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

I'm against making magic "unicode" strings with unspecified encoding and then forcing everything to use these strings. The idea behind “Unicode” strings is that they are not encoded at all (so much ...
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Programmer's Python

The Python string object isn’t that different from those encountered in other languages, but there are some differences that might puzzle you if you are familiar with other languages. It starts out ...
LWN.net

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 ...