Python 3.15 released: Lazy imports, UTF-8 and new data types

Python 3.15 is expected to speed up some programs and simplifies handling immutable data. UTF-8 as standard requires testing.

Python 3.15 goes global with UTF-8 support

Today all the cool languages and runtimes pledge allegiance to UTF-8, including Rust, Go, and Node.js (JavaScript itself prefers UTF-16 for internal encoding). Most code editors, from Visual Studio ...
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Python 3.15 arrives with lazy imports, UTF-8 by default and a faster JIT

Python 3.15 is out with explicit lazy imports, UTF-8 as the default encoding, frozendict and sentinel types, the Tachyon ...
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Python 3, ASCII, and UTF-8

The dreaded UnicodeDecodeError exception is one of the signature "features" of Python 3. It is raised when the language encounters a byte sequence that it cannot ...

Can't read CSV even in Python 3.15? Practice specifying character encoding

"I updated Python, but I can't read Japanese CSV files." When you open a file you've received and see a string of English ...
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Python 3.15 Released With Experimental JIT Compiler Running Faster

Python 3.15 is out today as the newest annual feature release for the Python programming language. Python's JIT compiler is still in experimental form but it's a lot faster now with Python 3.15. The ...
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Python 3, ASCII, and UTF-8

LWN is still Python 2. The last dependency just moved forward a month or two ago, so all that's needed is a bit of time to make the switch. That "bit of time" part can be surprisingly hard, though. So ...

Python 3.15 erschienen: Faule Importe, UTF-8 und neue Datentypen

Python 3.15 soll manche Programme schneller starten lassen und vereinfacht den Umgang mit unveränderlichen Daten. UTF-8 als ...