Re: Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Nov 24)
Cameron Laird a écrit : Grant Edwards on the best way to get help from this group :) http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/b8a0c32cae495522/21e80ac383745d88?#21e80ac383745d88 This one really deserves a POTM award !-) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Nov 24)
On Nov 24, 8:21 pm, Bruno Desthuilliers bdesth.quelquech...@free.quelquepart.fr wrote: Cameron Laird a écrit : Grant Edwards on the best way to get help from this group :) http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/b8a0c32cae495522/21... This one really deserves a POTM award !-) Absolutely -- thumbs up to Grant. All we need to do is merge in the other bullet points, and put it as a How-To-Not-Post-FAQ :) Jon. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Nov 24)
QOTW: ... it's generally accepted that COM sucks rocks through straws, so explore alternatives when they're available ;-) - Chris Withers http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/29577c851ceed167 From nothing to a complete working program - Peter Otten on stepwise refinement: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/f6f44b646af5b09e/8f59b2585da524a1?#8f59b2585da524a1 Handling whitespace in command line arguments: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/9a828279953b45a2/ Recognizing hex arguments in the command line: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/31d4c9386291c/ A pipeline of Python programs: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/cc06520602ae3f42/ Calling Python functions from Excel http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/83aa60666c555d87/ The scope of interactive commands: =20 http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/3f0d7607ed5a4a78/ List comprehensions and slice assignments - which are the corresponding operations for dictionaries? http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/7aa443ac48f58851/ The precise semantics of [:]=20 http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/84b5ec30cdd26cde/ The 'with' statement doesn't allow () for implicit line continuation: http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.general/645508 Grant Edwards on the best way to get help from this group :) http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/b8a0c32cae495522/21e80ac383745d88?#21e80ac383745d88 Finding the root cause of slowness when sorting certain objects: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/44d80224360e085/ The fastest alternative to list.extend() http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/614bfc36a09d9ab7/ A library for bijective mappings: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/785d100681f7d101/ GUI builders reviewed: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/3db5b18d77974b8/ A long thread started two weeks ago: is Python not scalable enough for Google? http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/ceef2ae6b4472b61/ Everything Python-related you want is probably one or two clicks away in these pages: Python.org's Python Language Website is the traditional center of Pythonia http://www.python.org Notice especially the master FAQ http://www.python.org/doc/FAQ.html PythonWare complements the digest you're reading with the marvelous daily python url http://www.pythonware.com/daily Just beginning with Python? This page is a great place to start: http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/Programmers The Python Papers aims to publish the efforts of Python enthusiasts: http://pythonpapers.org/ The Python Magazine is a technical monthly devoted to Python: http://pythonmagazine.com Readers have recommended the Planet site: http://planet.python.org comp.lang.python.announce announces new Python software. Be sure to scan this newsgroup weekly. http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python.announce/topics Python411 indexes podcasts ... to help people learn Python ... Updates appear more-than-weekly: http://www.awaretek.com/python/index.html The Python Package Index catalogues packages. http://www.python.org/pypi/ Much of Python's real work takes place on Special-Interest Group mailing lists http://www.python.org/sigs/ Python Success Stories--from air-traffic control to on-line match-making--can inspire you or decision-makers to whom you're subject with a vision of what the language makes practical. http://www.pythonology.com/success The Python Software Foundation (PSF) has replaced the Python Consortium as an independent nexus of activity. It has official responsibility for Python's development and maintenance. http://www.python.org/psf/ Among the ways you can support PSF is with a donation. http://www.python.org/psf/donations/ The Summary of Python Tracker Issues is an automatically generated report summarizing new bugs, closed ones, and patch submissions. http://search.gmane.org/?author=status%40bugs.python.orggroup=gmane.comp.python.develsort=date Although unmaintained since 2002, the Cetus collection of Python hyperlinks retains a few gems. http://www.cetus-links.org/oo_python.html Python FAQTS http://python.faqts.com/ The Cookbook is a collaborative effort to capture useful and interesting recipes. http://code.activestate.com/recipes/langs/python/ Many
Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Nov 24)
