Re: [Tutor] Unit testing

2006-06-28 Thread Tino Dai
On 6/27/06, Kent Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Tino Dai wrote: How I have it now: semaA = threading.semaphore() class nameA:def __init__(self): do some stuffdef run(self):
do some stuffsemaA.release() class nameB:def __init__(self): do some stuffdef run(self):
semaA.acquire()do some stuff Does that make sense. Or is there a better way?class nameA: def __init__(self, sema):self.sema
 = semado some stuff def run(self): do some stuff self.sema.release()class nameB: def __init__(self, sema):self.sema = semado some stuff
 def run(self): self.semaA.acquire() do some stuffIn the client code or the unit test:semaA = threading.semaphore()anA = nameA(semaA)aB = nameB(semaA)anA.run
()aB.run()I got it. I guess it doesn't work like regular variables! Thanks! -Tino
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Re: [Tutor] How to check a files size

2006-06-28 Thread Andrew Robert
Perhaps this?

stat = os.stat(self.file_name)

file_size = stat[6]


Thank you, 
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[Tutor] How to check a files size

2006-06-28 Thread Magnus Wirström
Hi everyone.

I would like to ask what is the best way to get the file size on a large 
file. the operation i'm trying to preform is to copy a large file to 
another drive using python file I/O commands. perhaps there is a better 
solution or a module that is doing this more easy?

Thanks
Magnus Wirström
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Re: [Tutor] How to check a files size

2006-06-28 Thread Terry Carroll
On Thu, 29 Jun 2006, [ISO-8859-1] Magnus Wirstr?m wrote:

 I would like to ask what is the best way to get the file size on a large 
 file. 

filesize = os.stat(filename).st_size


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Re: [Tutor] Unit testing

2006-06-28 Thread Terry Carroll
On Wed, 28 Jun 2006, Tino Dai wrote:

 Ok, I think I'm going to back up and explain what I'm am heading towards.
 I'm working on an app that fire off a bunch of threads. Each one of these
 threads in connected via queues to another thread in a sequence like a
 chain. And how I tell the next stage thread that there is data in the queue
 is via semaphore. 

You can just use a series of Queues, where each Queue represents the work 
being passed from one thread to the other.

With respect to each Queue, the producing thread places a work unit onto 
it with Queue.put; the consumer thread takes a work unit off with 
Queue.get(True), so it will wait until there's something in the Queue for 
it to do.

And of course, each consumer thread (except the last) is a producer thread 
to the next consumer thread.

You could have the parent start up each thread, passing it the Queue from 
which it is to read and the Queue to which it is going to write. No 
globals.

I think you'll find that to be much more straightforward than using 
semaphores.

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Re: [Tutor] How to check a files size

2006-06-28 Thread Kent Johnson
 From: Magnus Wirström [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
 Hi everyone.
 
 I would like to ask what is the best way to get the file size on a large 
 file. the operation i'm trying to preform is to copy a large file to 
 another drive using python file I/O commands. perhaps there is a better 
 solution or a module that is doing this more easy?

See shutil.copyfile()

Kent


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Re: [Tutor] How to check a files size

2006-06-28 Thread John Fouhy
On 29/06/06, Kent Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 See shutil.copyfile()

Why isn't this function in the os module with the other file commands?

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[Tutor] Threading

2006-06-28 Thread Øyvind
Hello.

I am trying to learn threading, and found a good example at:
http://effbot.org/librarybook/queue.htm (Using the Queue module with a
maximum size).

It works like a dream as is. But, I added it to a downloading-script I
have made before. The difference is that in my version it has a
wxPython-gui and download files. The module I use to download works great,
so does the gui.

So, when I start the downloading, the thread-example downloads from 20-80
files, and a box comes up, saying that Python has crashed. It ask if I
would like to shut down or debug. (On Win XP).

However, I can see the program run in the background as if nothing has
happened. What does cause an error like that? Two threads write to same
memoryspace?

And, does anyone know of some great sites where I can learn more about
threads? I have found a lot, but they are not basic enough. I have no idea
what a 'lock' is, as most all sites assumes one should. So, the simpler
the better...

