Python 3k

Random Python 3 stuff that rocks or otherwise makes me happy (some of it in Python 2.6 already):

• initializing the default encoding from LANG or LC_CTYPE. Welcome to the 21st century.
• the new super(). Ever renamed a class that used super? Not painful anymore.
• abstract base classes. Mixin methods FTW!
• only new style classes. I’ll need time to stop inheriting from object everywhere, though.
• the .setter/.deleter attributes of properties. Nice idea.
• the nonlocal statement. No more abusing of lists to break lexical scoping.
• set literals. Because set([1, 2, 3]) is just ugly.
• 1/2 returning 0.5. For those of us who can’t learn to type calc instead of python.