QOTW: ... it's generally accepted that COM sucks rocks through straws, so explore alternatives when they're available ;-) - Chris Withers http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/29577c851ceed167 From nothing to a complete working program - Peter Otten on stepwise refinement: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/f6f44b646af5b09e/8f59b2585da524a1?#8f59b2585da524a1 Handling whitespace in command line arguments: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/9a828279953b45a2/ Recognizing hex arguments in the command line: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/31d4c9386291c/ A pipeline of Python programs: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/cc06520602ae3f42/ Calling Python functions from Excel http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/83aa60666c555d87/ The scope of interactive commands: =20 http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/3f0d7607ed5a4a78/ List comprehensions and slice assignments - which are the corresponding operations for dictionaries? http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/7aa443ac48f58851/ The precise semantics of [:]=20 http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/84b5ec30cdd26cde/ The 'with' statement doesn't allow () for implicit line continuation: http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.general/645508 Grant Edwards on the best way to get help from this group :) http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/b8a0c32cae495522/21e80ac383745d88?#21e80ac383745d88 Finding the root cause of slowness when sorting certain objects: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/44d80224360e085/ The fastest alternative to list.extend() http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/614bfc36a09d9ab7/ A library for bijective mappings: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/785d100681f7d101/ GUI builders reviewed: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/3db5b18d77974b8/ A long thread started two weeks ago: is Python not scalable enough for Google? http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/ceef2ae6b4472b61/ Everything Python-related you want is probably one or two clicks away in these pages: Python.org's Python Language Website is the traditional center of Pythonia http://www.python.org Notice especially the master FAQ http://www.python.org/doc/FAQ.html PythonWare complements the digest you're reading with the marvelous daily python url http://www.pythonware.com/daily Just beginning with Python? This page is a great place to start: http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/Programmers The Python Papers aims to publish the efforts of Python enthusiasts: http://pythonpapers.org/ The Python Magazine is a technical monthly devoted to Python: http://pythonmagazine.com Readers have recommended the Planet site: http://planet.python.org comp.lang.python.announce announces new Python software. Be sure to scan this newsgroup weekly. http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python.announce/topics Python411 indexes podcasts ... to help people learn Python ... Updates appear more-than-weekly: http://www.awaretek.com/python/index.html The Python Package Index catalogues packages. http://www.python.org/pypi/ Much of Python's real work takes place on Special-Interest Group mailing lists http://www.python.org/sigs/ Python Success Stories--from air-traffic control to on-line match-making--can inspire you or decision-makers to whom you're subject with a vision of what the language makes practical. http://www.pythonology.com/success The Python Software Foundation (PSF) has replaced the Python Consortium as an independent nexus of activity. It has official responsibility for Python's development and maintenance. http://www.python.org/psf/ Among the ways you can support PSF is with a donation. http://www.python.org/psf/donations/ The Summary of Python Tracker Issues is an automatically generated report summarizing new bugs, closed ones, and patch submissions. http://search.gmane.org/?author=status%40bugs.python.orggroup=gmane.com p.python.develsort=date Although unmaintained since 2002, the Cetus collection of Python hyperlinks retains a few gems. http://www.cetus-links.org/oo_python.html Python FAQTS http://python.faqts.com/ The Cookbook is a collaborative effort to capture useful and interesting recipes. http://code.activestate.com/recipes/langs/python/ Many Python conferences around the world are in preparation. Watch this
Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Nov 24)
QOTW: ... it's generally accepted that COM sucks rocks through straws, so explore alternatives when they're available ;-) - Chris Withers http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/29577c851ceed167 From nothing to a complete working program - Peter Otten on stepwise refinement: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/f6f44b646af5b09e/8f59b2585da524a1?#8f59b2585da524a1 Handling whitespace in command line arguments: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/9a828279953b45a2/ Recognizing hex arguments in the command line: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/31d4c9386291c/ A pipeline of Python programs: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/cc06520602ae3f42/ Calling Python functions from Excel http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/83aa60666c555d87/ The scope of interactive commands: =20 http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/3f0d7607ed5a4a78/ List comprehensions and slice assignments - which are the corresponding operations for dictionaries? http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/7aa443ac48f58851/ The precise semantics of [:]=20 http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/84b5ec30cdd26cde/ The 'with' statement doesn't allow () for implicit line continuation: http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.general/645508 Grant Edwards on the best way to get help from this group :) http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/b8a0c32cae495522/21e80ac383745d88?