On Fri, Oct 23, 2009, Tim Roberts wrote: > Aahz wrote: >> On Fri, Oct 23, 2009, Christopher Nilsson wrote: >>> >>> But, wow... Just starting with windows programming, and jumping right >>> into the semi-documented territory. Brave. :) >> >> Well, I have three things going for me: >> >> * I've been programming in Python for more than a decade > > Yes, your name is famous in the Python community. As we say, "your > reputation precedes you."
<grin> The Python community is large enough that I don't expect to be recognized. > However, Christopher's comment is not without merit, and is worthy of > a little explanation. Yes, I know -- I was being flip. OTOH, I've written Java programs without knowing Java and C DLLs without really knowing C; although I'm very happy to be a Python expert, I'm also comfortable doing cargo cult programming, and I'm pretty good at it. In this case, I don't have a lot of other options, so I'm just forging forward as best I can. >> * I have code in C++ that does exactly what I want (I'm rewriting it in >> Python because for some strange reason AVG thinks the executable is a >> virus and we also have some other problems running it on 64-bit Vista, >> and I figure that using Python will work better), and I just need to >> translate all the Windows calls > > It is quite possible that AVG is generically objecting to the use of > native APIs. If so, I fear you will reach the same frustration with > your Python translation. That seems unlikely, but I'll definitely keep that possibility in mind, thank you. -- Aahz (a...@pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "In the end, outside of spy agencies, people are far too trusting and willing to help." --Ira Winkler _______________________________________________ python-win32 mailing list python-win32@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
