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Python 3.6 Port#

This port is highly experimental. Python binary can be started with python3, but many functionality is expected to not work.

Why this version is used#

Python 2.7 will not be supported in future, see e.g. pythonclock.org. Python 3 is a good candidate for porting. Until Python 3.6 it is easily possible to disable multi-threading API via --without-threads option. This is needed until SerenityOS provides the pthread APIs.

How to improve#

Run the Python test suite via python3 -m test to see what fails and start working on that. If functionality in LibC/LibM/Kernel/... is updated, recompile Python with ./package.sh build.

Known limitations#

  • No locale support, default locale encoding set to utf-8

  • Instead of /dev/urandom, /dev/random is being used

  • No multi-threading

  • time module not working due to missing time related functions in LibC/Kernel