Re: A problem with classes - derived type

2016-05-09 Thread Peter Otten
Paulo da Silva wrote: > Hi! > > Suppose I have a class A whose implementation I don't know about. > That class A has a method f that returns a A object. > > class A: > ... > def f(self, <...>): > ... > > Now I want to write B derived from A with method f1. I want f1 to return > a B object: > >

Re: What's wrong with this concatenation statement?

2016-05-09 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Monday 09 May 2016 09:10, DFS wrote: > sSQL = "line 1\n" > sSQL += "line 2\n" > sSQL += "line 3" Pointlessly provocative subject line edited. Since all three lines are constants know by the programmer at the time the source code is written, it should be written as: sSQL = """line 1 line 2

Re: Python PygLatin

2016-05-09 Thread alister
On Sun, 08 May 2016 11:01:58 -0700, Christopher Reimer wrote: > On 5/8/2016 10:53 AM, alister wrote: >> On Mon, 09 May 2016 03:12:14 +1000, Steven D'Aprano wrote: >> >>> On Sun, 8 May 2016 08:21 pm, Cai Gengyang wrote: >>> If one looks at the Forbes List, you will see that there are 4 pr

Re: Python PygLatin

2016-05-09 Thread alister
On Sun, 08 May 2016 21:51:18 -0700, Cai Gengyang wrote: > I am guessing that the 2 you mentioned are Bill Gates and Larry Ellison > ? I heard that they have tons of lawsuits against them in their career > (anti-monopoly, anti-competitive laws filed against them both from the > government and from

pypi download links (e.g. for ansible)

2016-05-09 Thread Michael Ströder
HI! Deep-links for downloading a specific version from PyPI seemed to work like this: $ wget https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/a/ansible/ansible-2.0.1.0.tar.gz [..] Saving to: ‘ansible-2.0.1.0.tar.gz’ But this recent version does not work: $ wget https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/a

Re: pypi download links (e.g. for ansible)

2016-05-09 Thread harirammanohar
On Monday, May 9, 2016 at 3:30:31 PM UTC+5:30, Michael Ströder wrote: > HI! > > Deep-links for downloading a specific version from PyPI seemed to work like > this: > > $ wget > https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/a/ansible/ansible-2.0.1.0.tar.gz > [..] > Saving to: 'ansible-2.0.1.0.tar.gz'

Re: pygame easy create

2016-05-09 Thread harirammanohar
On Monday, May 9, 2016 at 10:50:47 AM UTC+5:30, hariram...@gmail.com wrote: > is there anyway (IDE/package) that allows me to create graphics/game just > like that (by instructing..., if i say create hills on the screen, it should > generate pygame code)Anyway :) :) Atleast i tried with

Re: pygame easy create

2016-05-09 Thread harirammanohar
On Monday, May 9, 2016 at 10:50:47 AM UTC+5:30, hariram...@gmail.com wrote: > is there anyway (IDE/package) that allows me to create graphics/game just > like that (by instructing..., if i say create hills on the screen, it should > generate pygame code)Anyway :) :) is there any way to c

Re: Python PygLatin

2016-05-09 Thread Robin Koch
Am 08.05.2016 um 12:21 schrieb Cai Gengyang: > If one looks at the Forbes List, you will see that there are 4 > programmers amongst the top ten richest people in the world (Bill > Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Ellison and Jeff Bezos) , a very large > percentage. You might elaborate your knowledg

Re: pypi download links (e.g. for ansible)

2016-05-09 Thread Michael Ströder
harirammano...@gmail.com wrote: > On Monday, May 9, 2016 at 3:30:31 PM UTC+5:30, Michael Ströder wrote: >> HI! >> >> Deep-links for downloading a specific version from PyPI seemed to work like >> this: >> >> $ wget >> https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/a/ansible/ansible-2.0.1.0.tar.gz >> [..

