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3.8.1 is part of the 3.8 line, which reached its end of life on October 7, 2024. It no longer receives security fixes. endoflife.date
Installer files 3.8.1
| Architecture | Type | Scope | File size | Download | SHA256 |
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| 64-bit | EXE (WiX Burn) | Current user | 27.5 MB | python.org | VirusTotal |
| 64-bit | EXE (WiX Burn) | All users | 27.5 MB | python.org | VirusTotal |
| 32-bit | EXE (WiX Burn) | Current user | 26.4 MB | python.org | VirusTotal |
| 32-bit | EXE (WiX Burn) | All users | 26.4 MB | python.org | VirusTotal |
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Release notes
Core and Builtins
- bpo-39080: Fix the value of end_col_offset for Starred Expression AST nodes when they are among the elements in the args attribute of Call AST nodes.
- bpo-39031: When parsing an “elif” node, lineno and col_offset of the node now point to the “elif” keyword and not to its condition, making it consistent with the “if” node. Patch by Lysandros Nikolaou.
- bpo-39008: PySys_Audit() now requires Py_ssize_t to be used for size arguments in the format string, regardless of whethen PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN was defined at include time.
Library
- bpo-39022: Update importliib.metadata to include improvements from importlib_metadata 1.3 including better serialization of EntryPoints and improved documentation for custom finders.
- bpo-38811: Fix an unhandled exception in pathlib when os.link() is missing. Patch by Toke Høiland-Jørgensen.
- bpo-36406: Handle namespace packages in doctest. Patch by Karthikeyan Singaravelan.
Tests
- bpo-38546: Multiprocessing and concurrent.futures tests now stop the resource tracker process when tests complete.
Windows
- bpo-39007: Add auditing events to functions in winreg.
macOS
- bpo-38295: Prevent failure of test_relative_path in test_py_compile on macOS Catalina.
IDLE
- bpo-38944: Excape key now closes IDLE completion windows. Patch by Johnny Najera.
- bpo-38943: Fix IDLE autocomplete windows not always appearing on some systems. Patch by Johnny Najera.https://docs.python.org/release/3.8.1/whatsnew/changelog.html
