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author Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>
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1 This is Python version 3.2 beta 1
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2 =================================
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4 Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
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5 Python Software Foundation.
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6 All rights reserved.
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8 Python 3.x is a new version of the language, which is incompatible with the 2.x
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9 line of releases. The language is mostly the same, but many details, especially
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10 how built-in objects like dictionaries and strings work, have changed
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11 considerably, and a lot of deprecated features have finally been removed.
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14 Build Instructions
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15 ------------------
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17 On Unix, Linux, BSD, OSX, and Cygwin:
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19 ./configure
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20 make
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21 make test
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22 sudo make install
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24 This will install Python as python3.
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26 You can pass many options to the configure script; run "./configure --help" to
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27 find out more. On OSX and Cygwin, the executable is called python.exe;
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28 elsewhere it's just python.
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30 On Mac OS X, if you have configured Python with --enable-framework, you should
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31 use "make frameworkinstall" to do the installation. Note that this installs the
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32 Python executable in a place that is not normally on your PATH, you may want to
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33 set up a symlink in /usr/local/bin.
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35 On Windows, see PCbuild/readme.txt.
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40 mkdir debug
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41 cd debug
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42 ../configure --with-pydebug
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43 make
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44 make test
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46 (This will fail if you *also* built at the top-level directory. You should do a
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47 "make clean" at the toplevel first.)
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50 What's New
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51 ----------
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53 We try to have a comprehensive overview of the changes in the "What's New in
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54 Python 3.2" document, found at
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56 http://docs.python.org/3.2/whatsnew/3.2.html
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60 development).
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62 If you want to install multiple versions of Python see the section below
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63 entitled "Installing multiple versions".
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66 Documentation
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67 -------------
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76 formatting requirements.
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79 Converting From Python 2.x to 3.x
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84 backported versions of certain key Python 3.x features.
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86 A source-to-source translation tool, "2to3", can take care of the mundane task
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87 of converting large amounts of source code. It is not a complete solution but
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106 memory. To enable these tests, run "make testall".
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112 ./python Lib/test/regrtest.py -v test_whatever
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118 Installing multiple versions
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121 On Unix and Mac systems if you intend to install multiple versions of Python
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127 ${prefix}/bin/pythonX.Y. If you intend to install multiple versions using the
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129 Install that version using "make install". Install all other versions using
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160 Enhancement Proposal (PEP) may be submitted if your idea gains ground. All
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