Re: [Python-Dev] python-dev Summary for 2004-12-16 through 2004-12-31 [draft]

2005-02-01 Thread Paul Moore
On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 14:02:20 -0800, Brett C. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2.5 was released just before the time this summary covers so most stuff was > on bug > fixes discovered after the release. Give Guido the time machine keys back! I assume you meant 2.4, or is this a blatant attempt to get

[Python-Dev] Python reference count question

2005-02-01 Thread cedric paille
Hi all, i'm working on an app that embed python 2.3 with Gnu/Linux, and i'd like to have some precisions:   I'm making python's modules to extend my application's functions with a built in script editor. At now all works very well, but i'd like to know if i'm not forgetting some references i

[Python-Dev] Database import problems

2005-02-01 Thread Steve Holden
I wonder if there is a developer with MySQL or sqlite and the appropriate Python interface module who can help me to understand a problem I'm experiencing trying to use PEP 302-style import hooks. Basically I suspect we've either got an import bug or (more likely IMHO) a documentation bug, but

Re: [Python-Dev] Database import problems

2005-02-01 Thread Guido van Rossum
On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 10:32:43 -0500, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wonder if there is a developer with MySQL or sqlite and the > appropriate Python interface module who can help me to understand a > problem I'm experiencing trying to use PEP 302-style import hooks. [...] I sent Steve

Re: [Python-Dev] Python reference count question

2005-02-01 Thread Aahz
On Tue, Feb 01, 2005, cedric paille wrote: > > Hi all, i'm working on an app that embed python 2.3 with Gnu/Linux, > and i'd like to have some precisions: python-dev is for the core developers to discuss bugs and patches. Please use comp.lang.python for questions about using Python. Thanks. -- A

[Python-Dev] complex I/O problem

2005-02-01 Thread Neal Becker
If I call "print" on a complex value, I may get this: '(2+2j)' But this is not acceptable as input: complex ('(2+2j)') Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in ? ValueError: complex() arg is a malformed string Whatever format is used for output should be accepted as input! __

Re: [Python-Dev] complex I/O problem

2005-02-01 Thread A.M. Kuchling
On Tue, Feb 01, 2005 at 11:11:37AM -0500, Neal Becker wrote: > complex ('(2+2j)') > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "", line 1, in ? > ValueError: complex() arg is a malformed string > > Whatever format is used for output should be accepted as input! This isn't true in general; it's n

Re: [Python-Dev] complex I/O problem

2005-02-01 Thread Guido van Rossum
On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 12:16:10 -0500, A.M. Kuchling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 01, 2005 at 11:11:37AM -0500, Neal Becker wrote: > > complex ('(2+2j)') > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > File "", line 1, in ? > > ValueError: complex() arg is a malformed string > > > > Whatever f

Re: [Python-Dev] complex I/O problem

2005-02-01 Thread Josiah Carlson
"A.M. Kuchling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 01, 2005 at 11:11:37AM -0500, Neal Becker wrote: > > complex ('(2+2j)') > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > File "", line 1, in ? > > ValueError: complex() arg is a malformed string > > > > Whatever format is used for output sho

Re: Moving towards Python 3.0 (was Re: [Python-Dev] Speed up functioncalls)

2005-02-01 Thread Fred L. Drake, Jr.
On Monday 31 January 2005 14:08, Glyph Lefkowitz wrote: > As it stands, this idiom works most of the time, and if an EMFILE errno > triggered the GC, it would always work. That might help things on Unix, but I don't think that's meaningful. Windows is much more sensitive to files being closed,

[Python-Dev] Is msvcr71.dll re-redistributable?

2005-02-01 Thread Thomas Heller
The 2.4 python.org installer installs msvcr71.dll on the target system. If someone uses py2exe or a similar tool to create a frozen application, is he allowed to redistribute this msvcr71.dll to other users together with his application or not, even if he doesn't own MSVC? This was asked on the p

Re: [Python-Dev] python-dev Summary for 2004-12-16 through 2004-12-31 [draft]

2005-02-01 Thread Brett C.
Paul Moore wrote: On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 14:02:20 -0800, Brett C. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 2.5 was released just before the time this summary covers so most stuff was on bug fixes discovered after the release. Give Guido the time machine keys back! Fine, but I was going to go back in time, win the

Re: [Python-Dev] mimetypes and _winreg

2005-02-01 Thread Mike Brown
Following up on this 12 Jun 2004 post... Garth wrote: > Thomas Heller wrote: > >Mike Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>I thought it would be nice to try to improve the mimetypes module by having > >>it, on Windows, query the Registry to get the mapping of filename > >>extensions > >>to medi

Re: [Python-Dev] Is msvcr71.dll re-redistributable?

2005-02-01 Thread Vincent Wehren
Thomas Heller wrote: The 2.4 python.org installer installs msvcr71.dll on the target system. If someone uses py2exe or a similar tool to create a frozen application, is he allowed to redistribute this msvcr71.dll to other users together with his application or not, even if he doesn't own MSVC? Acc