#21e80ac383745d88 Finding the root cause of slowness when sorting certain objects: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/44d80224360e085/ The fastest alternative to list.extend() http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/614bfc36a09d9ab7/ A library for bijective mappings: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/785d100681f7d101/ GUI builders reviewed: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/3db5b18d77974b8/ A long thread started two weeks ago: is Python not scalable enough for Google? http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/ceef2ae6b4472b61/ Everything Python-related you want is probably one or two clicks away in these pages: Python.org's Python Language Website is the traditional center of Pythonia http://www.python.org Notice especially the master FAQ http://www.python.org/doc/FAQ.html PythonWare complements the digest you're reading with the marvelous daily python url http://www.pythonware.com/daily Just beginning with Python? This page is a great place to start: http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/Programmers The Python Papers aims to publish the efforts of Python enthusiasts: http://pythonpapers.org/ The Python Magazine is a technical monthly devoted to Python: http://pythonmagazine.com Readers have recommended the Planet site: http://planet.python.org comp.lang.python.announce announces new Python software. Be sure to scan this newsgroup weekly. http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python.announce/topics Python411 indexes podcasts ... to help people learn Python ... Updates appear more-than-weekly: http://www.awaretek.com/python/index.html The Python Package Index catalogues packages. http://www.python.org/pypi/ Much of Python's real work takes place on Special-Interest Group mailing lists http://www.python.org/sigs/ Python Success Stories--from air-traffic control to on-line match-making--can inspire you or decision-makers to whom you're subject with a vision of what the language makes practical. http://www.pythonology.com/success The Python Software Foundation (PSF) has replaced the Python Consortium as an independent nexus of activity. It has official responsibility for Python's development and maintenance. http://www.python.org/psf/ Among the ways you can support PSF is with a donation. http://www.python.org/psf/donations/ The Summary of Python Tracker Issues is an automatically generated report summarizing new bugs, closed ones, and patch submissions. http://search.gmane.org/?author=status%40bugs.python.orggroup=gmane.comp.python.develsort=date Although unmaintained since 2002, the Cetus collection of Python hyperlinks retains a few gems. http://www.cetus-links.org/oo_python.html Python FAQTS http://python.faqts.com/ The Cookbook is a collaborative effort to capture useful and interesting recipes. http://code.activestate.com/recipes/langs/python/ Many
Re: Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Nov 24)
Bruno Desthuilliers wrote: Cameron Laird a écrit : Grant Edwards on the best way to get help from this group :) http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/b8a0c32cae495522/21e80ac383745d88?#21e80ac383745d88 This one really deserves a POTM award !-) It is a bit surprising to see on IRC how often people are asking for help but trying desperately to either 1. not provide enough information so that anyone could possibly help, or (even weirder) 2. argue with the people trying to help with them or insist they didn't really need the help anyway once they get the answer they're looking for. The former is surely just laziness, but there's something psychological going on with the latter. -- Erik Max Francis m...@alcyone.com http://www.alcyone.com/max/ San Jose, CA, USA 37 18 N 121 57 W AIM/Y!M/Skype erikmaxfrancis Nine worlds I remember. -- Icelandic Edda of Snorri Sturluson -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Nov 24)
QOTW: One of the reasons for Python's continue march towards world domina- tion (allow me my fantasies) is its consistent simplicity. Those last two words would be my candidate for the definition of 'Pythonicity'. - Steve Holden http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/e2518ea8388ca1c5 The last Release Candidate (RC3) for Python 3.0 is available http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/fbb62e9c9a08c817/ Survey: which dynamic features of Python do you use most? http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/bdb39a1a4947cdd8/ Beginners looking for problems/challenges/exercises to do: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/2b8a0b4ffdbdffbf/ Call-by-Object strikes again! This time, a functional mind asks why unrelated functions are allowed to modify the internal state of an object: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/35511397ad7748cc/ How to detect whether a dictionary has been modified http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/3632f2407640e759/ Function default arguments are only evaluated when the function is defined. Is it intuitive? Ways to change the current behaviour. http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/2e01cc9ce899eb6e/ http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/1209ebf18a5ec561/ Installing Python on Windows Vista may require using the Administrator account http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/a745ed3df47e1be9/ Elegant ways to execute a function at most n times or until succeeds: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/10d651c2a0eb082e/ __cmp__ is gone in Python 3 - how to implement a total ordering in a simple way? http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/2a672f960e595c76/ Everything Python-related you want is probably one or two clicks away in these pages: Python.org's Python Language Website is the traditional center of Pythonia http://www.python.org Notice especially the master FAQ http://www.python.org/doc/FAQ.html PythonWare complements the digest you're reading with the marvelous daily python url http://www.pythonware.com/daily Just beginning with Python? This page is a great place to start: http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/Programmers The Python Papers aims to publish the efforts of Python enthusiats: http://pythonpapers.org/ The Python Magazine is a technical monthly devoted to Python: http://pythonmagazine.com Readers have recommended the Planet sites: http://planetpython.org http://planet.python.org comp.lang.python.announce announces new Python software. Be sure to scan this newsgroup weekly. http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python.announce/topics Python411 indexes podcasts ... to help people learn Python ... Updates appear more-than-weekly: http://www.awaretek.com/python/index.html