Python 2.4 Final Released

Eventh writes "The final release of Python 2.4 was just released. Python 2.4 is the result of almost 18 month's worth of work on top of Python 2.3. New features are, but not limited to, function decorators, generator expressions, a number of new module and more. Check out Andrew Kuchling's What's New In Python for a detailed view of some of the new features of Python 2.4. "

function decorators

[koi88]

Finally I can make my functions so much prettier.

OK Trolls...

[Anonymous Coward]

If you can keep your "significant whitespace sucks" comments as children of this one, I'm sure everyone will get along just fine...

heh

[boschmorden]

import overlords

print "I for one welcome our new %s overloads.!" % overloads.get_random()

department of redundancy dept.

[Anonymous Coward]

The python final release of python 2.4 is finally released for python users out there who wish to use the final release of python release final.

Just in time for Xmas!

[FooAtWFU]

No! It's the Christmas season, so decorations are in right now! We should all get the new version of Python and decorate our source code to celebrate the spirit of holiday cheer!

cue grumbling about how Christmas is overcommericalized+etc

generator expressions?

[deathazre]

2,500KVA @ 0.8 PF? (note: some electrical background required to appreciate the above)

Pah

[potcrackpot]

Any language I can't do the following in, I'm not using.

$a[0] = 7; $a[1] = 8;
@b = (5 x @a); @c = ((5) x @a);
print "@b @c";

Re:aargh.

[Anonymous Coward]

and of course I managed to forget (again) that comments, being HTML formatted, ignore whitespace

Can't say the same thing about Python. ;)

Re:Pah

[Anonymous Coward]

python -c 'print "55 5 5";'

Re:On Decimal and floating point

[pkhuong]

So, obviously, we should be using base (apply '* *n-first-primes*). How about 30 or 210? At least it's not an arbitrary base.

Re:FP!

[nkh]

Grrr, the @ sign is the Ruby way to declare an instance member. This is a declaration of war I say!!! (next thing he'll do is to drop the indentation and add end at the end of all the blocks ;)

cobol

[hey]

The Decimal type! Finaly Python is catching up to COBOL. Yeah.

Actually, its useful. Every language should have it.

Re:On Decimal and floating point

[Frequency Domain]

So, obviously, we should be using base (apply '* *n-first-primes*). How about 30 or 210? At least it's not an arbitrary base.

It doesn't matter which base you use. All your base are belong to us.

Re:18 Months

[ReelOddeeo]

Linus' comments in the kernel's CodingStyle document are relevant too -- try to keep your functions so that you can read most of them on one screen. Python allows you to do this more often (I find) without resorting to strange brace positions.

My functions do each fit on one screen.

For any sufficiently large definition of screen.