Jeffrey P Shell: PythonPython related programming topicsBig Alpha Releases for Zope and Python- January 3, 2003 Two big alpha releases were made for the new year: Python 2.3a1 and Zope 3X a1. Python 2.3 doesn't make any major changes to the language (unlike previous Python 2 series releases, which brought things like list comprehensions, generators, nested scopes, iterators, etc). Andrew Kuchling, as always, covers the changes extensively. Of interest are - ability to import from .zip files, universal newline support!, a new logging package, a new Set datatype and default Boolean datatype. Zope 3X (x.http://radio.weblogs.com/0106123/categories/python/ |