The Python Package Index catalogues packages. http://www.python.org/pypi/ The somewhat older Vaults of Parnassus ambitiously collects references to all sorts of Python resources. http://www.vex.net/~x/parnassus/ Much of Python's real work takes place on Special-Interest Group mailing lists http://www.python.org/sigs/ Python Success Stories--from air-traffic control to on-line match-making--can inspire you or decision-makers to whom you're subject with a vision of what the language makes practical. http://www.pythonology.com/success The Python Software Foundation (PSF) has replaced the Python Consortium as an independent nexus of activity. It has official responsibility for Python's development and maintenance. http://www.python.org/psf/ Among the ways you can support PSF is with a donation. http://www.python.org/psf/donations/ The Summary of Python Tracker Issues is an automatically generated report summarizing new bugs, closed ones, and patch submissions. http://search.gmane.org/?author=status%40bugs.python.orggroup=gmane.comp.python.develsort=date Although unmaintained since 2002, the Cetus collection of Python hyperlinks retains a few gems. http://www.cetus-links.org/oo_python.html Python FAQTS http://python.faqts.com/ The Cookbook is a collaborative effort to capture useful and interesting recipes. http://code.activestate.com/recipes/langs/python/ Many Python conferences around the world are in preparation. Watch this space for links to them. Among several Python-oriented RSS/RDF feeds available, see: http://www.python.org/channews.rdf For more, see:
Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Nov 24)
QOTW: One of the reasons for Python's continue march towards world domina- tion (allow me my fantasies) is its consistent simplicity. Those last two words would be my candidate for the definition of 'Pythonicity'. - Steve Holden http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/e2518ea8388ca1c5 The last Release Candidate (RC3) for Python 3.0 is available http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/fbb62e9c9a08c817/ Survey: which dynamic features of Python do you use most? http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/bdb39a1a4947cdd8/ Beginners looking for problems/challenges/exercises to do: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/2b8a0b4ffdbdffbf/ Call-by-Object strikes again! This time, a functional mind asks why unrelated functions are allowed to modify the internal state of an object: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/35511397ad7748cc/ How to detect whether a dictionary has been modified http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/3632f2407640e759/ Function default arguments are only evaluated when the function is defined. Is it intuitive? Ways to change the current behaviour. http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/2e01cc9ce899eb6e/ http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/1209ebf18a5ec561/ Installing Python on Windows Vista may require using the Administrator account http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/a745ed3df47e1be9/ Elegant ways to execute a function at most n times or until succeeds: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/10d651c2a0eb082e/ __cmp__ is gone in Python 3 - how to implement a total ordering in a simple way? http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/2a672f960e595c76/ Everything Python-related you want is probably one or two clicks away in these pages: Python.org's Python Language Website is the traditional center of Pythonia http://www.python.org Notice especially the master FAQ http://www.python.org/doc/FAQ.html PythonWare complements the digest you're reading with the marvelous daily python url http://www.pythonware.com/daily Just beginning with Python? This page is a great place to start: http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/Programmers The Python Papers aims to publish the efforts of Python enthusiats: http://pythonpapers.org/ The Python Magazine is a technical monthly devoted to Python: http://pythonmagazine.com Readers have recommended the Planet sites: http://planetpython.org http://planet.python.org comp.lang.python.announce announces new Python software. Be sure to scan this newsgroup weekly. http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python.announce/topics Python411 indexes podcasts ... to help people learn Python ... Updates appear more-than-weekly: http://www.awaretek.com/python/index.html The Python Package Index catalogues packages. http://www.python.org/pypi/ The somewhat older Vaults of Parnassus ambitiously collects references to all sorts of Python resources. http://www.vex.net/~x/parnassus/ Much of Python's real work takes place on Special-Interest Group mailing lists http://www.python.org/sigs/ Python Success Stories--from air-traffic control to on-line match-making--can inspire you or decision-makers to whom you're subject with a vision of what the language makes practical. http://www.pythonology.com/success The Python Software Foundation (PSF) has replaced the Python Consortium as an independent nexus of activity. It has official responsibility for Python's development and maintenance. http://www.python.org/psf/ Among the ways you can support PSF is with a donation. http://www.python.org/psf/donations/ The Summary of Python Tracker Issues is an automatically generated report summarizing new bugs, closed ones, and patch submissions. http://search.gmane.org/?author=status%40bugs.python.orggroup=gmane.comp.python.develsort=date Although unmaintained since 2002, the Cetus collection of Python hyperlinks retains a few gems. http://www.cetus-links.org/oo_python.html Python FAQTS http://python.faqts.com/ The Cookbook is a collaborative effort to capture useful and interesting recipes. http://code.activestate.com/recipes/langs/python/ Many Python conferences around the world are in preparation. Watch this space for links to them. Among several Python-oriented RSS/RDF feeds available, see: http://www.python.org/channews.rdf For more, see:
