Python 2.7.6 is now available.
This release resolves crashes of the interactive interpreter on OS X 10.9. The
final release also fixes several issues identified in the release
candidate. Importantly, a security bug in CGIHTTPServer was fixed [1]. Thank you
to those who tested the 2.7.6 release
I never thought I'd be saying this but welcome back Rick :)
On 11/11/2013 06:50, Rick Johnson wrote:
On Saturday, November 9, 2013 6:42:04 AM UTC-6, Steven
D'Aprano wrote:
Uses an example written in Ruby, but don't
let that put you off:
Why would it? I write Ruby code all the time. Ruby code
* Some languages are just fundamentally bad.
The flexible string representation is a perfect exemple.
Again, a short explanation:
This FSR splits unicode in chunks. Two immediate consequences:
- It's necessary to keep track of each individual internal pieces of text.
- It's necessary to
Στις 6/11/2013 5:25 μμ, ο/η Νίκος Γκρ33κ έγραψε:
Okey let the hacker try again to mess with my database!!!
He is done it twice, lets see if he will make it again!
I'am waiting!
I can't believe your ignorance. You're actually telling a huge group of
developers from all over the globe that
Hi All,
I have server process which spawns a process for each request. Where
parent process is leaking fd for logger. Please find example code.
from threading import Thread
from multiprocessing import Process
from time import sleep
import logging
from uuid import uuid4
class
I am trying to implement a multivibrator function with python. This is how it
works;
- An trigger event happens
- Upon receiving the event, a variable goes high for 5secs, then go low.
- If the event happens again before the 5secs expire, the high duration will be
extended by another 5 secs.
On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 8:25 PM, Mark Lawrence breamore...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
On 11/11/2013 06:50, Rick Johnson wrote:
In a nutshell the author attempts to plead for the
longevity of old code bases simply on the basis of his
assertion that old code bases are less buggy and
contain
On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 8:28 PM, wxjmfa...@gmail.com wrote:
* Some languages are just fundamentally bad.
The flexible string representation is a perfect exemple.
Wow. A new low for you, jmf... comparing PEP 393 to Ook?!?
In fact, with such a mechanism, it is even impossible to write an
Στις 8/11/2013 11:11 μμ, ο/η Νίκος Αλεξόπουλος έγραψε:
Is there someway to write the following line even better with the
ability to detect daylight saving time by itself so i don't have to
alter the line manually when time changes?
lastvisit = ( datetime.utcnow() + timedelta(hours=2)
Regarding the select statement, I think the most Pythonic approach is using
dictionaries rather than nested ifs.
Supposing we want to decode abbreviated day names (mon) to full names
(Monday):
day_abbr='mon'
day_names_mapping={
'mon':'Monday',
'tue':'Tuesday',
'wed':'Wednesday',
On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 9:09 PM, lorenzo.ga...@gmail.com wrote:
Regarding the select statement, I think the most Pythonic approach is
using dictionaries rather than nested ifs.
Supposing we want to decode abbreviated day names (mon) to full names
(Monday):
That's an obvious mapping,
On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 01:41:58 -0800 (PST), JL lightai...@gmail.com
wrote:
- If the event happens again before the 5secs expire, the high
duration will be extended by another 5 secs. This works like a
retriggerable multivibrator for those who are into electronics.
More precisely a retriggerable
On 11/11/2013 4:41 AM, JL wrote:
I am trying to implement a multivibrator function with python. This is how it
works;
- An trigger event happens
- Upon receiving the event, a variable goes high for 5secs, then go low.
- If the event happens again before the 5secs expire, the high duration will
On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 21:39:27 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote:
My code to handle that starts out with this array:
minor weapon:({
70,+1 weapon: 2,000gp [weapon],
85,+2 weapon: 8,000gp [weapon],
90,Specific weapon [minor specific weapon], 100,Special ability
[minor special
Suppose I have a function that needs access to globals:
# module A.py
def spam():
g = globals() # this gets globals from A
introspect(g)
As written, spam() only sees its own globals, i.e. those of the module in
which spam is defined. But I want spam to see the globals of the caller.
