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Python en:Appendix Changes for Python 3000

Vim and Emacs editors
- http://henry.precheur.org/2008/4/18/Indenting%20Python%20with%20VIM.html
- http://www.enigmacurry.com/2008/05/09/emacs-as-a-powerful-python-ide/
String - unicode only
- http://docs.python.org/dev/3.0/tutorial/introduction.html#about-unicode
Non-ASCII identifiers allowed
- http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3131/
print() function
- http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3105/
raw_input() becomes input()
- http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3111/
Integer Literal Support and Syntax
- http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3127/
nonlocal statement
- http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3104/
Functions can take * argument (varargs) for lists and keyword-only arguments
- http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3102/
Functions can have annotations (make a passing note?)
- http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3107/
Better explanation of modules, packages and their organization (including __init__.py, etc.)
- http://ivory.idyll.org/articles/advanced-swc/#packages
String .format() instead of % operator
- http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3101/
- http://docs.python.org/dev/library/string.html#formatstrings
Dict method changes
- http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3106/
Built-in set class, in data structures chapter
Problem Solving
- Use http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/zip.htm on Windows
Classes
- http://docs.python.org/dev/3.0/reference/datamodel.html
Metaclasses
- http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3115/
Abstract Base Classes
- http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3119/
Not sure if any changes required for New I/O
- http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3116/
Exception handling
- http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0352/
- http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3109/
- http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3110/
Standard Library - interesting additions
- Reorganization : http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3108/
- http://docs.python.org/dev/library/warnings.html
- http://docs.python.org/dev/library/logging.html (important)
- http://docs.python.org/dev/library/urllib.html
- http://docs.python.org/dev/library/json.html
- Debugging
  - http://docs.python.org/dev/library/pdb.html
  - http://docs.python.org/dev/3.0/library/trace.html
  - eval, repr/ascii functions
- getopt/optparse - how to write a standard command-line program using python?
  - something like replace?
    - http://hpux.connect.org.uk/hppd/hpux/Users/replace-2.24/man.html
More
- Unpacking can take * argument
  - http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3132/
- with statement
  - http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0343/
What Next?
- Implement 'replace'
  - http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?replace
- Mention use of PyPI
- Q&A
- Books & Resources
  - http://www.coderholic.com/free-python-programming-books/
  - http://pythonpapers.org
  - http://www.mobilepythonbook.org
  - http://effbot.org/zone/
  - Links at the end of every Python-URL! email
    - http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python.announce/t/37de95ef0326293d
- Examples
- Tips & Tricks
  - http://www.siafoo.net/article/52

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