Fault-tolerance framework Py-Fate 1.4 released

2006-09-02 Thread dmitry
Fault-tolerance framework Py-Fate contains several proxy classes and/or algorithms so that a conscious developer can easily add fault-tolerance to the code. http://sourceforge.net/projects/py-fate/ The biggest point is that Python proxying capabilities allow for invisible drop-in addition or

Re: Incremental Progress Report object/closure?

2006-09-02 Thread Fredrik Lundh
Gabriel Genellina wrote: What about a simple: print Time elapsed: blah blah blah\r % whatever, (notice the \r and the final , ) to avoid messing up the output when you're leaving the loop, or if something goes wrong inside the loop, it's usually better to *start* with a carriage return:

Re: pysqlite - simple problem

2006-09-02 Thread Fredrik Lundh
rdrink wrote: And yes I should prolly move to pysqlite2, but for now I was able to fix it this way... num = 200 mess = INSERT INTO foo (id) VALUES (%s) % num cur.execute(mess) ... don't know why I didn't think of that last (oh wait, Yes I do... because 'last night' was actually 2am this

Re: Timeline for Python?

2006-09-02 Thread Fredrik Lundh
Sebastian Bassi wrote: Maybe I forgot to tell, but its going to take me at least 6 month to finish the book I don't think anyone will know exactly how 3.0 will look within 6 months. Not that your publisher may care about that; there are plenty of books out there that describe how the author

Linear regression in 3 dimensions

2006-09-02 Thread wirecom
Hi all, I am seeking a module that will do the equivalent of linear regression in 3D to yield a best fit a plane through a set of points (X1, Y1, Z1), (X1, Y1, Z1),... (Xn, Yn, Zn). The resulting equation to be of the form: Z = aX + bY + c The function I need would take the set of points and

Re: Linear regression in 3 dimensions

2006-09-02 Thread Robert Kern
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I am seeking a module that will do the equivalent of linear regression in 3D to yield a best fit a plane through a set of points (X1, Y1, Z1), (X1, Y1, Z1),... (Xn, Yn, Zn). The resulting equation to be of the form: Z = aX + bY + c The function I

Re: Linear regression in 3 dimensions

2006-09-02 Thread John Machin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I am seeking a module that will do the equivalent of linear regression in 3D to yield a best fit a plane through a set of points (X1, Y1, Z1), (X1, Y1, Z1),... (Xn, Yn, Zn). The resulting equation to be of the form: Z = aX + bY + c The function I need

Re: IndentationError: expected an indented block

2006-09-02 Thread Hendrik van Rooyen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Wrote: | | Haha. How can I fix this! | | | Use either tabs, or spaces, but not both - Hendrik -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Tkinter listbox and ftputil

2006-09-02 Thread Hendrik van Rooyen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | Hi, | Again I need help about tkinter listbox. | | | example: | | In listbox must write (imaginary file in server): | | ['-rw-r--r-- 1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] vedran.byethost12.com | 3506 Jun 25 14:40 file.gif'] | | | and then when somebody click on file in

Re: IndentationError: expected an indented block

2006-09-02 Thread casioculture
Hendrik van Rooyen wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wrote: | | Haha. How can I fix this! | | | Use either tabs, or spaces, but not both - Hendrik Haha. I know. I just find it silly that a language insists on indentation. I'd long known it but just was reminded of it when I messed a

Re: IndentationError: expected an indented block

2006-09-02 Thread Georg Brandl
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hendrik van Rooyen wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wrote: | | Haha. How can I fix this! | | | Use either tabs, or spaces, but not both - Hendrik Haha. I know. I just find it silly that a language insists on indentation. I'd long known it but just was reminded

Re: Using eval with substitutions

2006-09-02 Thread Anthra Norell
- Original Message - From: Carl Banks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsgroups: comp.lang.python To: python-list@python.org Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2006 6:33 AM Subject: Re: Using eval with substitutions [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: a,b=3,4 x=a+b ... Careful. Here be dragons. ...

