[Python-Dev] Comparison operators (> < >= <=) for collections.Counter

2015-09-07 Thread Kerrick Staley
I noticed that collections.Counter, unlike set, doesn't support the ordered comparison operators (> < >= <=). I'd like to propose implementing these operators in an analogous fashion to set: counter1 >= counter2 if counter1 contains at least as many of every key as counter2 does. Cases where counte

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 394 accepted

2012-02-19 Thread Kerrick Staley
Thanks Nick, Ned, and everyone else who worked on implementing this! If any further work on the text of the PEP or on the Makefile patch is needed, please shoot me an email (I have GMail set to archive messages to python-dev unless they explicitly CC me). -Kerrick Staley On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at

Re: [Python-Dev] [PEPs] Rebooting PEP 394 (aka Support the /usr/bin/python2 symlink upstream)

2011-07-26 Thread Kerrick Staley
r location, python also gets changed. -Kerrick Staley ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com

Re: [Python-Dev] [PEPs] Rebooting PEP 394 (aka Support the /usr/bin/python2 symlink upstream)

2011-07-23 Thread Kerrick Staley
hat I mean), so I didn't make any changes related to idle2 or pydoc2. -Kerrick Staley On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 3:28 AM, Nick Coghlan wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 4:53 PM, Kerrick Staley > wrote: > > Nick, can you please apply the patch (will be sent in the following >

Re: [Python-Dev] [PEPs] Rebooting PEP 394 (aka Support the /usr/bin/python2 symlink upstream)

2011-07-20 Thread Kerrick Staley
On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 3:28 AM, Nick Coghlan wrote: > Done: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0394/ Quick question: When I do "svn up", it doesn't show any changes. Has it been switched over to Mercurial recently? Thanks, Kerrick Staley

Re: [Python-Dev] [PEPs] Rebooting PEP 394 (aka Support the /usr/bin/python2 symlink upstream)

2011-07-19 Thread Kerrick Staley
Command on Unix-Like Systems Version: $Revision$ Last-Modified: $Date$ Author: Kerrick Staley , @@ -53,10 +53,14 @@ * When reinvoking the interpreter from a Python script, querying ``sys.executable`` to avoid hardcoded assumptions regarding the interpreter location remains the preferred app

Re: [Python-Dev] [PEPs] Rebooting PEP 394 (aka Support the /usr/bin/python2 symlink upstream)

2011-07-19 Thread Kerrick Staley
so further input from yourself and the rest of python-dev would be appreciated. Nick, can you please apply the patch (will be sent in the following email) to the PEP SVN as soon as we get the hard-link issue is figured out? Alternatively, could you provide me write access to just the pep-0394.txt fi

[Python-Dev] [PEPs] Rebooting PEP 394 (aka Support the /usr/bin/python2 symlink upstream)

2011-07-17 Thread Kerrick Staley
Hi, These are two emails I sent a short while ago about finalizing PEP 394. There was no response, so in case the messages didn't go through, I'm resending them. Thanks, Kerrick Staley -- Forwarded message ------ From: Kerrick Staley Date: Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 7:45 PM S

Re: [Python-Dev] [PEPs] Support the /usr/bin/python2 symlink upstream

2011-07-09 Thread Kerrick Staley
Command on Unix-Like Systems Version: $Revision$ Last-Modified: $Date$ Author: Kerrick Staley , @@ -53,10 +53,14 @@ * When reinvoking the interpreter from a Python script, querying ``sys.executable`` to avoid hardcoded assumptions regarding the interpreter location remains the preferred app

Re: [Python-Dev] [PEPs] Support the /usr/bin/python2 symlink upstream

2011-07-09 Thread Kerrick Staley
can be "switched", and it's needed for flexibility if python3 changes). This really doesn't matter, but can we keep it this way unless there are serious objections? Regards, Kerrick Staley ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.o

Re: [Python-Dev] [PEPs] Support the /usr/bin/python2 symlink upstream

2011-03-06 Thread Kerrick Staley
ld be started so that the discussions can be separated, and those uninterested in the Windows question can stop following that discussion without missing Unix-related comments buried in it. -Kerrick Staley ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org

Re: [Python-Dev] [PEPs] Support the /usr/bin/python2 symlink upstream

2011-03-06 Thread Kerrick Staley
n't feel I need write access to the repository at this point. -Kerrick Staley --- pep-0394.txt2011-03-05 01:06:50.0 -0600 +++ pep-0394-revised.txt2011-03-06 15:07:42.37338 -0600 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ PEP: 394 -Title: The "python" command on Unix-Like Systems +Title: Th

Re: [Python-Dev] [PEPs] Support the /usr/bin/python2 symlink upstream

2011-03-06 Thread Kerrick Staley
between the solutions on the two platforms to justify keeping the solutions in the same document. Kerrick Staley ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/m

Re: [Python-Dev] [PEPs] Support the /usr/bin/python2 symlink upstream

2011-03-06 Thread Kerrick Staley
tes to the appropriate pythonX.Y.exe would be a possibility..." However, implementing this solution will take time and will slow the finalization of a solution for Unix-like systems if it is included in this PEP. -Kerrick Staley ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com

Re: [Python-Dev] Support the /usr/bin/python2 symlink upstream

2011-03-04 Thread Kerrick Staley
o write it.) I like your idea for Windows, but it would take time to implement this solution, and we won't be able to finalize the solution for *nix as quickly if we also provide a provision for Windows in this same PEP. We should keep the use of the singular "they"; it's more

Re: [Python-Dev] Support the /usr/bin/python2 symlink upstream

2011-03-03 Thread Kerrick Staley
PEP: ??? Title: The python Utility on Unix-Like Systems Version: ??? Last-Modified: ??? Author: Kerrick Staley Status: Draft Type: Informational Content-Type: text/x-rst Created: 02-Mar-2011 Post-History: ??? Abstract == This PEP provides a convention to ensure that Python scripts can

Re: [Python-Dev] Support the /usr/bin/python2 symlink upstream

2011-03-03 Thread Kerrick Staley
andard: developers will use the "pythonX.X" invocations instead of ensuring their code works on all (recent) versions of the interpreter, and much larger issues will arise when users are forced to repeatedly install different minor versions of the interpreter. I instead addressed thi

Re: [Python-Dev] Support the /usr/bin/python2 symlink upstream

2011-03-02 Thread Kerrick Staley
d; I've never done this before). I think it's a little long winded given how simple the idea it proposes is, but I thought it would be better to be more specific than necessary rather than less. . PEP: ??? Title: The python Command on Unix-Like Systems Version: ??? Last-Modified: ??

Re: [Python-Dev] Support the /usr/bin/python2 symlink upstream

2011-03-01 Thread Kerrick Staley
;ve . In any event, I do agree that there needs to be a clear standard coming from the Python community. Should I submit a PEP for this? I'm also going to talk to the Arch devs and ask them to follow these proposed standards (or at least to allow python to be user-switchable). Thanks, Kerric

Re: [Python-Dev] Support the /usr/bin/python2 symlink upstream

2011-03-01 Thread Kerrick Staley
en if distributions do decide to ignore the second point. If not, can someone point me to official documentation that recommends that python always invoke Python2, so that I can take the case up with the Arch developers? Thanks, Kerrick Staley On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 3:26 PM, Eric Smith wrote: >

[Python-Dev] Support the /usr/bin/python2 symlink upstream

2011-03-01 Thread Kerrick Staley
nsistently, allowing Python scripts to continue to be cross-platform. Thanks, Kerrick Staley ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-d