Warning: Python 2.7.1 reached end-of-life on 2020-01-01. It is no longer supported and does not receive security updates. We recommend upgrading to the latest Python release.

Release date: Nov. 27, 2010

Note: A newer bugfix release, 2.7.2, is currently available. Its use is recommended.

Python 2.7.1 was released on November 27th, 2010.

The Python 2.7 series is scheduled to be the last major version in the 2.x series before 2.x moves into an extended maintenance period. This release contains many of the features that were first released in Python 3.1. Improvements in this release include:

• An ordered dictionary type
• New unittest features including test skipping, new assert methods, and test discovery
• A much faster io module
• Automatic numbering of fields in the str.format() method
• Float repr improvements backported from 3.x
• Tile support for Tkinter
• A backport of the memoryview object from 3.x
• Set literals
• Set and dictionary comprehensions
• Dictionary views
• New syntax for nested with statements
• The sysconfig module

See these resources for further information:

• What's new in 2.7?
• Change log for this release.
• Online Documentation
• Report bugs at http://bugs.python.org.
• Help fund Python and its community.

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