Re: python loops

2006-09-02 Thread Nicko
Fredrik Lundh wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought the xrange was preferred? for x in xrange(length): preferred by premature optimization freaks, perhaps. There's a huge difference between not being profligate with resources and premature optimisation. In the case of the idiom for i

Netstat Speed

2006-09-02 Thread DarkBlue
Following code works . My question is can I make it faster ? def activeip(checkip): # if there is any line returned we set activeb to 1 indicating that # this ip is active during a netstat run activeb=0 for line in os.popen(netstat -a -n | grep '%s' % checkip)

Re: Netstat Speed

2006-09-02 Thread DarkBlue
s=line is actually indented even if it does not appear to be so :) Db -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

inheritance needed in program configuration - config module or python oo?

2006-09-02 Thread metaperl
Inheritance needed in app configuration = I have an ftp server that a number of vendors connect into to upload a file to their directory. In OO terms, we would have class OurFTP: server = ftpserver.com class Vendor1(OurFTP) user, pass, directory =

Re: disgrating a list

2006-09-02 Thread Tal Einat
Neil Cerutti wrote: On 2006-09-01, Tal Einat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tim Chase wrote: I'm not sure if '__iter__' is the right thing to be looking for, but it seems to work at least for lists, sets, dictionarys (via their keys), etc. I would use it because at least then you know you

Re: inheritance needed in program configuration - config module or python oo?

2006-09-02 Thread Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], metaperl wrote: And I need to form an FTP connection URL based on this. But I really dont want to write my code such that I explicitly hardcode where the ftpserver is coming from. Again, in pure OO it is very simple to call a method and have it dispatch to either the

Re: Netstat Speed

2006-09-02 Thread Tal Einat
DarkBlue wrote: Following code works . My question is can I make it faster ? Faster how? Are you calling this so many times that you need it to be extremely fast? Are you calling it on the same IP multiple times, on many different IPs at once, ...? def activeip(checkip): # if there is

Re: Netstat Speed

2006-09-02 Thread DarkBlue
Sybren Stuvel wrote: DarkBlue enlightened us with: Following code works . No it doesn't - it's indented badly. I guess you mean something like: def activeip(checkip): # if there is any line returned we set activeb to 1 indicating that # this ip is active during a netstat run

how to remove n bytes in a file?

2006-09-02 Thread Dasn
Hi. Suppose we have a very large file, and wanna remove 'n' bytes in the middle of the file. My thought is: 1, read() until we reach the bytes should be removed, and mark the position as 'pos'. 2, seek(tell() + n) bytes 3, read() until we reach the end of the file, into a variable, say 'a' 4,

thread join() not stopping

2006-09-02 Thread mclaugb
Here is a simple piece of code. When i add the print (or other) function into the run method--the thread fails to stop after 2 seconds which the join(2) should ensure. Any help appreciated. Should compile on 2.4 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: simpleparse parsing problem

2006-09-02 Thread Mike C. Fletcher
David Hirschfield wrote: Anyone out there use simpleparse? If so, I have a problem that I can't seem to solve...I need to be able to parse this line: Cen2 = Cen(OUT, Cep, ies, wh, 544, (wh/ht)); ... expr:= termlist, ( operator, termlist )+ I *believe* you wanted that to be *,

thread join() not stopping

2006-09-02 Thread mclaugb
Here is a simple piece of thread code. When i add the print (or other) function into the run method--the thread fails to stop after 2 seconds which the join(2) should ensure. I have a function that I must have timeout and cannot figure a way to do this. Any help appreciated. Should compile on

Re: disgrating a list

2006-09-02 Thread Hardcoded Software
Tal Einat wrote: Neil Cerutti wrote: On 2006-09-01, Tal Einat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tim Chase wrote: I'm not sure if '__iter__' is the right thing to be looking for, but it seems to work at least for lists, sets, dictionarys (via their keys), etc. I would use it because at

How to run Python file?

