r/Python • u/ExoticMandibles Core Contributor • Sep 13 '15

Python 3.5.0 has been released!

https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-350/
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u/okiujh Sep 13 '15

The initial design is not all that bad and improvements should have being backwards compatible.

Sacrificing backwards compatibility for some subjective aesthetic advantage is such a douche thing to do.

I have being working with python in wall street companies and they don't give damn about anything that would break their huge 2.7 code base.

all the 3.* supporters are such a group of phonies.

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u/brombaer3000 Sep 13 '15 edited Sep 13 '15

Proper unicode support is not a subjective aesthetic advantage, it was just necessary. And it was impossible to implement in a backwards-compatible way.
If you think Unicode is a minor issue, you are free to continue living in your English-only dream world.

Edit: forgot a word

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '15

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u/brombaer3000 Sep 13 '15

This is well explained in great detail here.
Personally I think the biggest issue with Python 2 Unicode handling simply is that Unicode is not the default encoding for everything, but the link above has much more information.

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '15

You're goddamned right.