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  • [Python-announce] Python 3.14.0 alpha 4 is out

    From Hugo van Kemenade@hugo@python.org to comp.lang.python.announce on Tue Jan 14 18:35:54 2025
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    Hello, three dot fourteen dot zero alpha four!

    https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3140a4/

    This is an early developer preview of Python 3.14.

    Python 3.14 is still in development. This release, 3.14.0a4, is the fourth
    of seven planned alpha releases.

    Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test the current state of
    new features and bug fixes and to test the release process.

    During the alpha phase, features may be added up until the start of the
    beta phase (2025-05-06) and, if necessary, may be modified or deleted up
    until the release candidate phase (2025-07-22). Please keep in mind that
    this is a preview release and its use is not recommended for production environments.

    Many new features for Python 3.14 are still being planned and written.
    Among the new major new features and changes so far:

    * PEP 649: deferred evaluation of annotations
    * PEP 741: Python configuration C API
    * PEP 761: Python 3.14 and onwards no longer provides PGP signatures for release artifacts. Instead, Sigstore is recommended for verifiers.
    * Improved error messages
    * Removals of old deprecations, and new deprecations, many scheduled for removal from Python 3.16
    * C API removals and deprecations
    * (Hey, fellow core developer, if a feature you find important is missing
    from this list, let Hugo know.)

    The next pre-release of Python 3.14 will be 3.14.0a5, currently scheduled
    for 2025-02-11.

    More resources:

    * Online documentation: https://docs.python.org/3.14/
    * PEP 745, 3.14 Release Schedule: https://peps.python.org/pep-0745/
    * Report bugs at https://github.com/python/cpython/issues
    * Help fund Python and its community: https://www.python.org/psf/donations/

    And now for something completely different

    In Python, you can use Greek letters as constants. For example:

    ```
    from math import pi as π

    def circumference(radius: float) -> float:
    return 2 * π * radius

    print(circumference(6378.137)) # 40075.016685578485
    ```

    Enjoy the new release.

    Thanks to all of the many volunteers who help make Python Development and
    these releases possible! Please consider supporting our efforts by
    volunteering yourself or through organisation contributions to the Python Software Foundation.

    Regards from a slushy, slippery Helsinki,

    Your release team,
    Hugo van Kemenade
    Ned Deily
    Steve Dower
    Łukasz Langa
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