2006-09-02 Thread mistral
I have installed ActivePython http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePython/ How I can run Python file, test.py? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: how to remove n bytes in a file?

2006-09-02 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2006-09-02, Dasn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi. Suppose we have a very large file, and wanna remove 'n' bytes in the middle of the file. My thought is: 1, read() until we reach the bytes should be removed, and mark the position as 'pos'. 2, seek(tell() + n) bytes 3, read() until we reach

Re: Libraries in python

2006-09-02 Thread Daniel Nogradi
Hy people, I'm new in python and comming from JAVA. Something I really like in java is the easy way to add a library to the project. Just put the jar file in the folder ( WEB-INF/lib ) and doesn't need to restart the server ( tomcat ). Can I do some like using python - I'm using apache

Re: how to remove n bytes in a file?

2006-09-02 Thread Tim Chase
Suppose we have a very large file, and wanna remove 'n' bytes in the middle of the file. My thought is: 1, read() until we reach the bytes should be removed, and mark the position as 'pos'. 2, seek(tell() + n) bytes 3, read() until we reach the end of the file, into a variable, say 'a' 4,

Re: thread join() not stopping

2006-09-02 Thread Peter Otten
mclaugb wrote: When i add the print (or other) function into the run method--the thread fails to stop after 2 seconds which the join(2) should ensure. The calling thread waits until the thread you call join() upon stops or 2 seconds have passed -- whatever occurs first. import time from

Re: how to remove n bytes in a file?

2006-09-02 Thread Tim Chase
def shift(f, offset, size, buffer_size=1024*1024): Slight bug in that function implementation. This one passes my tests. Sorry about that. -tkc def shift(f, offset, size, buffer_size=1024*1024): deletes (in place) a portion of size size from file f, starting at offset offset The

Re: How to run Python file?

2006-09-02 Thread Pontus Ekberg
mistral wrote: I have installed ActivePython http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePython/ How I can run Python file, test.py? $ python test.py or $ ./test.py (if test.py is executable) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: pictures as characters in a Tk text box?

2006-09-02 Thread Jay
PERFECT!!! Thanks so much! Simon Forman wrote: Jay wrote: This may be really obscure, but I had a dream about programming something like this, so don't blame me. Is it possible to take a small image or icon and display it as a character in a Tk text box? Think how Thunderbird

Re: OO on python real life tutorial?

2006-09-02 Thread filippo
Claudio Grondi ha scritto: (megasnip) I caught your point of view. I start reading a book on wxpython to understand if it can help to solve my problems. At the same time I will port my program to Python/Tk in order to have a faster first beta release. Thanks for your explanation. Filippo --

Re: Problem loading true-type font with PIL - solved

2006-09-02 Thread Christian Stapfer
Christian Stapfer wrote: After switching from Python 2.3 to 2.4 (Enought), PIL throws an exception that did not occur formerly (under Python 2.3) when executing ImageFont.truetype(font, size) snip/ A module seems to be missing: do I have to install something in addition to PIL in

Find the best price on gas in your local area for FREE....

2006-09-02 Thread highpayinghomejobs
Visit the web site below to see where you can buy the cheapest gas in your local area. Just punch in your zip code and all the work is done for you. No Cost! Absolutely FREE info. http://myweb.ecomplanet.com/pool4833/mycustompage0029.htm --

Re: How to run Python file?

