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I believe the title should be updated to say 3.7 as the article title does. The .7 is pretty significant to those who would be interested in this.
by Rapzid 8y ago
I believe the title should be updated to say 3.7 as the article title does. The .7 is pretty significant to those who would be interested in this.
- larrik 8y agoThat may imply Python 3 earlier than 3.7 was on GAE, which is not the case.
- optimuspaul 8y agoperhaps, but python 3 is quite vague and 3.7 is very different from say 3.4. Saying it is 3.7 is of significant interest to me.
- e12e 8y agoAny highlights of why 3.7 is significant vs 3.6,3.5,3.4?
- aleaxit 8y agoIf I had to guess, I'd say the most relevant changes for App Engine use may be the optimizations documented at https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.7.html#whatsnew37-perf https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.7.html#whatsnew37-perf : the `sort` method of lists about 50% faster in common cases, the `copy` method of dicts up to 5 times faster, etc.
- jlarocco 8y agoIt took them so long, I think pointing out that it's 3.7 emphasizes that they're finally caught up. In the context that it's taken them a decade to upgrade, just seeing "Python 3" makes me wonder if they're only supporting some ancient version like 3.4 or even 3.2.
- kstrauser 8y agoSpeaking for myself: 3.7 is the newest release with all the nice shiny, new features. Knowing that I could actually use the most current tools makes AE much more attractive than it was before this announcement.
- Rapzid 8y agoYes, on these pages: https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.5.html https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.5.html . Of significant interest to people who are stuck/like writing Python would be the async changes in 3.5 and 3.6. There have also been constant type annotation enhancements made throughout the 3.x releases.