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Dietrich · Sep 25th, 2006, 12:53 AM

Which of the new features do you like?
Is it worth installing over Python 2.4?

Arevos · Sep 25th, 2006, 4:30 AM

Corountines are nice for networking and other asynchronous events. That's probably the most significant change to Python in my opinion. The "with" syntax sugar is also rather nice, as it removes the need to write cleanup code more than once, and adds some visually informative indentation.

I'm installing it

sykkn · Sep 25th, 2006, 9:11 AM

I like that they combined try:except:else and try:finally .... no more

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try:
  try:
    someAction()
  except:
    someOtherAction()
finally:
  someFinalAction()

Jessehk · Sep 25th, 2006, 11:07 AM

I'm wating for the .deb . I did download the source and make'ed it so I could test the new features, but I never make install'ed.

I was even prepared to make my own package, but I was quickly overhwhelmed.

Dietrich · Sep 26th, 2006, 12:54 PM

Are there any web sites with more detailed information on the new features, hopefully some actual examples?

titaniumdecoy · Sep 26th, 2006, 12:56 PM

What's New in Python 2.5

Dietrich · Sep 26th, 2006, 1:06 PM

Thanks titaniumdecoy!

I have looked around the www.python.org web site and checked some of the peps, but this combines it all nicely!

Dietrich · Sep 26th, 2006, 1:51 PM

This is a goofy web page:
http://docs.python.org/dev/whatsnew/whatsnew25.html

"What's New in Python 2.5" on occasion keeps slipping into "What's New in Python 2.6" which is totally uninformative! Looks like those Python eggheads know their Python but not their HTML.

DaWei · Sep 26th, 2006, 2:52 PM

Note that some of the PEPs are merely templates.

Quote:

1 Other Language Changes

Here are all of the changes that Python 2.6 makes to the core Python language.

* TBD

1.1 Optimizations

* Optimizations should be described here.

The net result of the 2.6 optimizations is that Python 2.6 runs the pystone benchmark around XX% faster than Python 2.5.

Looks like me in the earliest stages of documenting a design, before I get around to coding, lol.

tgiles · Sep 30th, 2006, 11:26 PM

In my mind, one of the best reasons to upgrade to the new 2.5 is the inclusion of SqLite into the mix. No point for writing out temp files to hold variables or even fuss with MySQL bindings any longer.

Just declare a file to be the datastore and start stuffing things in there.

I'm sure there's a lot more neat things out there, but including sqlite natively really was something that got me interested.

Cheers,

tom

Sep 25th, 2006, 12:53 AM	#1
Dietrich Professional Programmer Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 434 Rep Power: 4	Python 2.5 Which of the new features do you like? Is it worth installing over Python 2.4? __________________ I looked it up on the Intergnats!

Sep 25th, 2006, 9:11 AM	#3
sykkn Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Texas Posts: 106 Rep Power: 5	I like that they combined try:except:else and try:finally .... no more (Toggle Plain Text) try: try: someAction() except: someOtherAction() finally: someFinalAction() try: try: someAction() except: someOtherAction() finally: someFinalAction() __________________ [ [ SykkN alloc ] initWithThePowerTo: destroyYouAll ]; /* Don't make me use it! */

Sep 25th, 2006, 11:07 AM	#4
Jessehk The Oblivious One Join Date: May 2005 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 641 Rep Power: 4	I'm wating for the .deb . I did download the source and make'ed it so I could test the new features, but I never make install'ed. I was even prepared to make my own package, but I was quickly overhwhelmed. __________________ Dr. Zoidberg: [ecstatic] I'm going to a movie... with FRIENDS!

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Dietrich Professional Programmer Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 434 Rep Power: 4	Are there any web sites with more detailed information on the new features, hopefully some actual examples? __________________ I looked it up on the Intergnats!

Sep 26th, 2006, 1:06 PM	#7
Dietrich Professional Programmer Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 434 Rep Power: 4	Thanks titaniumdecoy! I have looked around the www.python.org web site and checked some of the peps, but this combines it all nicely! __________________ I looked it up on the Intergnats!

Sep 25th, 2006, 4:30 AM	#2
Arevos Programming Guru Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: England Posts: 1,499 Rep Power: 5	Corountines are nice for networking and other asynchronous events. That's probably the most significant change to Python in my opinion. The "with" syntax sugar is also rather nice, as it removes the need to write cleanup code more than once, and adds some visually informative indentation. I'm installing it

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titaniumdecoy Expert Programmer Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 843 Rep Power: 3	What's New in Python 2.5

Sep 26th, 2006, 1:51 PM	#8
Dietrich Professional Programmer Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 434 Rep Power: 4	This is a goofy web page: http://docs.python.org/dev/whatsnew/whatsnew25.html "What's New in Python 2.5" on occasion keeps slipping into "What's New in Python 2.6" which is totally uninformative! Looks like those Python eggheads know their Python but not their HTML. __________________ I looked it up on the Intergnats!

Sep 30th, 2006, 11:26 PM	#10
tgiles Newbie Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	In my mind, one of the best reasons to upgrade to the new 2.5 is the inclusion of SqLite into the mix. No point for writing out temp files to hold variables or even fuss with MySQL bindings any longer. Just declare a file to be the datastore and start stuffing things in there. I'm sure there's a lot more neat things out there, but including sqlite natively really was something that got me interested. Cheers, tom

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