Release Date: May 13, 2020
This is the third maintenance release of Python 3.8
The Python 3.8 series is the newest major release of the Python programming language, and it contains many new features and optimizations.
- Python (64-bit) is an object oriented programming language. Clean syntax, high-level data structures, dynamic typing, and rich support libraries combine to make Python a very productive tool for.
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- Dec 13, 2019.
Major new features of the 3.8 series, compared to 3.7
- PEP 572, Assignment expressions
- PEP 570, Positional-only arguments
- PEP 587, Python Initialization Configuration (improved embedding)
- PEP 590, Vectorcall: a fast calling protocol for CPython
- PEP 578, Runtime audit hooks
- PEP 574, Pickle protocol 5 with out-of-band data
- Typing-related: PEP 591 (Final qualifier), PEP 586 (Literal types), and PEP 589 (TypedDict)
- Parallel filesystem cache for compiled bytecode
- Debug builds share ABI as release builds
- f-strings support a handy
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blocks- on Windows, the default
asyncio
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- on macOS, the spawn start method is now used by default in
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is merged back to CPythonLOAD_GLOBAL
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now uses Protocol 4 by default, improving performance
There are many other interesting changes, please consult the 'What's New' page in the documentation for a full list.
More resources
- PEP 569, 3.8 Release Schedule
- Report bugs at https://bugs.python.org.
- Help fund Python and its community.
Windows users
- The binaries for AMD64 will also work on processors that implement the Intel 64 architecture. (Also known as the 'x64' architecture, and formerly known as both 'EM64T' and 'x86-64'.)
- There are now 'web-based' installers for Windows platforms; the installer will download the needed software components at installation time.
- There are redistributable zip files containing the Windows builds, making it easy to redistribute Python as part of another software package. Please see the documentation regarding Embedded Distribution for more information.
macOS users
- For Python 3.8, we provide one installer: 64-bit-only that works on macOS 10.9 (Mavericks) and later systems.
- Please read the 'Important Information' displayed during installation for information about SSL/TLS certificate validation and the running the 'Install Certificates.command'.
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Windows help file | Windows | 4aeeebd7cc8dd90d61e7cfdda9cb9422 | 8568303 | SIG | |
Windows x86-64 embeddable zip file | Windows | for AMD64/EM64T/x64 | c12ffe7f4c1b447241d5d2aedc9b5d01 | 8175801 | SIG |
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Windows x86-64 web-based installer | Windows | for AMD64/EM64T/x64 | 17e989d2fecf7f9f13cf987825b695c4 | 1364136 | SIG |
Windows x86 embeddable zip file | Windows | 8ee09403ec0cc2e89d43b4a4f6d1521e | 7330315 | SIG | |
Windows x86 executable installer | Windows | 452373e2c467c14220efeb10f40c231f | 26744744 | SIG | |
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