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Python 3.2 Released

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the watch-out-for-teeth dept.

digitalderbs writes "Python 3.2 was released on Feb 20th 2011 with many new improvements. New features include many useful updates to the unittest module, a stable ABI for extensions, pyc repository directories, improvements to the email and ssl modules and many others. This also marks the first release in the 3000-series that is no longer backported to the 2.0-series."

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  1. News for nerds? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Come on, guys. How does this help us keep up to date on political events, popular music, or funny videos?

    1. Re:News for nerds? by blai · · Score: 5, Funny

      print requires brackets now.

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    2. Re:News for nerds? by GooberToo · · Score: 3, Funny

      # This works with any python installation rather than only the system installation.
      # Using explicit path to system's python install is bad practice. Requiring a source change to run your application with a different VM is silly. Now we need only change our path.
      #!/usr/bin/env python3
      import urllib

      stuff = ['news.google.com', 'grooveshark.com', 'youtube.com/failblog']

      for i in stuff:
              print( urllib.urlopen(i).read() )

  2. Anti-Gravity by Rik+Sweeney · · Score: 2, Funny

    Have they added Anti-Gravity yet?

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