DevX: The Python 2.5 Goodie Bag: Language Enhancements and Modules | Linux Today

DevX: The Python 2.5 Goodie Bag: Language Enhancements and Modules

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 9, 2007

“n my last article, ‘Drill-down on Three Major New Modules in
Python 2.5 Standard Library,’ I discussed how the ctypes, pysqlite,
and ElementTree language modules can save you time and aggravation.
In this, my third and final, article on the new 2.5 version of
Python, I’ll go over some additional language enhancements and
modules that each, individually, adds an important ingredient to
some of the smaller subsets of the Python community. I will also
cover performance improvements, porting your code from previous
versions of Python, and some other odds and ends that will be
important to anyone who is ready to adopt the latest release of
Python…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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