#
On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 10:25 PM, Steven D'Aprano
steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info wrote:
But since spam is supposed to introspect as much information as possible,
I don't really want to do that. What (if anything) are my other options?
You're playing with introspection, so I'd look at
On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 10:17 PM, Steven D'Aprano
steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info wrote:
On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 21:39:27 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote:
denormalizes it into a lookup table by creating 70 entries quoting the
first string, 15 quoting the second, 5, and 10, respectively.
Ewww :-(
On 2013-11-11 10:39, Chris Angelico wrote:
A 'minor weapon' is based on a roll of a 100-sided dice. If it's 01 to
70, +1 weapon: 2,000gp [weapon]; if it's 71 to 85, +2 weapon:
8,000gp [weapon]; if 86 to 90, Specific weapon [minor specific
weapon]; and if 91 to 100, Special ability [minor
Em domingo, 10 de novembro de 2013 19h56min45s UTC-3, Kennedy Salvino escreveu:
I'm trying to make a ranking of 3 numbers and say which the greatest and
consider whether there is a tie between them, I am not able to make the
conditions of draws.
Code in PT-BR:
My teacher asked .. I will try to do as you said.
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On Monday, November 11, 2013 11:25:42 AM UTC, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
Suppose I have a function that needs access to globals:
# module A.py
def spam():
g = globals() # this gets globals from A
introspect(g)
As written, spam() only
On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 10:53 PM, Robert Kern robert.k...@gmail.com wrote:
Heh. I've done pretty much exactly the same thing to implement an engine[1]
to draw from the random tables on Abulafia[2] which have nearly the same
structure. It scales up reasonably well beyond d100s. It's certainly
On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 4:57 AM, Νίκος Αλεξόπουλος
nikos.gr...@gmail.com wrote:
Στις 8/11/2013 11:11 μμ, ο/η Νίκος Αλεξόπουλος έγραψε:
Is there someway to write the following line even better with the
ability to detect daylight saving time by itself so i don't have to
alter the line manually
In article e0d265f9-801d-4ab2-8c82-0d9723603...@googlegroups.com,
ravindrapa...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi All,
I have server process which spawns a process for each request. Where
parent process is leaking fd for logger. Please find example code.
You've got a lot of code here. The
Op 11-11-13 10:41, JL schreef:
I am trying to implement a multivibrator function with python. This is how it
works;
- An trigger event happens
- Upon receiving the event, a variable goes high for 5secs, then go low.
- If the event happens again before the 5secs expire, the high duration
On Saturday, November 9, 2013 10:30:26 AM UTC-6, rusi wrote:
print ( {mon:mondays suck,
tue:at least it's not monday,
wed:humpday
}.get(day_of_week,its some other day)
)
In article 8618d47d-518c-4f35-a879-57fad7525...@googlegroups.com,
Rick Johnson
In article mailman.2377.1384177268.18130.python-l...@python.org,
Joel Goldstick joel.goldst...@gmail.com wrote:
Why not display UTC? If it is so important to you to display local
time, why do you think that your host's local time is something that
is useful for a visitor?
In general, it
On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 1:14 AM, Roy Smith r...@panix.com wrote:
We've got a data supplier who (for reasons I cannot fathom), runs their
network in local time. Every time we talk to them about problems, it's
a mess just trying to figure out what time we're talking about. We say,
we saw a
So this is a physics joke. The engineers and physicists at the
conference went to dinner. They ordered wine with dinner. The wait
person asked: Would you like the small liter, or the large liter?
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http://joelgoldstick.com
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On 11/11/2013 09:28, wxjmfa...@gmail.com wrote:
* Some languages are just fundamentally bad.
The flexible string representation is a perfect exemple.
