Python 2.7.1

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.

Download

This is a production release. Please report any bugs you encounter.

We currently support these formats for download:

• Gzipped source tar ball (2.7.1) (sig)
• Bzipped source tar ball (2.7.1) (sig)
• Windows x86 MSI Installer (2.7.1) (sig)
• Windows x86 MSI program database (2.7.1) (sig)
• Windows X86-64 MSI Installer (2.7.1) [1] (sig)
• Windows X86-64 program database (2.7.1) [1] (sig)
• Mac OS X 32-bit i386/PPC Installer (2.7.1) for Mac OS X 10.3 through 10.6 [2] (sig).
• Mac OS X 64-bit/32-bit x86-64/i386 Installer (2.7.1) for Mac OS X 10.6 [2] (sig). [You may not be able to run IDLE or use Tkinter with this installer, see note 2 for instructions.]

The source tarballs are signed with Benjamin Peterson's key (fingerprint: 12EF 3DC3 8047 DA38 2D18 A5B9 99CD EA9D A413 5B38). The Windows installer was signed by Martin von Löwis' public key, which has a key id of 7D9DC8D2. The Mac installers were signed with Ronald Oussoren's key, which has a key id of E6DF025C. The public keys are located on the download page.

MD5 checksums and sizes of the released files:

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