From: Jeremy Hylton <jeremy@beopen.com> Subject: Python 2.0 release candidate 1 Newsgroups: comp.lang.python.announce To: python-announce-list@python.org Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 23:53:17 -0700 (PDT) Python 2.0c1 is released. The BeOpen PythonLabs and our cast of SourceForge volunteers have fixed many bugs since the beta releases last month. Please pick up the new release at http://www.pythonlabs.com/products/python2.0/ There's a tarball, a Windows installer, RedHat RPMs, online documentation, and a long list of fixed bugs. The final release of Python 2.0 will be next week. We would appreciate feedback on the release candidate in order to fix any remaining bugs before the final release. Confirmation of build and test success on less common platforms is also helpful.n All major reported bugs have been fixed in the release candidate. We do not plan to make any changes between now and the final release, except to fix bugs reported in the next week. We encourage potential users of Python 2.0 to try the release candidate with their programs and report any remaining bugs. To report a new bug, use the SourceForge bug tracker http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?func=addbug&group_id=5470 Python 2.0 has many new features, including the following: - Augmented assignment, e.g. x += 1 - List comprehensions, e.g. [x**2 for x in range(10)] - Extended import statement, e.g. import Module as Name - Extended print statement, e.g. print >> file, "Hello" - Collection of cyclical garbage For a fuller discussion of the changes in Python 2.0, please see the article "What's New in Python 2.0" by Andrew Kuchling and Moshe Zadke: http://starship.python.net/crew/amk/python/writing/new-python/ -- Jeremy Hylton <http://www.python.org/~jeremy/> -- http://www.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-announce-list