Again, a short explanation:
This FSR splits unicode in chunks. Two immediate consequences:
- It's necessary to keep track of each individual
On Monday, November 11, 2013 7:31:07 PM UTC+5:30, Roy Smith wrote:
On Saturday, November 9, 2013 10:30:26 AM UTC-6, rusi wrote:
print ( {mon:mondays suck,
tue:at least it's not monday,
wed:humpday
}.get(day_of_week,its some other day)
)
Rick
On Saturday, November 9, 2013 8:27:02 AM UTC-5, Joshua Landau wrote:
The C switch statement is very limited. The select statement
in the dialect of BASIC I regularly use is more flexible.
It's more concise on long if chains because it elides the end
ifs. But the use of indentation for
I have installed Python 3.3, and i want to add a library with some basic
functions like canvas and basic geomteric objects, fonts etc. Preferably
something similar to the Javascript canvas.
I've looked for graphic packages, and from what i can see something called
Tkinter may be what i look
On 11/11/2013 16:38, jonas.thornv...@gmail.com wrote:
I have installed Python 3.3, and i want to add a library with some
basic functions like canvas and basic geomteric objects, fonts etc.
Preferably something similar to the Javascript canvas.
I've looked for graphic packages, and from what
On 11/11/2013 16:38, jonas.thornv...@gmail.com wrote:
=== Traceback (most recent call last): File D:\Python33\test2.py,
line 16, in module from Tkinter import Tk, Canvas, Frame, BOTH
ImportError: No module named 'Tkinter' ===
In addition, I really don't recommend running your test scripts
Here is the example file i have tried.
#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
ZetCode Tkinter tutorial
This program draws three
rectangles filled with different
colors.
author: Jan Bodar
last modified: January 2011
website: www.zetcode.com
from Tkinter import Tk, Canvas, Frame, BOTH
On 11/11/2013 16:38, jonas.thornv...@gmail.com wrote:
I have installed Python 3.3, and i want to add a library with some basic
functions like canvas and basic geomteric objects, fonts etc. Preferably
something similar to the Javascript canvas.
I've looked for graphic packages, and from what i
On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 5:38 PM, jonas.thornv...@gmail.com wrote:
But i have no luck runn the Tkinter example file i downloaded in idel, it
still says no module called Tkinter.
IDLE*
===
Traceback (most recent call last):
File D:\Python33\test2.py, line 16, in module
from Tkinter
Den måndagen den 11:e november 2013 kl. 17:43:12 UTC+1 skrev Chris “Kwpolska”
Warrick:
On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 5:38 PM, jonas.thornv...@gmail.com wrote:
But i have no luck runn the Tkinter example file i downloaded in idel, it
still says no module called Tkinter.
IDLE*
===
On 11/11/2013 16:43, jonas.thornv...@gmail.com wrote:
Here is the example file i have tried.
#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
ZetCode Tkinter tutorial
This program draws three
rectangles filled with different
colors.
author: Jan Bodar
last modified: January 2011
website:
On 11/11/2013 01:28 AM, wxjmfa...@gmail.com wrote:
* Some languages are just fundamentally bad.
The flexible string representation is a perfect exemple.
Argh! He escaped! *chase* *scuffle* *stuff* *stuff* *stuff*
Whew. Safely back in the troll bin.
Okay, back to my day.
--
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--
On Sunday, November 10, 2013 4:56:38 PM UTC+8, Jorgen Grahn wrote:
On Sun, 2013-11-10, Chris Angelico wrote:
On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 11:41 AM, Roy Smith r...@panix.com wrote:
On 09/11/2013 22:58, Chris Angelico wrote:
* Some languages are just fundamentally bad. I do not
On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 11:57:36 +0200, Νίκος Αλεξόπουλος wrote:
lastvisit = ( datetime.utcnow() + timedelta(hours=2) ).strftime(
'%y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S' )# MySQL datetime format
Someone has an idea what to add to this line to automatically adjust
itself if DST happens?
