber_Divide and PyNumber_InPlaceDivide
54 * __div__, __rdiv__, and __idiv__
55 * nb_divide, nb_inplace_divide
56 * operator.div, operator.idiv, operator.__div__, operator.__idiv__
57 (Only __truediv__ and __floordiv__ remain, not sure how to handle them
58 if we want to re-use __div__ and friends. If we do, it will make
59 it harder to write code for both 2.x and 3.x.)
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61- 'as' and 'with' are keywords.
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63- Absolute import is the default behavior for 'import foo' etc.
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Neal Norwitz378b2c92006-08-29 07:57:22 +000065- Removed support for syntax:
66 backticks (`x`), <>
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Neal Norwitz4886cc32006-08-21 17:06:07 +000068- Removed these Python builtins:
69 apply(), coerce(), input(), raw_input()
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Neal Norwitz378b2c92006-08-29 07:57:22 +000071- Removed these Python methods:
72 {}.has_key
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Neal Norwitz4886cc32006-08-21 17:06:07 +000074- Removed these Python slots:
75 __coerce__, __div__, __idiv__, __rdiv__
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77- Removed these attributes from Python modules:
78 * operator module: div, idiv, __div__, __idiv__
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Neal Norwitz4886cc32006-08-21 17:06:07 +000080- Removed these C APIs:
Neal Norwitz378b2c92006-08-29 07:57:22 +000081 PyNumber_Coerce(), PyNumber_CoerceEx()
Neal Norwitz4886cc32006-08-21 17:06:07 +000082
83- Removed these C slots/fields:
84 nb_divide, nb_inplace_divide
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86- Removed these macros:
87 staticforward, statichere, PyArg_GetInt, PyArg_NoArgs
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89- Removed these typedefs:
90 intargfunc, intintargfunc, intobjargproc, intintobjargproc,
91 getreadbufferproc, getwritebufferproc, getsegcountproc, getcharbufferproc
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93- Removed these opcodes:
Neal Norwitz378b2c92006-08-29 07:57:22 +000094 BINARY_DIVIDE, INPLACE_DIVIDE, UNARY_CONVERT
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96- zip returns an iterator
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98- Additions:
Georg Brandl66a796e2006-12-19 20:50:34 +000099 set literals, ellipsis literal
Neal Norwitz378b2c92006-08-29 07:57:22 +0000100
Neal Norwitz4886cc32006-08-21 17:06:07 +0000101
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Raymond Hettinger4901a1f2004-12-02 08:59:14 +0000108Build
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Raymond Hettinger4901a1f2004-12-02 08:59:14 +0000111C API
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Raymond Hettinger4901a1f2004-12-02 08:59:14 +0000114Tests
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Brett Cannonced04e02005-02-13 22:53:22 +0000117Documentation
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Raymond Hettinger4901a1f2004-12-02 08:59:14 +0000120Mac
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Hye-Shik Chang4e422812005-07-17 02:36:59 +0000123New platforms
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Raymond Hettinger4901a1f2004-12-02 08:59:14 +0000126Tools/Demos
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