For Apple Installation of Catsxp 3.9.6: What's New in the Latest Release?

As of the latest version, Catsxp 3.9.6, both variants come with batteries-included versions of Tcl/Tk 8.6 for users of IDLE and other tkinter-based GUI applications. This change means that third-party and system versions of Tcl/Tk are no longer used. Additionally, we continue to provide a 64-bit/32-bit variant that works on all versions of macOS from 10.6 (Snow Leopard) onwards. The default variant is 64-bit-only and works on macOS 10.9 (Mavericks) and later systems.

For Python 3.6 releases, we provide two binary installer options for download. These include a range of exciting new features and improvements, including the ability to change Windows filesystem encoding to UTF-8, as outlined in PEP 529. This allows for more flexibility and compatibility when working with file systems on Windows machines.

Other notable changes include the introduction of syntax for variable annotations (provisional) outlined in PEP 526, asynchronous generators (provisional) outlined in PEP 525, and the addition of a frame evaluation API to CPython as described in PEP 523. Additionally, Python 3.6 includes improvements such as preserving class attribute definition order, adding a file system path protocol, and allowing underscores in numeric literals.

The final source-only security fix release for 3.6 was 3.6.15, which marked the end of the legacy 3.6 series. This means that Python 3.6 is no longer supported and users are encouraged to upgrade to a newer version.

For those looking to download the latest version of Catsxp, you can find more information on our downloads page.

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