Yes, but the
On 11/11/2013 11:19 AM, Denis McMahon wrote:
On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 11:57:36 +0200, Νίκος Αλεξόπουλος wrote:
lastvisit = ( datetime.utcnow() + timedelta(hours=2) ).strftime(
'%y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S' )# MySQL datetime format
Someone has an idea what to add to this line to automatically
I found a rather inscrutable use of dateutil recurrence rules in
StackOverflow which generates a series of dates corresponding to the
third Wednesday of the month:
import dateutil.rrule as dr
import dateutil.relativedelta as drel
dt = datetime.datetime(2012, 1, 1, 0, 0)
rule =
damn gmail. Please ignore the drivel below (and this top post)...
Skip
On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 2:33 PM, Skip Montanaro s...@pobox.com wrote:
I found a rather inscrutable use of dateutil recurrence rules in
StackOverflow which generates a series of dates corresponding to the
third Wednesday of
I prepared a PEP and was wondering what your thoughts are about it:
PEP:pep number
Title: ``isimmutable(Obj)`` and/or ``ImmutableNester``
Version:version string
Last-Modified: date string
Author: Frank-Rene Schaefer, fsch...@users.sourceforge.net
*
On 2013-11-11, Ethan Furman et...@stoneleaf.us wrote:
On 11/11/2013 11:19 AM, Denis McMahon wrote:
On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 11:57:36 +0200, ?? ?? wrote:
lastvisit = ( datetime.utcnow() + timedelta(hours=2) ).strftime(
'%y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S' )# MySQL datetime format
On 11 November 2013 10:39, Chris Angelico ros...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 9:09 PM, lorenzo.ga...@gmail.com wrote:
Regarding the select statement, I think the most Pythonic approach is
using dictionaries rather than nested ifs.
Supposing we want to decode abbreviated day names
On Monday, November 11, 2013 3:47:45 PM UTC-5, Frank-Rene Schäfer wrote:
I prepared a PEP and was wondering what your thoughts are about it:
The best place to discuss proposals for changes to the Python language and
library is the Python-Ideas mailing list:
A built-in function 'isimmutable()' shall tell efficiently whether the
object
of concern is mutable or not.
What's the benefit over attempting to hash() the object?
copy.deepcopy already has special case for int, string, and tuples
(including tuples that do and do not have mutable members) -
From http://docs.python.org/dev/whatsnew/3.4.html#optimizations The
UTF-32 decoder is now 3x to 4x faster.. Does anybody have any
references to this work? All I can find is the 3.3 what's new which
refers to PEP 393 (Flexible String Representation) optimizations as a
result of work done by
On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 7:50 AM, Joshua Landau jos...@landau.ws wrote:
The obvious way to me is a binary search:
Which makes an O(log n) search where I have an O(1) lookup. The
startup cost of denormalization doesn't scale, so when the server
keeps running for two years or more, it's definitely
On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 3:32 AM, Chris Angelico ros...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 10:17 PM, Steven D'Aprano
steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info wrote:
On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 21:39:27 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote:
denormalizes it into a lookup table by creating 70 entries quoting the
So I want to take the file, desktop/test.txt and write it to
desktop/newfolder/test.txt. I tried the below script, and it gave me:
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'desktop/%s.txt'. Any
suggestions would be great.
def firstdev(file):
in_file = open(desktop/%s.txt) % file
On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 5:26 PM, Matt mattgrav...@gmail.com wrote:
So I want to take the file, desktop/test.txt and write it to
desktop/newfolder/test.txt. I tried the below script, and it gave me:
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'desktop/%s.txt'. Any
suggestions would be
On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 9:26 AM, Matt mattgrav...@gmail.com wrote:
So I want to take the file, desktop/test.txt and write it to
desktop/newfolder/test.txt. I tried the below script, and it gave me:
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'desktop/%s.txt'. Any
suggestions would be
On 11/11/2013 5:26 PM, Matt wrote:
So I want to take the file, desktop/test.txt and write it to
desktop/newfolder/test.txt. I tried the below script, and it gave me: IOError: [Errno 2] No
such file or directory: 'desktop/%s.txt'. Any suggestions would be great.
