Python 2.6

• 簡單易學，並有內建的各種現成的模組
• 具有簡單明瞭的可讀性
• 豐富的標準函式庫
• 物件導向
• 動態語言
• 開發快速
• 跨平台的語言
• 強大的穩定性
• 容易擴充和嵌入
• 深思熟慮的設計哲學
• 優質的文件說明

The major theme of Python 2.6 is preparing the migration path to Python 3.0, a major redesign of the language. Whenever possible, Python 2.6 incorporates new features and syntax from 3.0 while remaining compatible with existing code by not removing older features or syntax. When it’s not possible to do that, Python 2.6 tries to do what it can, adding compatibility functions in a future_builtins module and a -3 switch to warn about usages that will become unsupported in 3.0.

Some significant new packages have been added to the standard library, such as the multiprocessing and json modules, but there aren’t many new features that aren’t related to Python 3.0 in some way.

Python 2.6 also sees a number of improvements and bugfixes throughout the source. A search through the change logs finds there were 259 patches applied and 612 bugs fixed between Python 2.5 and 2.6.