Differences Between Python 3.4 and Python 3.3

The transition from Python 3.3 to Python 3.4, although incremental, included several significant changes and enhancements that bolstered Python’s usability and performance. This article explores the key differences between Python 3.3, released in September 2012, and Python 3.4, released in March 2014.

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New Features in Python 3.4

Python 3.4 introduced several new modules and features, aiming to improve the language’s standard library and support for various programming tasks:

• enum Module: Python 3.4 introduced the enum module, which supports the creation of enumerations. These are sets of symbolic names bound to unique, constant values. Before this, developers had to use custom solutions or third-party packages like enum34.
• asyncio Module: This new module provided a robust framework for asynchronous I/O, event loops, coroutines, tasks, and more. It was a significant addition that laid the groundwork for the async/await syntax introduced later in Python 3.5.
• pathlib Module: This module offers an object-oriented filesystem path representation, making it easier to work with file system paths across different operating systems.
• statistics Module: A small but handy addition that provides functions for mathematical statistics…