Python 3.11 is here! Keeping with the annual release cycle, the Python core devs have released the latest version of Python. And this one is a big one. It has more friendly error messages and is massively faster than 3.10 (between 10 to 60% faster) which is a big deal for a year over year release of a 30 year old platform.

On this episode, we have Irit Katriel, Pablo Galindo Salgado, Mark Shannon, and Brandt Bucher all of whom participated in releasing Python this week on the show to tell us about that process and some of the highlight features.

Links from the show

Guests

Irit Katriel: @iritkatriel

Mark Shannon: linkedin.com

Pablo Galindo Salgado: @pyblogsal

Brandt Bucher: github.com

Python 3.11.0 is now available: blog.python.org

PEP 101 - Releasing Python: peps.python.org

PEP 678 – Enriching Exceptions with Notes: peps.python.org

PEP 654 – Exception Groups and except*: peps.python.org

PEP 657 – Include Fine Grained Error Locations in Tracebacks: peps.python.org

Python Buildbot: python.org

Making Python Faster Talk Python Episode: talkpython.fm

Specializing, Adaptive Interpreter on Talk Python: talkpython.fm

Specialist Visualizer: github.com

"Zero cost" exception handling: github.com

Pyodide: pyodide.org

pyscript: pyscript.net

Watch this episode on YouTube: youtube.com

Episode transcripts: talkpython.fm

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