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This port is experimental and not all pythom modules are working. But this is an initial shot which can be further worked on, as SerenityOS gets more mature. :^) The main limitation is that locales, threading and time related functions are not working.
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# Python 3.6 Port
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This port is highly experimental. Python binary can be started with `python3`, but many
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functionality is expected to not work.
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## Why this version is used
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Python 2.7 will not be supported in future, see e.g. [pythonclock.org]([https://link](https://pythonclock.org/)).
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Python 3 is a good candidate for porting. Until Python 3.6 it is easily possible to disable
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multi-threading API via `--without-threads` option. This is needed until SerenityOS provides the
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pthread APIs.
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## How to improve
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Run the Python test suite via `python3 -m test` to see what fails and start working on that.
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If functionality in LibC/LibM/Kernel/... is updated, recompile Python with `./package.sh build`.
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## Known limitations
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* No locale support, default locale encoding set to utf-8
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* Instead of `/dev/urandom`, `/dev/random` is being used
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* No multi-threading
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* time module not working due to missing time related functions in LibC/Kernel
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