def firstdev(file):
Sorry for incorect answer. Those guys nailed it
On Nov 11, 2013 5:43 PM, bob gailer bgai...@gmail.com wrote:
On 11/11/2013 5:26 PM, Matt wrote:
So I want to take the file, desktop/test.txt and write it to
desktop/newfolder/test.txt. I tried the below script, and it gave me:
IOError: [Errno
On 11/11/2013 22:26, Matt wrote:
So I want to take the file, desktop/test.txt and write it to
desktop/newfolder/test.txt. I tried the below script, and it gave me: IOError: [Errno 2] No
such file or directory: 'desktop/%s.txt'. Any suggestions would be great.
def firstdev(file):
On 11/08/2013 11:08 AM, Chris Angelico wrote:
On Sat, Nov 9, 2013 at 4:11 AM, ru...@yahoo.com wrote:
On 11/08/2013 03:05 AM, Νίκος Αλεξόπουλος wrote:
I never ignore advices.
I read all answers as carefully as i can.
But nevertheless sometimes i feel things should have been better
On Friday, November 8, 2013 3:06:33 PM UTC-7, Joel Goldstick wrote:
rurpy? can you help?
No, sorry. For your future reference, if there is a
question I can help with (have the technical knowledge,
haven't seen a good answer yet, have time, etc) I will
post my attempt at an answer.
So lack
On Monday, November 11, 2013 4:26:46 PM UTC-6, Matt wrote:
So I want to take the file, desktop/test.txt and write
it to desktop/newfolder/test.txt. I tried the below
script, and it gave me: IOError: [Errno 2] No such file
or directory: 'desktop/%s.txt'. Any suggestions would be
great.
def
Thank you guys so much. Brain fart moment. I appreciate it
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On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 9:51 AM, Rick Johnson
rantingrickjohn...@gmail.com wrote:
On Monday, November 11, 2013 4:26:46 PM UTC-6, Matt wrote:
So I want to take the file, desktop/test.txt and write
it to desktop/newfolder/test.txt. I tried the below
script, and it gave me: IOError: [Errno 2] No
On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 5:49 PM, ru...@yahoo.com wrote:
On Friday, November 8, 2013 3:06:33 PM UTC-7, Joel Goldstick wrote:
rurpy? can you help?
No, sorry. For your future reference, if there is a
question I can help with (have the technical knowledge,
haven't seen a good answer yet, have
On 11/11/2013 19:39, Ethan Furman wrote:
On 11/11/2013 11:19 AM, Denis McMahon wrote:
On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 11:57:36 +0200, Νίκος Αλεξόπουλος wrote:
lastvisit = ( datetime.utcnow() + timedelta(hours=2) ).strftime(
'%y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S' )# MySQL datetime format
Someone has an idea what
On 11/11/2013 23:21, mm0fmf wrote:
On 11/11/2013 19:39, Ethan Furman wrote:
On 11/11/2013 11:19 AM, Denis McMahon wrote:
On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 11:57:36 +0200, Νίκος Αλεξόπουλος wrote:
lastvisit = ( datetime.utcnow() + timedelta(hours=2) ).strftime(
'%y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S' )# MySQL datetime
On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 5:47 PM, ru...@yahoo.com wrote:
On 11/08/2013 11:08 AM, Chris Angelico wrote:
On Sat, Nov 9, 2013 at 4:11 AM, ru...@yahoo.com wrote:
On 11/08/2013 03:05 AM, Νίκος Αλεξόπουλος wrote:
I never ignore advices.
I read all answers as carefully as i can.
But nevertheless
On Monday, November 11, 2013 1:34:54 AM UTC-6, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
import sys
sys.modules[mymodule] = any_object_you_like()
Thanks for this great advice!
