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Python 3.6.0a2

Warning: Python 3.6.0 reached end-of-life on 2021-12-23. It is no longer supported and does not receive security updates. We recommend upgrading to the latest Python release.
Note: Python 3.6.0a2 has been superseded by Python 3.6.15.

Release date: June 13, 2016

Python 3.6.0a2

Python 3.6.0a2 was released on 2016-06-13.

Major new features of the 3.6 series, compared to 3.5

Python 3.6 is still in development; 3.6.0a2 is the second of four planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test the current state of new features and bug fixes and to test the release process. During the alpha phase, features may be added, modified, or deleted up until the start of the beta phase (2016-09-07). Please keep in mind that this is a preview release and its use is not recommended for production environments.

Many new features for Python 3.6 are still being planned and written. Among the new major new features and changes so far:

  • PEP 498, Formatted string literals

The next pre-release of Python 3.6 will be 3.6.0a3, currently scheduled for 2016-07-11.

Notes on this release

  • Windows users: The binaries for AMD64 will also work on processors that implement the Intel 64 architecture. (Also known as the "x64" architecture, and formerly known as both "EM64T" and "x86-64".) They will not work on Intel Itanium Processors (formerly "IA-64").
  • Windows users: If installing Python 3.6.0a1 as a non-privileged user, you may need to escalate to administrator privileges to install an update to your C runtime libraries.
  • Windows users: There are now "web-based" installers for Windows platforms; the installer will download the needed software components at installation time.
  • Windows Users: There are redistributable zip files containing the Windows builds, making it easy to redistribute Python as part of another software package. Please see the documentation regarding Embedded Distribution for more information.
  • OS X users: There is important information about IDLE, Tkinter, and Tcl/Tk on Mac OS X here.

Full Changelog

Files

macOS

Download Mac OS X 64-bit/32-bit installer

Windows

Download Python install manager

Source release

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Version Operating system Description File size GPG MD5 checksum
Gzipped source tarball Source release 19.5 MB SIG c90fdf9d8a56806a741c549aa9de4fd3
XZ compressed source tarball Source release 14.5 MB SIG 95c71007221b96d161c7c5e0786caf86
Mac OS X 64-bit/32-bit installer macOS for Mac OS X 10.6 and later 23.5 MB SIG ce9b4b6509705a19d66399926d110b70
Windows help file Windows 7.5 MB SIG 2d273202781ecacf12227d312166ba22
Windows x86 embeddable zip file Windows 5.7 MB SIG a164a7ef63702ba3724f93796b5df55f
Windows x86 executable installer Windows 28.0 MB SIG 65ac97a401f64a41ae362dd69e8cd55a
Windows x86 web-based installer Windows 922.4 KB SIG 2786963482262448b73a2ffb5a78a393
Windows x86-64 embeddable zip file Windows for AMD64/EM64T/x64 6.5 MB SIG bc0abc0f425bf7d763fbcc1d2526553f
Windows x86-64 executable installer Windows for AMD64/EM64T/x64 28.8 MB SIG 5edc274044b84519ebeecb90ea6fc88d
Windows x86-64 web-based installer Windows for AMD64/EM64T/x64 947.7 KB SIG f20e053a0d8a35ed66ff4e31ec989ecc