Re: Python's Reference And Internal Model Of Computing Languages
I read thisand am a tiny bit confused about the actual problem. It's not exactly complex to realize that something like: a = b = array that a and b both point to the array. Logically speaking, I'm not sure how one could assume that the same assignment would yield a and b point to the same duplicate array. If that was the case, why not do: a = array.. b = array.. I know with what you were complaining about a few days ago, .clear makes perfect sense. If a and b point to the same array, clear should clear both arrays. Again, if you didn't want that to happen, create a duplicate array. Personally I feel that this complexity doesn't hamper programming process, and yes while its good for efficiency it also just makes sense. Also, I wouldn't look at PHP on the right way to do something programming wise. I have ~5 years experience in this language, and I dislike it a whole lot. There's a lot of things it should do right that it doesn't out of convenience. -David www.thedarktrumpet.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: PHP's str_replace ?
On Sep 10, 12:20 pm, Christian Heimes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Anjanesh Lekshminarayanan wrote:
> >> import re
> >> new_str = re.sub('[aeiou]', '-', str)
> > Wow - this is neat. Thanks
>
> But probably slower and definitely harder to understand. For simple
> problems the str methods are usually faster than a regular expression.
>
> Christian
It's true that regular expressions are generally slower, but I
disagree that it's hard to understand. When dealing with text, I
think it's an absolute must that programmers know about regular
expressions. I think this here is an example where even str_replace
in Python wouldn't have worked well.
-David
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Re: How to record audio from Python on Mac?
On Sep 9, 1:11 pm, Kevin Walzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > (I asked this on pythonmac-sig a couple days ago but got no response, so I'm > > casting a broader net.) > > > Can I easily control audio record/playback from Python on my Mac? I know > > zip about audio recording or about Apple APIs via Python. Pointers to > > simple examples would be much appreciated. > > > Thanks, > > > Skip > > You can probably access this functionality via PyObjC--it provides > access to the Cocoa frameworks. > > -- > Kevin Walzer > Code by Kevinhttp://www.codebykevin.com Another option you could use is calling Applescript from the command line, to open, execute, and handle audio. An easy example of this is with iTunes actually. Once you get iTunes down, doing this for other apps should be easy (if they have applescript bindings): http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20011108211802830 You could probably also do what Kevin recommends, but depending on your needs, this may be a whole lot more simple. -David Thole http://www.thedarktrumpet.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
