Python 3.1

Python 3.1 has been superseded by 3.1.1. You can download 3.1.1.

Python 3.1 final was released on June 27th, 2009.

Python 3.1 is a continuation of the work started by Python 3.0, the new backwards-incompatible series of Python. Improvements in this release include:

• An ordered dictionary type
• Various optimizations to the int type
• New unittest features including test skipping and new assert methods.
• A much faster io module
• Tile support for Tkinter
• A pure Python reference implementation of the import statement
• New syntax for nested with statements

See these resources for further information:

• What's new in 3.1?
• Python 3.1 change log.
• Online Documentation
• Report bugs at http://bugs.python.org.
• Help fund Python and its community.

Download

This is a production release.

We currently support these formats for download:

• Gzipped source tar ball (3.1) (sig)
• Bzipped source tar ball (3.1) (sig)
• Windows x86 MSI Installer (3.1) (sig)
• Windows X86-64 MSI Installer (3.1) [1] (sig)
• Mac Installer disk image (3.1) (sig)

The source tarballs and Mac installer are signed with Benjamin Peterson's key (fingerprint: 12EF 3DC3 8047 DA38 2D18 A5B9 99CD EA9D A413 5B38). The Windows installers are signed with Martin von Löwis' public key which has a key id of 7D9DC8D2. The public keys are located on the download page.

SHA1 checksums and sizes of the released files:

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[1]	The binaries for AMD64 will also work on processors that implement the Intel 64 architecture (formerly EM64T), i.e. the architecture that Microsoft calls x64, and AMD called x86-64 before calling it AMD64. They will not work on Intel Itanium Processors (formerly IA-64).