Python 3.4.0 released

Georg Brandl / · Updated

Python 3.4.0 has been released today. 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 include:

  • PEP 428, a “pathlib” module providing object-oriented filesystem paths

  • PEP 435, a standardized “enum” module

  • PEP 436, a build enhancement that will help generate introspection information for builtins

  • 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

  • PEP 450, a new “statistics” module

  • PEP 451, standardizing module metadata for Python’s module import system

  • PEP 453, a bundled installer for the *pip* package manager

  • PEP 454, a new “tracemalloc” module for tracing Python memory allocations

  • PEP 456, a new hash algorithm for Python strings and binary data

  • PEP 3154, a new and improved protocol for pickled objects

  • PEP 3156, a new “asyncio” module, a new framework for asynchronous I/O

The full “What’s New” document lists all major changes.

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https://pythoninsider.blogspot.com/2014/03/python-340-released.html