2006-09-02 Thread zefciu
Pontus Ekberg wrote: mistral wrote: I have installed ActivePython http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePython/ How I can run Python file, test.py? $ python test.py or $ ./test.py (if test.py is executable) Thats if you use un*x. If you word under windows, the first would

CONSTRUCT -

2006-09-02 Thread lazaridis_com
I would like to fulfill the following task: The construct: if __name__ == '__main__': should be changed to something like: if identifier.name == '__main__': The term identifier should be selected based on the meaning of the __double-underscore-enclosure__ of the entities. - What I would

Re: Zipping Files to user defined Directory

2006-09-02 Thread Danny Milosavljevic
Hi, On Fri, 28 Jul 2006 05:25:38 -0700, OriginalBrownster wrote: Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch wrote: In [EMAIL PROTECTED], OriginalBrownster wrote: [...] After the user selected the files you have to zip them on the server, for instance in a temporary in the `/tmp/` directory and then deliver

Re: Threads and Progress Bar

2006-09-02 Thread Bryan Olson
Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: [...] Here's the function, download_from_web() which calls the progress bar: main.py def download_from_web(sUrl, sFile, sSourceDir, checksum): [...] temp = urllib2.urlopen(sUrl) headers = temp.info() size = int(headers['Content-Length'])

Re: How to run Python file?

2006-09-02 Thread Ant
zefciu wrote: Pontus Ekberg wrote: ... $ python test.py or $ ./test.py (if test.py is executable) Thats if you use un*x. If you word under windows, the first would work, As would: test.py Assuming python grabbed the .py extensions correctly (which it shouold have done with

Re: Netstat Speed

2006-09-02 Thread Jorgen Grahn
On Sat, 2 Sep 2006 13:22:59 +0200, Sybren Stuvel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... def activeip(checkip): # if there is any line returned we set activeb to 1 indicating that # this ip is active during a netstat run activeb = 0 netstat = os.popen(netstat -a -n |

Re: OO on python real life tutorial?

2006-09-02 Thread Ron Adam
filippo wrote: Hello, I coded my +10k lines app using Perl/Tk. It is something like a hotel software manager, it has a bunch of windows to manage the arrivals, bills etc etc. I want to port this on Python/WxPython but I'd like to get benefit of python, not just doing a row by row raw

Re: Netstat Speed

2006-09-02 Thread Jorgen Grahn
On Sat, 2 Sep 2006 13:22:59 +0200, Sybren Stuvel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: DarkBlue enlightened us with: Following code works . No it doesn't - it's indented badly. I guess you mean something like: def activeip(checkip): # if there is any line returned we set activeb to 1 indicating

Re: How to run Python file?

2006-09-02 Thread Rick Zantow
Ant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in news:1157218244.750434.36220 @h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com: zefciu wrote: Pontus Ekberg wrote: ... $ python test.py or $ ./test.py (if test.py is executable) Thats if you use un*x. If you word under windows, the first would work, As would:

Re: Adding sender name to email

2006-09-02 Thread Jorgen Grahn
On Fri, 1 Sep 2006 11:51:55 +0100, Tim Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... The smtp sender recipients do not relate to the sender recipients in the email itself, Often they are the same, but they don't have to be. To complicate things a bit more, using the term sender can invite

Re: Find the best price on gas in your local area for FREE....

2006-09-02 Thread Diez B. Roggisch
Sybren Stuvel schrieb: [EMAIL PROTECTED] enlightened us with: Visit the web site below to see where you can buy the cheapest gas in your local area. Just punch in your zip code and all the work is done for you. No Cost! Absolutely FREE info. Ehm... maybe you'd like to get your head out

Re: pictures as characters in a Tk text box?

2006-09-02 Thread Jay
Can you do the same in wxPython? Simon Forman wrote: Jay wrote: This may be really obscure, but I had a dream about programming something like this, so don't blame me. Is it possible to take a small image or icon and display it as a character in a Tk text box? Think how Thunderbird

Re: disgrating a list

2006-09-02 Thread Bryan Olson
Tal Einat wrote: Tim Chase wrote: I'm not sure if '__iter__' is the right thing to be looking for, but it seems to work at least for lists, sets, dictionarys (via their keys), etc. I would use it because at least then you know you can iterate over it AFAIK and as seen throughout posts on

NetBeans and Jython

2006-09-02 Thread tatamata
Hello. I installed NetBeans, Jython and Coyote. I hoped that I could use Swing GUI builder intergrated in NetBeans (Matisse?) with Jython in Delphi way. But, it seems that I can drag and drop controls only in pure Java application, not in Jython application? Does anybody uses NetBeans as

Re: pictures as characters in a Tk text box?