Thanks in advance,
Øyvind


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Re: [Tutor] Threading

2006-06-28 Thread Kent Johnson
Øyvind wrote:
 And, does anyone know of some great sites where I can learn more about
 threads? I have found a lot, but they are not basic enough. I have no idea
 what a 'lock' is, as most all sites assumes one should. So, the simpler
 the better...

The Little Book of Semaphores is a good introduction to locks and related 
threading issues.

http://greenteapress.com/semaphores/

Kent


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[Tutor] treelistctrl help!

2006-06-28 Thread Jeff Peery
hello, I'm having some trouble with treelistctrl in wx python and I was  wondering if there is someone who would share their code as an example.  thanks!Jeff   
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[Tutor] NumPy

2006-06-28 Thread michel maho



To all,
Can somebody tell me from where to download NumPy 
easely.
Thank you
Michel Maho
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Re: [Tutor] NumPy

2006-06-28 Thread Dave Kuhlman
On Wed, Jun 28, 2006 at 04:35:15PM +0200, michel maho wrote:
 To all,
 Can somebody tell me from where to download NumPy easely.
 Thank you
 Michel Maho

Well, you probably want SciPy, which is the latest in scientific
programming for Python.  It's here: http://scipy.org/

There is also a NumPy page.  But, I believe that NumPy is built
into SciPy.  See:

- http://www.scipy.org/more_about_SciPy

- http://numpy.org/

Dave


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Re: [Tutor] File compression

2006-06-28 Thread Dave Kuhlman
On Tue, Jun 27, 2006 at 03:27:47PM -0700, Matthew White wrote:
 Hi Magnus,
 
 I would check out the python tarfile module:
 
 http://docs.python.org/lib/module-tarfile.html
 
 Looks like it will compress with bzip too!

Also look at the following:

- http://docs.python.org/lib/module-zipfile.html
- http://docs.python.org/lib/module-zlib.html
- http://docs.python.org/lib/module-gzip.html
- http://docs.python.org/lib/module-bz2.html

Dave

 
 -mtw
 
 On Wed, Jun 28, 2006 at 12:19:19AM +0200, Magnus Wirström ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 
 wrote:
  Hi Everyone
  
  I'm starting to python and i need to write a program that are able to 
  compress a high amount of files and directories into a single file that 
  is later going to be transfered  with ftp to a  backup storage server. 

[snip]


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Re: [Tutor] Unit testing

2006-06-28 Thread Roel Schroeven
Tino Dai schreef:
 How I have it now:
 
 semaA = threading.semaphore()
 
 class nameA:
def __init__(self):
 do some stuff
  
def run(self):
  do some stuff
  semaA.release()
 
 class nameB:
def __init__(self):
 do some stuff
  
def run(self):
  semaA.acquire()
  do some stuff
 
 
 Does that make sense. Or is there a better way?

I think it's better to do something like:

class nameA:
 def __init__(self, sema):
 self.sema = sema
 other stuff

 def run(self):
 do some stuff
 self.sema.release()

class nameB:
 def __init__(self, sema):
 self.sema = sema
 other stuff

 def run(self):
 self.sema.acquire()
 do some stuff

Then where you create instances of those classes:

sema = threading.semaphore()
a = nameA(sema)
b = nameB(sema)


Maybe you don't even need the semaphore at all: have a look at 
Queue.Queue, it might do exactly what you need.

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Re: [Tutor] Unit testing

2006-06-28 Thread Tino Dai
Then where you create instances of those classes:sema = threading.semaphore()
a = nameA(sema)b = nameB(sema)Maybe you don't even need the semaphore at all: have a look atQueue.Queue, it might do exactly what you need.Ok, I think I'm going to back up and explain what I'm am heading towards. I'm working on an app that fire off a bunch of threads. Each one of these threads in connected via queues to another thread in a sequence like a chain. And how I tell the next stage thread that there is data in the queue is via semaphore. I couldn't come up with a better idea to control is sequence without having to get into patterns (maybe there is a observer pattern like in java for python, I don't know). And presently the global semaphores work (I know it's bad programming practice and it will be fixed - it's on the short list of thing to do). Presently, I'm reading about unit testing because that's a relatively new field to me, and I understand the basics of unit testing. It is the more depth concepts such as how the unit test threads that's not apparent to me (which google doesn't seem to have). Ok, back to searching!
-Tino
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