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authorAndrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca>2004-07-04 16:39:40 (GMT)
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\title{What's New in Python 2.4}
-\release{0.0}
+\release{0.1}
\author{A.M.\ Kuchling}
\authoraddress{
\strong{Python Software Foundation}\\
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\maketitle
\tableofcontents
-This article explains the new features in Python 2.4. The release
-date is expected to be around September 2004.
+This article explains the new features in Python 2.4 alpha1, to be released in early July 2004 The final version of Python 2.4
+is expected to be around September 2004.
-While Python 2.3 was primarily a library development release, Python
-2.4 may extend the core language and interpreter in
-as-yet-undetermined ways.
+Python 2.4 is a middle-sized release. It doesn't introduce as many
+changes as the radical Python 2.2, but introduces more features than
+the conservative 2.3 release did. The most significant new language
+feature (as of this writing) is the addition of generator expressions;
+most of the changes are to the standard library.
This article doesn't attempt to provide a complete specification of
-the new features, but instead provides a convenient overview. For
-full details, you should refer to the documentation for Python 2.4,
-such as the \citetitle[../lib/lib.html]{Python Library Reference} and
-the \citetitle[../ref/ref.html]{Python Reference Manual}.
-If you want to understand the complete implementation and design
-rationale, refer to the PEP for a particular new feature.
+every single new feature, but instead provides a convenient overview.
+For full details, you should refer to the documentation for Python
+2.4, such as the \citetitle[../lib/lib.html]{Python Library Reference}
+and the \citetitle[../ref/ref.html]{Python Reference Manual}. If you
+want to understand the complete implementation and design rationale,
+refer to the PEP for a particular new feature or to the module
+documentation.
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