Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed2.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.029 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.94; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'inherited': 0.09; 'pep': 0.09; 'release,': 0.09; 'to:name:python- dev': 0.09; 'url:releases': 0.09; 'api': 0.11; 'python': 0.11; 'bug': 0.12; 'url:download': 0.12; 'changes': 0.15; 'descriptors': 0.16; 'finalization': 0.16; 'fixes.': 0.16; 'semantics': 0.16; 'to:addr:python-committers': 0.16; 'alpha': 0.16; 'library': 0.18; 'module': 0.19; 'trying': 0.19; 'implementing': 0.19; 'subject:] ': 0.20; 'memory': 0.22; 'team,': 0.22; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'settings.': 0.24; 'to:addr:python-dev': 0.27; 'url:bugs': 0.29; 'reporting': 0.29; "i'm": 0.30; 'code': 0.31; '(on': 0.31; '3.x': 0.31; 'larry': 0.31; 'file': 0.32; 'url:python': 0.33; 'announce': 0.33; 'third': 0.33; 'received:74.125.82': 0.34; 'hundreds': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'received:10.0': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'changing': 0.37; 'received:10': 0.37; 'manager': 0.38; 'generic': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'received:74.125': 0.39; 'subject:[': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'major': 0.40; 'release': 0.40; 'improved': 0.60; 'include:': 0.61; 'new': 0.61; 'url:3': 0.61; 'entire': 0.61; 'range': 0.61; 'to:2**2': 0.65; 'visit:': 0.65; 'series': 0.66; 'url:0': 0.67; 'production': 0.68; 'improvements': 0.68; 'default': 0.69; 'url:4': 0.69; 'to:no real name:2**2': 0.72; '3.4': 0.84; 'python-dev': 0.84; 'sfxlen:4': 0.84; 'to:addr :python-announce': 0.84; 'pfxlen:2': 0.91 X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:sender:message-id:date:from:user-agent :mime-version:to:subject:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=8CT9E1ihylGZWVNAcBh8zgf23p/BBJ2KjlI1ZeqXVeo=; b=EGPbLCsdRprzXwq9VfPUhipuEy92X9vG8LS+jYfEx+vENly3JkAc52KNDWDe1RBjyR SLdDdqNf9bnoLi8DT/3Qnw6ggBr2B3DD+7IF8PsBMk/WWvTVl3tpWRNzcPkmYoRqtlYy hernCCFBPkpIKI6P7dwhjmKgS1IrEbqTMCjj9PD7VvWYJRaBXfEUulXjh9gxOT3KXPr9 e+UpddKl1m3KU27HAemDy+T9xSMBFDMGCG6iOsp5WxnH3c5RhTiYhgmGC23ZVnJjNhTE TBVAW1OGJmtVltkoM20tNroEs3njWD5zcgVfVQMTw7UucQqtYcCcbBM7shCERPs8Ze+E 15Ow== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQlc2Bs4dH6dDyP9EUM7EDKz4GdBcnPHBgAh0jgHE4z9E/0Ki7Ff1mmxQ3fOPKa+V3V5RDFt X-Received: by 10.180.211.171 with SMTP id nd11mr8626831wic.0.1380499485971; Sun, 29 Sep 2013 17:04:45 -0700 (PDT) Sender: Larry Hastings Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 01:04:45 +0100 From: Larry Hastings User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130803 Thunderbird/17.0.8 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: python-list@python.org, python-announce@python.org, Python-Dev , python-committers@python.org Subject: [RELEASED] Python 3.4.0a3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 35 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1380499497 news.xs4all.nl 15954 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:46884 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:55043 On behalf of the Python development team, I'm pleased to announce the third alpha release of Python 3.4. This is a preview release, and its use is not recommended for production settings. Python 3.4 includes a range of improvements of the 3.x series, including hundreds of small improvements and bug fixes. Major new features and changes in the 3.4 release series so far include: * PEP 435, a standardized "enum" module * PEP 442, improved semantics for object finalization * PEP 443, adding single-dispatch generic functions to the standard library * PEP 445, a new C API for implementing custom memory allocators * PEP 446, changing file descriptors to not be inherited by default in subprocesses To download Python 3.4.0a3 visit: http://www.python.org/download/releases/3.4.0/ Please consider trying Python 3.4.0a3 with your code and reporting any issues you notice to: http://bugs.python.org/ Enjoy! -- Larry Hastings, Release Manager larry at hastings.org (on behalf of the entire python-dev team and 3.4's contributors)