Python 2.7 released
- An ordered dictionary type
- New unittest features including test skipping and new assert methods.
- 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
- New syntax for nested with statements
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