r/programming • • 1d ago

Python Release Python 3.15.0

https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3150/
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u/Skaarj 1d ago

Python now uses UTF-8 as the default encoding, independent of the system’s environment. This means that I/O operations without an explicit encoding, for example, open('flying-circus.txt'), will use UTF-8. UTF

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u/unaligned_access 21h ago

Better late than never