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@@ -45,7 +45,13 @@ Do I lose anything by using Python 2.4 versus newer Python versions, such as Pyt
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Not in the core framework. Currently, Django itself officially supports any
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version of Python from 2.4 through 2.7, inclusive. However, newer versions of
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-Python are often faster, have more features, and are better supported.
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+Python are often faster, have more features, and are better supported. If you
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+use a newer version of Python you will also have access to some APIs that
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+aren't available under older versions of Python. For example Django provides
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+some `context managers`_ for various operations. If you use Python 2.4 you
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+won't be able to use them, however other APIs which provide the same
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+functionality are always made available.
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Third-party applications for use with Django are, of course, free to set their
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own version requirements.
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@@ -59,6 +65,8 @@ improvements and optimizations to the Python language since version 2.4, and
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will help ease the process of dropping support for older Python versions on
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the road to Python 3.
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+.. _context managers: http://docs.python.org/reference/datamodel.html#context-managers
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Can I use Django with Python 2.3?
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Alex Gaynor