[Ironpython-users] Announcing IronPython 2.7.4 Alpha 1!

2013-05-10 Thread Jeff Hardy
On behalf of the IronPython team, I'm happy to announce the first alpha release of IronPython 2.7.4. This release includes everything from IronPython 2.7.3 and earlier. Like all IronPython 2.7

Re: [Ironpython-users] Conversions from pure-Python types to .NET types

2013-05-10 Thread Jeff Hardy
On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 1:10 AM, Vernon D. Cole wrote: > Sounds simple, clean, and gives an expected result. I like the idea of > using "NotImplemented". > I almost like the idea of raising NotImplementedError better (it would be > a noisier failure) but the documentation might lead the unwary

[Ironpython-users] User added as Contributor to your CodePlex project, ironpython

2013-05-10 Thread CodePlex
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Re: [Ironpython-users] IronPython float_info values (was: IronPython always in 32-bit mode on 64bit machine even when running ipy64.exe)

2013-05-10 Thread Jeff Hardy
For me, using BitConverter.IsLittleEndian is clearer: private static readonly double EPSILON = System.BitConverter.Int64BitsToDouble( System.BitConverter.IsLittleEndian ? 0x3cb0 : 0xb03c); private static readonly double MIN = System.BitConverter.Int64BitsToDouble(

Re: [Ironpython-users] IronPython float_info values (was: IronPython always in 32-bit mode on 64bit machine even when running ipy64.exe)

2013-05-10 Thread Markus Schaber
Hi, Maybe we'd use some conditional initializiation, checking for the properties of the number, like the following: // The definition of Epsion and MinValue differ between .NET and Python/C, // so we need to define our own values. // Approx. -2.2204460492503131e-16 - the

Re: [Ironpython-users] Conversions from pure-Python types to .NET types

2013-05-10 Thread Vernon D. Cole
Sounds simple, clean, and gives an expected result. I like the idea of using "NotImplemented". I almost like the idea of raising NotImplementedError better (it would be a noisier failure) but the documentation might lead the unwary away from the problem (a failed implicit conversion) rather than