Python programs are set to get faster startup times with PEP 810 "Explicit lazy imports," which allows scripts to defer loading imported libraries until they're actually needed rather than at startup.

Importing modules in Python is ubiquitous; most Python programs start with at least a few import statements. But the performance impact of those imports can be large—and may be entirely wasted effort ...

Changes That Actually Matter for Developers written by Faisal Haque, I have organized the points that I personally find particularly important from a developer's perspective regarding how the next ...

Python 3.15.0 is available. The new major version of the programming language was released on October 9, 2026, and brings changes to the language, the CPython reference interpreter, and the standard ...

Python 3.15 reached stable status on Oct. 9, 2026, according to its official release page. Its headline changes put UTF-8 in charge of text encoding by default and introduce an opt-in lazy keyword for ...

The advent of lazy imports in the Python language is upon us, now that PEP 810 ("Explicit lazy imports") was accepted by the steering council and the feature will appear in the upcoming Python 3.15 ...