On Thu, Jan 03, 2008 at 02:49:27PM -0500, Fred Drake wrote: > Python 2.6 seems to be entirely targeted at people who really want to > be on Python 3, but have code that will need to be ported. I > certainly don't view it as interesting in its own right.
The bulk of the *language* changes in 2.6 are driven by 3.0, but the abstract base class support is fairly significant even if you don't plan on going to 3.0. There are a fair number of new features in the library: Bill's new SSL code, collections.namedtuple, the signal handling/event loop fix, the new floating point features dealing with infinities and NaNs. None are earth-shattering to me personally, but for the right audience they might be very compelling. So far I view 2.6 as a relatively cautious release, like 2.3. (That assessment may change once I research the numeric changes that just went in.) Most of the action has been in the surrounding tools, like the new documentation format and the adoption of Roundup. --amk _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