I'm not particularly fond of injecting names and objects in
this manner due to the surprise factor, especially when
the names are going
On 11/11/2013 23:49, Joel Goldstick wrote:
On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 5:47 PM, ru...@yahoo.com wrote:
Lets get this right folks once and for all. Let's carry on welcoming
Nikos with open arms as he's such a wonderful benefactor to the
community, but ban people such as Matt who had the
On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 12:55:56 -0800, Ned Batchelder wrote:
On Monday, November 11, 2013 3:47:45 PM UTC-5, Frank-Rene Schäfer wrote:
I prepared a PEP and was wondering what your thoughts are about it:
The best place to discuss proposals for changes to the Python language
and library is the
On 12/11/2013 00:17, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 12:55:56 -0800, Ned Batchelder wrote:
On Monday, November 11, 2013 3:47:45 PM UTC-5, Frank-Rene Schäfer wrote:
I prepared a PEP and was wondering what your thoughts are about it:
The best place to discuss proposals for changes
On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 14:51:45 -0800, Rick Johnson wrote:
2. Never, ever, *EVER* write data to disc before confirming the paths
your passing are pointing to the location you intended to write the
data. Use os.path.exists(path) to test your paths BEFORE trying to write
data.
This is subject to
On Monday, November 11, 2013 5:47:28 PM UTC-5, ru...@yahoo.com wrote:
On 11/08/2013 11:08 AM, Chris Angelico wrote:
On Sat, Nov 9, 2013 at 4:11 AM, ru...@yahoo.com wrote:
On 11/08/2013 03:05 AM, Νίκος Αλεξόπουλος wrote:
I never ignore advices.
I read all answers as carefully as i can.
http://www.politicsforum.org/images/flame_warriors/flame_62.php
why are any of you replying?
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Hi,
I have a general question regarding try-except handling in Python.
Previously, I was putting the try-handle blocks quite close to where the errors
occured:
A somewhat contrived example:
if __name__ == __main__:
my_pet = Dog('spot', 5, 'brown')
my_pet.feed()
On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 11:17 AM, Steven D'Aprano
steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info wrote:
On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 12:55:56 -0800, Ned Batchelder wrote:
On Monday, November 11, 2013 3:47:45 PM UTC-5, Frank-Rene Schäfer wrote:
I prepared a PEP and was wondering what your thoughts are about it:
On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 9:44 AM, Joel Goldstick
joel.goldst...@gmail.com wrote:
Sorry for incorect answer. Those guys nailed it
Your answer wasn't incorrect, because it didn't give any false
information. Bob and I saw the problem itself and gave advice, but you
gave useful general advice on how
Also, we have a huge community in Brazil. If you want to write in
Portuguese, you could use the official python-brasil list:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/python-brasil
[]`s
2013/11/8 Izar Tarandach izar.tarand...@gmail.com
You can find many resources for GUI programming in Python
Hi Frank-Rene, and welcome. Comments below.
On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 21:47:45 +0100, Frank-Rene Schäfer wrote:
I prepared a PEP and was wondering what your thoughts are about it:
PEP:pep number
Title: ``isimmutable(Obj)`` and/or ``ImmutableNester``
[...]
*
On 12/11/2013 6:32 AM, Tony the Tiger wrote:
May your woman betray you, your son be gay, and your daughter screw pigs
for a living. Now go eat some pork and choke on it, like a good little
terrorist.
This is completely unacceptable and has no place on this list.
--
On 11 November 2013 22:21, Chris Angelico ros...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 7:50 AM, Joshua Landau jos...@landau.ws wrote:
The obvious way to me is a binary search:
Which makes an O(log n) search where I have an O(1) lookup. The
startup cost of denormalization doesn't scale, so
On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 12:34 PM, Victor Hooi victorh...@gmail.com wrote:
Would I wrap all of the calls in a try-except block?
try:
my_pet.feed()
my_pet.shower()
except IOError as e:
# Do something to handle exception?
It really depends more on how you go
On 11/11/2013 7:02 AM, sg...@hotmail.co.uk wrote:
(Sorry for posting through GG, I'm at work.)