2006-09-02 Thread Claudio Grondi
Jay wrote: Can you do the same in wxPython? I am a greenhorn in wxPython, so please don't bet on what I state here, but to my current knowledge wxPython doesn't come with a widget capable of what Tkinter text box is capable of. But wxPython comes e.g. with a widget displaying any HTML content,

Re: What do you want in a new web framework?

2006-09-02 Thread Peter Maas
Alex Martelli wrote: Peter Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cliff Wells wrote: On Wed, 2006-08-23 at 22:13 +0200, Peter Maas wrote: Alex Martelli wrote: [...] I have already suggested to the BDFL that he can remedy this situation in Py3k: all he has to do, of course, is to add a LOT more

Re: Libraries in python

2006-09-02 Thread Daniel
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hy people, I'm new in python and comming from JAVA. Something I really like in java is the easy way to add a library to the project. Just put the jar file in the folder ( WEB-INF/lib ) and doesn't need to restart the server ( tomcat ). Can I do some like using

Program to backtrack function calls in source code?

2006-09-02 Thread forum
Hi, many mistakes in programming arise when one changes the code and forgets to adjustment somewhere where it is used. Is there a program that can extract all place in the source code where a variable is accessed or a function called? For example in the simplest case I want to change the name of

Re: ANN: GMPY binaries for Windows 2.5

2006-09-02 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Notes They have not been extensively tested. They don't work. At least the Pentium4 binary doesn't work, same problem as before. Is the patch installed? I found the problem. Updated binaries should be available in a couple of hours. I'll add a note

Re: Program to backtrack function calls in source code?

2006-09-02 Thread Ramon Diaz-Uriarte
On 2 Sep 2006 13:53:21 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Dear Anton, Is there a program that can extract all place in the source code where a variable is accessed or a function called? I've been dealing with these issues lately too. You might want to check pypesrc

Client-side TCP socket receiving Address already in use upon connect

2006-09-02 Thread Tor Erik
Hi, The reason is that my application does about 16 connects and data transfers per second, to the same 16 remote hosts. After approx 200 secs there are 4000 sockets waiting to be garbage collected by the OS. At this point is seems that connect loops and starts using the same local addresses

XBox 360 free SDK (XNA) and IronPython

2006-09-02 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Just for information I just read this BBC article about the free (as in beer) SDK for XBOX 360 called XNA : http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5306276.stm and saw here an example of someone using IronPython: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=682689SiteID=1 I hope

Setting value of an int-derived class

2006-09-02 Thread Ken Schutte
Lets say I want an integer class that lets you attach arbitrary attributes. I can simply do: class foo(int): pass x = foo(5) x.text = okay print x, x.text # prints 5 okay So, that's good. But, how can I change the value of x from 5 to something else, without creating a new instance? I

Re: What do you want in a new web framework?

2006-09-02 Thread Alex Martelli
Peter Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... I must not be a monopoly. A center of gravity would be nice, too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFGz-t5R0BE? [it helps to know some Italian, No problem: Centro di Gravità Permanente = permanent center of gravity :) Yep, but the

Re: Setting value of an int-derived class

2006-09-02 Thread Diez B. Roggisch
Ken Schutte schrieb: Lets say I want an integer class that lets you attach arbitrary attributes. I can simply do: class foo(int): pass x = foo(5) x.text = okay print x, x.text # prints 5 okay So, that's good. But, how can I change the value of x from 5 to something else,

Re: Managing database tables through web-forms (automatically)

2006-09-02 Thread Antal Rutz
Sybren Stuvel wrote: Check out Django, it has a great database API and on the fly auto-generated admin. Just gone over the tutorial, really amazing, exactly what I need. Big thanks for the hint! -- --arutz -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: NetBeans and Jython

2006-09-02 Thread Colin J. Williams
tatamata wrote: Hello. I installed NetBeans, Jython and Coyote. I hoped that I could use Swing GUI builder intergrated in NetBeans (Matisse?) with Jython in Delphi way. But, it seems that I can drag and drop controls only in pure Java application, not in Jython application? Does anybody

Re: How to run Python file?

