Bob Ippolito wrote: [EasyDialogs] >>Didn't see a waste dependency in the module; you sure about that? I've tried >>it and it still seems to be working okay (as well as it ever did, anyway), in >>which case immediate removal is not necessary. I wouldn't be averse to >>deprecating it just on general principle though. :) > >I thought it depended on W, which I think depends on waste. Maybe I'm wrong >though. I've steered clear of all that stuff for quite a while.
Nope, just the Carbon extensions from what I can tell. >A PyObjC-based replacement for EasyDialogs would be convenient though. The >problems with EasyDialogs are mostly just because the implementation is >ancient. Yep. The only catch about doing a set of simple, general-purpose in PyObjC is that you'd have PyObjC as a heavyweight dependency, and the main motivations for having something like ED are its simplicity and lightweightedness. It fills a low-end niche. The Nav module provides file dialogs, so really all that's needed is modern message, text entry and progress bar dialog implementations - preferably without requiring any new external dependencies. But anyway... any replacement is some way off. For now it's just a case of deciding whether to leave ED and its documentation as-is or deprecate it. I say deprecate if other folks agree. >>>plistlib works ok. It used to be horribly broken, but the current version >>>should be spec compliant. >> >>Including binary plists and all that? I've not tried it recently so wouldn't >>know. > >No, it does not support binary plists or NeXT style plists. It supports XML >plists. Still useful though. Sounds like a future reimplementation/replacement that uses the Core Foundation API instead of trying to parse things itself would be a wise move. For now though, I'd say just add a short page to the documentation so folk know the plistlib module exists and put a note on it indicating its limitations. Cheers, has -- http://freespace.virgin.net/hamish.sanderson/ _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