On Monday, November 11, 2013 11:25:42 AM UTC, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
Suppose I have a function that needs access to globals:
# module A.py
def spam():
g = globals() # this gets globals from A
On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 12:59 PM, Dennis Lee Bieber
wlfr...@ix.netcom.com wrote:
Of course, I'm spoiled... My /watch/ has a dial for UTC, along with
one
for 24-hour indication (one hand, range 1 to 24)
Heh. Mine doesn't, so I bought myself a second watch and set it to
UTC. So my left
On Saturday, November 9, 2013 2:29:00 AM UTC-5, dieter wrote:
rich writes:
Dieter, you were right!!! I broke up the string by inserting CRLF before I
reached 72 chars / line. Problem solved!
I have the following script that reads in an HTML file containing a table
then sends it out
On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 17:34:21 -0800, Victor Hooi wrote:
Hi,
I have a general question regarding try-except handling in Python.
Previously, I was putting the try-handle blocks quite close to where the
errors occured:
A somewhat contrived example:
if __name__ == __main__:
PyMyth: Global variables are evil... WRONG!
Python's Global Hysteria:
How many times have your heard or read the phrase: Global
variables are evil? Well if you've been a
On 11/11/2013 4:41 PM, Mark Lawrence wrote:
From http://docs.python.org/dev/whatsnew/3.4.html#optimizations The
UTF-32 decoder is now 3x to 4x faster.. Does anybody have any
references to this work? All I can find is the 3.3 what's new which
refers to PEP 393 (Flexible String Representation)
On 11/11/2013 08:06 PM, Rick Johnson wrote:
Globals are justified when they are used to communicate
information between scopes that otherwise were meant to be
mutually exclusive.
I think this is certainly the use case most people would suggest.
But I think you may have missed the real reason
On 11/11/2013 8:34 PM, Victor Hooi wrote:
I have a general question regarding try-except handling in Python.
In Python, try-except can unapologetically be used as as alternate
conditional-execution control-flow construct.
if condition:
do something
else:
do something else
can often be
Hi -
We have C code which writes following struct into berkeley db (my_db.db).
struct my_info {
unsigned long int i, e;
int o;
char *f;
char *s;
};
How to read this via Python? Google search gave this code
---
$ cat pybsd2.py
from bsddb import db
fruitDB = db.DB()
On Monday, November 11, 2013 8:47:09 PM UTC-6, Tim Daneliuk wrote:
I think this is certainly the use case most people would
suggest. But I think you may have missed the real reason
most modern designers object to inter-module globals: The
presence of such entities almost always means the code
On 2013-11-11, Mark Lawrence breamore...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
On 11/11/2013 23:21, mm0fmf wrote:
On 11/11/2013 19:39, Ethan Furman wrote:
On 11/11/2013 11:19 AM, Denis McMahon wrote:
On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 11:57:36 +0200, ?? ??
wrote:
lastvisit = ( datetime.utcnow()
On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 3:46 PM, Rick Johnson
rantingrickjohn...@gmail.com wrote:
But python modules can't be interfaces because interfaces
should protect internal data, prevent external forces from
meddling with internal state (EXCEPT via the rules of a
predefined contract), hide dirty
Ned Batchelder wrote:
I don't know how best to make things better overall. I know that overlooking
Nikos' faults won't do it.
If everyone who reached the point where they don't think
they can help any more would simply say so in a calm
manner and then walk away, that would make things better
On Monday, November 11, 2013 5:11:52 PM UTC-6, Chris Angelico wrote:
On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 9:51 AM, Rick Johnson
1. i believe win32 file paths require a qualifying volume
letter.
They do not; omitting the drive letter makes the path relative to the
current drive (and since it doesn't
It's surprising and broken that stderr should be buffered in python3. python3
calls setvbuf(3) on stderr at startup to achieve this chuckle-headed behavior.
It makes stderr line buffered if on a terminal, and fully buffered if
redirected to a log file. A fully buffered stderr is a very bad
sys.stderr = os.fdopen(sys.stderr.fileno(), 'w', 0)
which unfortunately doesn't work! I guess will resort to python3 -u, although
I don't want stdout to be unbuffered.
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