[issue2249] To document assertTrue in unittest

2008-03-08 Thread Georg Brandl
Georg Brandl added the comment: I agree with Raymond. Having three names for a function is even more un-Zen than two. Also, I can't see wha'ts clearer in assertTrue in comparison with assert_. -- resolution: - wont fix status: open - pending __ Tracker

[issue2257] typo in tutorial section 4.4 - final break statement is missing

2008-03-08 Thread Georg Brandl
Georg Brandl added the comment: Sorry, but I don't see a mismatch between code and output. -- resolution: - invalid status: open - closed __ Tracker [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bugs.python.org/issue2257 __

[issue2255] Change Mandrake by Mandriva for platform.dist()

2008-03-08 Thread Nicolas Lécureuil
Nicolas Lécureuil added the comment: is there a fix applied on mandriva python : --- (empty file) +++ cooker/python/current/SOURCES/python-2.5.1-detect-mandriva.patch Sat Mar 8 03:22:50 2008 @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +--- Lib/platform.py.old2007-10-05 20:17:15.0 +0800

[issue1095784] exclude CVS conflict files in sdist command

2008-03-08 Thread Georg Brandl
Georg Brandl added the comment: Closing this as won't fix as per discussion in #1725737. (Quote: It's the job of the packager to clean the directory before packaging.) -- nosy: +georg.brandl resolution: - wont fix status: open - closed _ Tracker

[issue2240] setitimer, getitimer wrapper

2008-03-08 Thread Georg Brandl
Georg Brandl added the comment: Could you please put all changes in one complete patch? It's much easier to review that way. -- assignee: - loewis __ Tracker [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bugs.python.org/issue2240 __

[issue2249] To document assertTrue in unittest

2008-03-08 Thread Steve Purcell
Steve Purcell added the comment: I could be convinced either way here, and Georg Raymond always have excellent judgement. My personal inclination would probably be to add the documentation for assertTrue() and also assertFalse(), since their naming is symmetrical with that of assertEqual()

[issue2253] continue documentation internally inconsistent

2008-03-08 Thread Georg Brandl
Georg Brandl added the comment: You're right, the footnote has to be removed. Fixed in r61303. -- resolution: - fixed status: open - closed __ Tracker [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bugs.python.org/issue2253 __

[issue2255] Change Mandrake by Mandriva for platform.dist()

2008-03-08 Thread Marc-Andre Lemburg
Marc-Andre Lemburg added the comment: Fixed in r61304. Backport candidate. __ Tracker [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bugs.python.org/issue2255 __ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list

[issue2255] Change Mandrake by Mandriva for platform.dist()

2008-03-08 Thread Marc-Andre Lemburg
Changes by Marc-Andre Lemburg: -- status: open - closed __ Tracker [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bugs.python.org/issue2255 __ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe:

[issue1995] localeconv() does not encode returned strings

2008-03-08 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Martin v. Löwis added the comment: I found now a way to fix this, by relying on wchar_t functions. It's fixed in r61306 -- resolution: - fixed status: open - closed __ Tracker [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bugs.python.org/issue1995

[issue1618] locale.strxfrm can't handle non-ascii strings

2008-03-08 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Martin v. Löwis added the comment: I found a way to fix this, using wchar_t functions. Fixed in r61307. -- resolution: - fixed status: open - closed __ Tracker [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bugs.python.org/issue1618 __

[issue2240] setitimer, getitimer wrapper

2008-03-08 Thread Guilherme Polo
Guilherme Polo added the comment: Complete patch attached Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file9636/setitimer_getitimer.diff __ Tracker [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bugs.python.org/issue2240 __

[issue2240] setitimer, getitimer wrapper

2008-03-08 Thread Ralf Schmitt
Ralf Schmitt added the comment: I'd like to also see this in 2.6. Should I update the patch (if it doesn't apply) and test? (I guess the signal module hasn't changed that much). __ Tracker [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bugs.python.org/issue2240

