Python 3 is the latest version of the Python programming language and was formally released on December 3rd, 2008.
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Is there anything better than the XHTML to use as a base of the project? [on hold]
I need to create a base package. So that, any file format can be converted to that base package and maintain the further processing to that file. I have some files like text, doc, xml, html that needs ...
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Additional actions in setup.py for install
Background
So, I'm developing a project, and I'm writing setup.py script for it, using distutils. I'm using CPython3.3.
I use some libraries that have invalid distributions in PyPI, so they have to ...
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Is using os.environ to store the value of command line switches pythonic?
I write CLI-executable Python 3 scripts regularly to do data compilation and some maintenance tasks, and try to adhere to PEP 8 and the Google Python Style Guide when doing so. Google's guide says to ...
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What was the need of introducing Python 3 when we already had Python 2 [duplicate]
I am still learning python and I started with Python 3. This question not Python 2 vs 3 or difference between them like print() is a function and not language construct and 3/2 = 1.5
My question is ...
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What is the advantage of determining scopes statically and using them dynamically in case of Python?
Firstly let me clarify that I know C and am learning Python. So my OOPS is kind of bad.
I was reading the official tutorial and found this
Although scopes are determined statically, they are ...
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Why do people consider Python a weak language? [closed]
I've been using Python for a little while now and I am enjoying it, but a few of my friends are telling me to start using a language like C# or Java instead and give these reasons:
Python is a ...
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PyOpenGL wglGetProcAdress?
Well know I'm writting a little programm that gives me all OpenGL adresses I need.
I suppose to do it with Python 3.2 and PyOpenGL.
Why do I NOT want to use libarys such like GLEW and so?
I have ...
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Why my Python decorator doesn't works? [closed]
I'm trying to understand how decorators work, i think that I got what is the purpose of the decorators because they:
let you avoid harcoding reusable parts to a single function definition
let you ...
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Would porting JPype to Python 3 be useful? [closed]
I have an open source project my company would like me to do with a small team, creating an adapter for the Oracle NoSQL database to be used in Python, but to do that we would need to be able to make ...
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What are the problems python 3 new features solve?
Python 3 new features say:
we’re mostly fixing well-known annoyances and warts, and removing a
lot of old cruft
It mentions what is different (the fix) but not why (the problems). I have have ...
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understanding the encoding scheme in python 3
I got this error in my program which grab data from different website and write them to a file:
'charmap' codec can't encode characters in position 151618-151624: character maps to <undefined>
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Should I start developing in Python 3? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Should we use python 2.6 or 2.7 or 3.x?
Now that Django runs on Python 3, I think it's time to ask that all-important question: Should I start using Python 3 instead of ...
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What features are missing from Python IDE tools?
What are the most desired features currently lacking in any Python IDE tools?
I'm also interested in what's missing in Komodo 6 but available in other tools (I currently use Komodo 6 for Python 3 ...
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Will Python 3.0's backwards-incompatibility affect adoption?
I visited Slashdot this morning to find out that Python 3.0 has been released. I know C# and Perl, but have wanted to learn Python for some time, especially after I saw its ease of use to create ...
