Python 2.4 Final Released

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Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday November 30, 2004 @04:31AM from the watch-out-for-the-teeth dept.

Eventh writes "The final release of Python 2.4 was just released. Python 2.4 is the result of almost 18 month's worth of work on top of Python 2.3. New features are, but not limited to, function decorators, generator expressions, a number of new module and more. Check out Andrew Kuchling's What's New In Python for a detailed view of some of the new features of Python 2.4. "

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function decorators by koi88 · 2004-11-30 04:34 · Score: 4, Funny

Finally I can make my functions so much prettier.

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OK Trolls... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-11-30 04:37 · Score: 3, Funny

If you can keep your "significant whitespace sucks" comments as children of this one, I'm sure everyone will get along just fine...
heh by boschmorden · 2004-11-30 04:38 · Score: 5, Funny

import overlords print "I for one welcome our new %s overloads.!" % overloads.get_random()
department of redundancy dept. by Anonymous Coward · 2004-11-30 04:41 · Score: 4, Funny

The python final release of python 2.4 is finally released for python users out there who wish to use the final release of python release final.
Just in time for Xmas! by FooAtWFU · 2004-11-30 04:43 · Score: 3, Funny

No! It's the Christmas season, so decorations are in right now! We should all get the new version of Python and decorate our source code to celebrate the spirit of holiday cheer!
cue grumbling about how Christmas is overcommericalized+etc

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generator expressions? by deathazre · 2004-11-30 04:47 · Score: 3, Funny

2,500KVA @ 0.8 PF? (note: some electrical background required to appreciate the above)

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Pah by potcrackpot · 2004-11-30 04:56 · Score: 1, Funny

Any language I can't do the following in, I'm not using.
$a[0] = 7; $a[1] = 8; @b = (5 x @a); @c = ((5) x @a); print "@b @c";
1. Re:Pah by Anonymous Coward · 2004-11-30 05:09 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  python -c 'print "55 5 5";'
Re:aargh. by Anonymous Coward · 2004-11-30 05:08 · Score: 2, Funny

and of course I managed to forget (again) that comments, being HTML formatted, ignore whitespace

Can't say the same thing about Python. ;)
Re:On Decimal and floating point by pkhuong · 2004-11-30 05:09 · Score: 3, Funny

So, obviously, we should be using base (apply '* *n-first-primes*). How about 30 or 210? At least it's not an arbitrary base.

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Re:FP! by nkh · 2004-11-30 05:11 · Score: 2, Funny

Grrr, the @ sign is the Ruby way to declare an instance member. This is a declaration of war I say!!! (next thing he'll do is to drop the indentation and add end at the end of all the blocks ;)
cobol by hey · 2004-11-30 05:22 · Score: 2, Funny

The Decimal type! Finaly Python is catching up to COBOL. Yeah.

Actually, its useful. Every language should have it.
Re:On Decimal and floating point by Frequency+Domain · 2004-11-30 05:46 · Score: 5, Funny

So, obviously, we should be using base (apply '* *n-first-primes*). How about 30 or 210? At least it's not an arbitrary base.
It doesn't matter which base you use. All your base are belong to us.
Re:18 Months by ReelOddeeo · 2004-11-30 07:05 · Score: 4, Funny

Linus' comments in the kernel's CodingStyle document are relevant too -- try to keep your functions so that you can read most of them on one screen. Python allows you to do this more often (I find) without resorting to strange brace positions.

My functions do each fit on one screen.

For any sufficiently large definition of screen.

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