[issue2240] setitimer, getitimer wrapper

2008-03-08 Thread Guilherme Polo
Guilherme Polo added the comment: If you are going to backport it to 2.6, then the C wrapper should be adapted to match Python 2.x C coding style. If the other parts don't apply correctly, then you should update it aswell. __ Tracker [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[issue1733184] slice type is unhashable

2008-03-08 Thread Jean-Paul Calderone
Jean-Paul Calderone added the comment: I don't see the ability to use a slice as a dict key as particularly more surprising than the ability to use ints as dict keys. Someone who doesn't understand how dicts work can use either of these features to write broken programs. I have thought about

[issue1733184] slice type is unhashable

2008-03-08 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: Note that L[:] and L[:] = [] are well-known idioms for making a copy of a list and emptying the list respectively. (For dictionaries we have D.copy() and D.clear().) Someone looking at x[:] or x[:] = [] should immediately recognize a list copy or clear

[issue1533486] long - Py_ssize_t (C/API 1.2.1)

2008-03-08 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: Georg, did you miss the s/assuming/because/ part of my proposal? Python guarantees that sizeof(Py_ssize_t) == sizeof(size_t) == sizeof(void*). (See PEP 353.) Assuming is therefore misleading because it suggests that it may not be always true.

[issue2241] Additional Flag For Unit-Test Module: There Can Be Only One (Error)

2008-03-08 Thread Brian White
Brian White added the comment: I am somewhat new to mock objects. I'm coding up my first one now (in D) to simulate a stream for other objects I want to write. Even within a single module, I typically have many tests for the methods within that module. And since a module's methods make use of

[issue1106316] slightly easier way to debug from the exception handler

2008-03-08 Thread Facundo Batista
Facundo Batista added the comment: Added this functionality in r61312. -- resolution: - accepted status: open - closed _ Tracker [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bugs.python.org/issue1106316 _

[issue705836] struct.pack of floats in non-native endian order

2008-03-08 Thread Mark Dickinson
Mark Dickinson added the comment: Coming back to this, I think that it actually *is* clear what struct(f, large_float) should do: it should raise OverflowError. This fits in well with the general philosophy that Python (at least tries to) follow for floating-point exceptions. The attached

[issue1733184] slice type is unhashable

2008-03-08 Thread Raymond Hettinger
Changes by Raymond Hettinger: -- resolution: - rejected status: open - closed _ Tracker [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bugs.python.org/issue1733184 _ ___ Python-bugs-list

[issue2256] Install failure of 2.6a1 on Windows XP without VS8 installed

2008-03-08 Thread Jim Kleckner
Jim Kleckner added the comment: I uninstalled and re-ran the install without the compile all selected. The install didn't report errors. running: python -c import test.testall results in a traceback with the message: import _socket ImportError: DLL load failed: The system could not

[issue2218] Enhanced hotshot profiler with high-resolution timer

2008-03-08 Thread Jean Brouwers
Jean Brouwers added the comment: There are 7 other, potentially serious issues in the original _hotshot.c file. All those are being fixed for the next version of the enhanced hotshot files. The 7 issues are: 1) functions flush_data and do_stop may create an infinite recursion on line 567.

[issue812750] OSA support for properties broken

2008-03-08 Thread Mark Dickinson
Mark Dickinson added the comment: The docs say that development for the MacPython OSA modules has stopped, and that a replacement is expected for Python 2.5. Can this issue now be closed, or at least have its priority downgraded? -- nosy: +marketdickinson

[issue1504333] sgmllib should allow angle brackets in quoted values

2008-03-08 Thread Paul Molodowitch
Paul Molodowitch added the comment: Patch for sgmllib.py (and test_sgmllib.py) Correctly parses quoted attribute - allowing for brackets, newlines, etc within attributes - implemented by altering the loop which finds attributes within parse_starttag so it checks for open-ended quotes, and makes