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Python 3.4 Beta 1 Released

by alxv on 11/25/13, 12:31 AM with 28 comments

• by taylorfausak on 11/25/13, 1:14 AM

  Wow, I haven't heard of pathlib [1] before now, but it looks awesome! In particular, using the slash operator to join paths is brilliant.

      >>> p = PurePath('/etc')
      >>> p / 'init.d' / 'apache2'
      PurePosixPath('/etc/init.d/apache2')
  

  [1]: http://docs.python.org/3.4/library/pathlib.html

• by computerhead on 11/25/13, 6:31 AM

  Been using python for 7+ years now. Does everyone really think people are willing to adopt 3.x anything...? The reality of it is every place I have worked (and currently working at). Is bound by 3rd party tools and what ever interpreter they built against. Mostly that 2.6,2.7 right now. And it does not look like anyone will be switching anytime soon.

  Features look great, cant wait to "play" with them. But that;s about all. Play.

• by makmanalp on 11/25/13, 3:58 AM

  > a new C API for implementing custom memory allocators

  Wow. This'll lead to some interesting hacks, I think.

• by the1 on 11/25/13, 1:28 PM

  isn't 2.7 the best python still because twisted?