What new developments are expected for Python in the future?

See http://www.python.org/doc/peps/ for the Python Enhancement Proposals (PEPs). PEPs are design documents describing a suggested new feature for Python, providing a concise technical specification and a rationale. PEP 1 explains the PEP process and PEP format; read it first if you want to submit a PEP.

New developments are discussed on the python-dev mailing list.

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Comment:

OK, so here are the things I would mention.

Python 3000. For the most official plans, a timeline, and pointers to other documents, see PEP 3000. (I don't think it's necessary to repeat some of the information here; that just creates more places that need to be updated if things change.)

Other Py3k resources to mention (yes, these are also dupes, but I think they are worth it):

The python-3000 mailing list; subscribe to participate in the design process.
The p3yk (sic) branch in subversion, where most of the work takes place. (Selected other branches will eventually be merged back here.)
My blog: http://www.artima.com/weblogs/index.jsp?blogger=guido -- here I occasionally post more speculative ideas. What you see discussed here doesn't necessarily turn into concrete plans for Py3k, though sometimes it might. The ideas developed in the optional static typing thread, in particular, are unlikely to make it into Py3k, although they may make it into some later version.
Python 2.6. This is in the hands of the python-dev community and I'm maintaining a mostly hands-off position here.

Posted by Guido van Rossum (2006-11-14)