2006-09-02 Thread mistral
Rick Zantow писал(а): Ant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in news:1157218244.750434.36220 @h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com: zefciu wrote: Pontus Ekberg wrote: ... $ python test.py or $ ./test.py (if test.py is executable) Thats if you use un*x. If you word under windows, the first

Re: Program to backtrack function calls in source code?

2006-09-02 Thread Colin J. Williams
Yu-Xi Lim wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: many mistakes in programming arise when one changes the code and forgets to adjustment somewhere where it is used. Is there a program that can extract all place in the source code where a variable is accessed or a function called? For example in the

Re: Program to backtrack function calls in source code?

2006-09-02 Thread Diez B. Roggisch
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: Hi, many mistakes in programming arise when one changes the code and forgets to adjustment somewhere where it is used. Is there a program that can extract all place in the source code where a variable is accessed or a function called? For example in the simplest

Re: Setting value of an int-derived class

2006-09-02 Thread Sam Pointon
Ken Schutte wrote: So, that's good. But, how can I change the value of x from 5 to something else, without creating a new instance? I suppose I could create a function that creates a new foo and copies its attributes, but is there a more direct way? Is the value 5 stored in some special

Re: XBox 360 free SDK (XNA) and IronPython

2006-09-02 Thread Ross Ridge
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just for information I just read this BBC article about the free (as in beer) SDK for XBOX 360 called XNA : It's actually called the XNA Framework, and the beta only supports Windows. The XBox 360 won't be supported until it's released. and saw here an example of

Re: Libraries in python

2006-09-02 Thread Diez B. Roggisch
That's my $0.02 on Python packaging and library dependencies. In my opinion it's one of the few things that Java got right that Python didn't. Yeah, sure. Hunting down a subtle class loading bug because of e.g. different xml-api versions in your classpath in just a few hours is a thing java

Re: CONSTRUCT -

2006-09-02 Thread Simon Forman
lazaridis_com wrote: I would like to fulfill the following task: The construct: if __name__ == '__main__': should be changed to something like: if identifier.name == '__main__': The term identifier should be selected based on the meaning of the __double-underscore-enclosure__ of the

Re: OO on python real life tutorial?

2006-09-02 Thread Patrick Thomson
I personally don't like wxPython because the way it works is very counter intuitive for me and appear to me somehow non-Pythonic While Claudio has a point (wxPython is a C++ library at heart), I believe that wxPython is the best solution for Python GUI's out there. TK may be a lot easier, but

Re: XBox 360 free SDK (XNA) and IronPython

2006-09-02 Thread Brian
IronPython won't work on the XBox 360. Yup. Perhaps sometime in the future. A few weeks ago Albert Ho, MS XNA program manager wrote the following on the MSDN XNA Game Studio Express forum: Because the Xbox 360 uses a special port of the .NET CF, the LCG method-generation functionality isn't

Re: How to run Python file?

2006-09-02 Thread Rick Zantow
mistral [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in news:1157239512.139823.15650 @74g2000cwt.googlegroups.com: [...] Assuming I have Windows XP, and I installed ActiveState Python. No any other additional manipulations were done, no any PATHEXTes environment variables, etc, etc, nothing. How many preparatory

Re: OO on python real life tutorial?

2006-09-02 Thread Robert Hicks
filippo wrote: Claudio Grondi ha scritto: (megasnip) I caught your point of view. I start reading a book on wxpython to understand if it can help to solve my problems. At the same time I will port my program to Python/Tk in order to have a faster first beta release. Thanks for your

Re: How to run Python file?

