python
What's new in Python
Incomplete list of new features and changes in Python releases.
2.6
- with statement
- string formatting with .format()
- print as a function with from future import print_function
- try: ... except TypeError as exc: ... syntax
- abstract base classes
- class decorators
- 3 attributes for properties: @property, @x.setter, @x.deleter
2.7
- syntax for set literals ({1, 2, 3} is a mutable set)
- dictionary and set comprehensions
- OrderedDictionary
- argparse module
