A small correction (is fixed in other announcement pages): The Faster Cpython Project is already yielding some exciting results: this > version of CPython 3.11 is *~ 19%* faster on the geometric mean of the > performance benchmarks, compared to 3.10.0.
That is, is not 12% faster but 19% faster. More updated benchmarks will be published on beta 1. Apologies for the confusion. Pablo Galindo Salgado On Wed, 6 Apr 2022 at 11:29, Pablo Galindo Salgado <pablog...@gmail.com> wrote: > Brrrrr..... do you feel that? That's the chill of *beta freeze* coming > closer. Meanwhile, your friendly CPython release team doesn’t > rest and we have prepared a shiny new release for you: Python 3.11.0a7. > > > ************************************************************************************************************************************************************ > Dear fellow core developer: > This alpha is the last release before feature freeze (Friday, 2022-05-06), > so make sure that all new features and PEPs are landed in the master branch > before we > release the first beta. Please, be specially mindfully to check the CI and > the buildbots, maybe even using the test-with-buildbots label in GitHub > before > merging so the release team don’t need to fix a bunch of reference leaks > or platform-specific problems on the first beta release. > > ************************************************************************************************************************************************************ > > > *Go get the new alpha here:* > https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3110a7/ > > **This is an early developer preview of Python 3.11** > > # Major new features of the 3.11 series, compared to 3.10 > > Python 3.11 is still in development. This release, 3.11.0a7 is the last > of seven planned alpha releases. > > Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test the current state of > new features and bug fixes and to test the release process. > > During the alpha phase, features may be added up until the start of the > beta phase (2022-05-06) and, if necessary, may be modified or deleted up > until the release candidate phase (2022-08-01). Please keep in mind that > this is a preview release and its use is **not** recommended for production > environments. > > Many new features for Python 3.11 are still being planned and written. > Among the new major new features and changes so far: > > * [PEP 657](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0657/) -- Include > Fine-Grained Error Locations in Tracebacks > * [PEP 654](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0654/) -- Exception > Groups and except* > * [PEP 673](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0673/) -- Self Type > * [PEP 646](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0646/)-- Variadic Generics > * [PEP 680](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0680/)-- tomllib: Support > for Parsing TOML in the Standard Library > * [PEP 675](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0675/)-- Arbitrary > Literal String Type > * [PEP 655](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0655/)-- Marking > individual TypedDict items as required or potentially-missing > * [bpo-46752](https://bugs.python.org/issue46752)-- Introduce task groups > to asyncio > * The [Faster Cpython Project](https://github.com/faster-cpython) is > already yielding some exciting results: this version of CPython 3.11 is > ~12% faster on the geometric mean of the [PyPerformance benchmarks]( > speed.python.org), compared to 3.10.0. > * Hey, **fellow core developer,** if a feature you find important is > missing from this list, let me know. > > The next pre-release of Python 3.11 will be 3.11.0b1, currently scheduled > for Friday, 2022-05-06. > > # More resources > > * [Online Documentation](https://docs.python.org/3.11/) > * [PEP 664](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0664/), 3.11 Release > Schedule > * Report bugs at [https://bugs.python.org](https://bugs.python.org). > * [Help fund Python and its community](/psf/donations/). > > # And now for something completely different > > In mathematics, the Dirac delta distribution (δ distribution) is a > generalized function or distribution over the real numbers, whose value is > zero everywhere except at zero, and whose integral over the entire real > line is equal to one. The current understanding of the impulse is as a > linear functional that maps every continuous function to its value at zero. > The delta function was introduced by physicist Paul Dirac as a tool for the > normalization of state vectors. It also has uses in probability theory and > signal processing. Its validity was disputed until Laurent Schwartz > developed the theory of distributions where it is defined as a linear form > acting on functions. Defining this distribution as a "function" as many > physicist do is known to be one of the easier ways to annoy mathematicians > :) > > # We hope you enjoy those new releases! > > Thanks to all of the many volunteers who help make Python Development and > these releases possible! Please consider supporting our efforts by > volunteering yourself or through organization contributions to the Python > Software Foundation. > > Your friendly release team, > Pablo Galindo @pablogsal > Ned Deily @nad > Steve Dower @steve.dower > >
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