2006-09-02 Thread Jason
mistral wrote: I have installed ActivePython http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePython/ How I can run Python file, test.py? You can open up the folder containing the test.py file, then double-click on the file to run it. A command-line window should pop up, and your program will run in

overriding character escapes during file input

2006-09-02 Thread David J Birnbaum
Dear Python-list, I need to read a Unicode (utf-8) file that contains text like: blah \fR40\fC blah I get my input and then process it with something like: inputFile = codecs.open(sys.argv[1],'r', 'utf-8') for line in inputFile: When Python encounters the \f substring in an input line, it

Re: overriding character escapes during file input

2006-09-02 Thread John Machin
David J Birnbaum wrote: Dear Python-list, I need to read a Unicode (utf-8) file that contains text like: blah \fR40\fC blah I get my input and then process it with something like: inputFile = codecs.open(sys.argv[1],'r', 'utf-8') for line in inputFile: When Python encounters the \f

Re: Python style: to check or not to check args and data members

2006-09-02 Thread Paul Rubin
Bruno Desthuilliers [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've rarely encoutered silent data corruption with Python - FWIW, I once had such a problem, but with a lower-level statically typed language (integer overflow), and I was a very newbie programmer by that time. Usually, one *very quickly* notices

auto fill out web form

2006-09-02 Thread Chris Smith
Does anyone know of any python scripts that can help me automatically navigate through some forms so I can schedule the download the file at the end of all the questions? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

[ python-Bugs-1550938 ] from . import bug

2006-09-02 Thread SourceForge.net
Bugs item #1550938, was opened at 2006-09-02 12:05 Message generated for change (Tracker Item Submitted) made by Item Submitter You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detailatid=105470aid=1550938group_id=5470 Please note that this message will contain a full copy of

[ python-Bugs-1550938 ] from . import bug

2006-09-02 Thread SourceForge.net
Bugs item #1550938, was opened at 2006-09-02 12:05 Message generated for change (Settings changed) made by gangesmaster You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detailatid=105470aid=1550938group_id=5470 Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the

[ python-Bugs-1551113 ] random.choice(setinstance) fails

2006-09-02 Thread SourceForge.net
Bugs item #1551113, was opened at 2006-09-02 13:27 Message generated for change (Tracker Item Submitted) made by Item Submitter You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detailatid=105470aid=1551113group_id=5470 Please note that this message will contain a full copy of

[ python-Bugs-1551113 ] random.choice(setinstance) fails

2006-09-02 Thread SourceForge.net
Bugs item #1551113, was opened at 2006-09-02 18:27 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by gbrandl You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detailatid=105470aid=1551113group_id=5470 Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment

[ python-Bugs-1550938 ] from . import bug

2006-09-02 Thread SourceForge.net
Bugs item #1550938, was opened at 2006-09-02 02:05 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by nnorwitz You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detailatid=105470aid=1550938group_id=5470 Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment

[ python-Bugs-1551113 ] random.choice(setinstance) fails

2006-09-02 Thread SourceForge.net
Bugs item #1551113, was opened at 2006-09-02 14:27 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by tim_one You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detailatid=105470aid=1551113group_id=5470 Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment

[ python-Feature Requests-1551113 ] random.choice(setinstance) fails

2006-09-02 Thread SourceForge.net
Feature Requests item #1551113, was opened at 2006-09-02 13:27 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by rhettinger You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detailatid=355470aid=1551113group_id=5470 Please note that this message will contain a full copy of

[ python-Bugs-1551238 ] Build of 2.4.3 on fedora core 5 fails to find asm/msr.h

2006-09-02 Thread SourceForge.net
Bugs item #1551238, was opened at 2006-09-02 17:38 Message generated for change (Tracker Item Submitted) made by Item Submitter You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detailatid=105470aid=1551238group_id=5470 Please note that this message will contain a full copy of