What’s New in Python 3.8
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What’s New in Python 3.8
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Re: What’s New in Python 3.8
#2This is the release that contains the controversial assignment expressions, which sparked the debate that convinced GvR to quit as BDFL.
They didn't select my preferred syntax, but I'm still looking forward to using assignment expressions for testing my re.match() objects.
I haven't used 3.8.0 yet but I hope its a good one because 2020 is the year that 2.7 dies and there will be a lot of people switching.
Re: What’s New in Python 3.8
#3Arguably one of the hotter debated functions is assignment-as-expression through the := or walrus operator.
Quite happy with the new SyntaxWarning for identity comparison on literals and missing commas :)
Especially neat is also the `python -m asyncio` shell which allows you to run top-level awaits in your repl instead of needing to start a new event loop each time!
Re: What’s New in Python 3.8
#4The expansion of f-strings is a welcome addition. The more I use them, the happier I am that they exist
https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.8.html#f-strings-suppor...
Re: What’s New in Python 3.8
#5This is the release that contains the controversial assignment expressions, which sparked the debate that convinced GvR to quit as BDFL. They didn't select my preferred syntax, but I'm still looking forward to using assignment expressions for testing my re.match() objects. I haven't used 3.8.0 yet but I hope its a good one because 2020 is the year that 2.7 dies and there will be a lot of people switching.
I'm stoked about the walrus operator. Ever since I heard it was being added I've grumbled when writing code that would have been clearer with it.
Of course I have to ask, what was your preferred syntax?
Re: What’s New in Python 3.8
#6I do not know exactly what caused this, but my internal project test-suite got a much appreciated 5% speedup!
Thank you Python team!
Re: What’s New in Python 3.8
#7Shared Memory is the star of this release IMHO.
Re: What’s New in Python 3.8
#8The expansion of f-strings is a welcome addition. The more I use them, the happier I am that they exist https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.8.html#f-strings-suppor...
One thing I vastly dislike with them is that they are still expanded in logging, while they are not expanded when logging is using "the old way".
Re: What’s New in Python 3.8
#9This is the release that contains the controversial assignment expressions, which sparked the debate that convinced GvR to quit as BDFL. They didn't select my preferred syntax, but I'm still looking forward to using assignment expressions for testing my re.match() objects. I haven't used 3.8.0 yet but I hope its a good one because 2020 is the year that 2.7 dies and there will be a lot of people switching.
Because of the luddites at RedHat, Python2.7 isn't actually dead until 2024. It's infuriating.
Re: What’s New in Python 3.8
#10The expansion of f-strings is a welcome addition. The more I use them, the happier I am that they exist https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.8.html#f-strings-suppor...
This makes clean string interpolation so much easier to do, especially for print statements. It's almost hard to use python < 3.6 now because of them.