Re: pypi download links (e.g. for ansible)

2016-05-09 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Mon, 9 May 2016 08:00 pm, Michael Strc3b6der wrote: > HI! > > Deep-links for downloading a specific version from PyPI seemed to work > like this: > > $ wget > https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/a/ansible/ansible-2.0.1.0.tar.gz > [..] > Saving to: ‘ansible-2.0.1.0.tar.gz’ > > But this re

Re: pypi download links (e.g. for ansible)

2016-05-09 Thread Michael Ströder
Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Mon, 9 May 2016 08:00 pm, Michael Strc3b6der wrote: > >> HI! >> >> Deep-links for downloading a specific version from PyPI seemed to work >> like this: >> >> $ wget >> https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/a/ansible/ansible-2.0.1.0.tar.gz >> [..] >> Saving to: ‘ansibl

Re: Python PygLatin

2016-05-09 Thread Rustom Mody
On Sunday, May 8, 2016 at 3:52:12 PM UTC+5:30, Cai Gengyang wrote: > I just "clicked" through the lesson on Conditionals and Control Flows and am > on the lesson "PygLatin" . > > This will hopefully be a more interesting and interactive lesson because I > will be building a PygLatin Translator .

Re: Python PygLatin

2016-05-09 Thread Michael Torrie
On 05/08/2016 04:21 AM, Cai Gengyang wrote: > This is a long > road ahead, but I believe it is worth it because the power of a new > technology does eventually translate into money. If this is your prime motivation, I think you'll be very disappointed. A good programmer certainly can make a good

Re: pypi download links (e.g. for ansible)

2016-05-09 Thread Chris Warrick
On 9 May 2016 at 13:35, Michael Ströder wrote: > Steven D'Aprano wrote: >> On Mon, 9 May 2016 08:00 pm, Michael Strc3b6der wrote: >> >>> HI! >>> >>> Deep-links for downloading a specific version from PyPI seemed to work >>> like this: >>> >>> $ wget >>> https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/a/an

Re: pygame easy create

2016-05-09 Thread sohcahtoa82
On Monday, May 9, 2016 at 3:15:45 AM UTC-7, hariram...@gmail.com wrote: > On Monday, May 9, 2016 at 10:50:47 AM UTC+5:30, hariram...@gmail.com wrote: > > is there anyway (IDE/package) that allows me to create graphics/game just > > like that (by instructing..., if i say create hills on the screen,

Re: String concatenation (was: Steve D'Aprano, you're the "master". What's wrong with this concatenation statement?)

2016-05-09 Thread Michael Selik
You're saying that wasn't a coded message? On Sun, May 8, 2016, 10:44 PM srinivas devaki wrote: > I'm so sorry, forgot to lock my phone. > On May 9, 2016 9:01 AM, "srinivas devaki" > wrote: > > > f be gfdnbh be b GB GB BH GB vbjfhjb GB bffbbubbv GB hbu hbu > > fjbjfbbbufhbvh VB have fqb

Re: A problem with classes - derived type

2016-05-09 Thread Paulo da Silva
Às 05:20 de 09-05-2016, Paulo da Silva escreveu: Thank you Yann and Peter. I really didn't know anything about those "things". So far I have worked a lot with classes but they are written by me. Now I needed to derive pandas.Series (for example) and it has some methods that return pandas.Series o

json.loads(...) ValueError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)

2016-05-09 Thread zljubisic
Hi, in python3 my variable looks like this: a = b'{"uuid":"5730e8666ffa02.34177329","error":""}' str(a) = 'b\'{"uuid":"5730e8666ffa02.34177329","error":""}\'' If I execute the following command I get the error: >>> json.loads(str(a)) Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Program Files (

Re: json.loads(...) ValueError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)

2016-05-09 Thread Peter Otten
zljubi...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi, > > in python3 my variable looks like this: > > a = b'{"uuid":"5730e8666ffa02.34177329","error":""}' > str(a) = 'b\'{"uuid":"5730e8666ffa02.34177329","error":""}\'' > > If I execute the following command I get the error: > json.loads(str(a)) > Traceback (m

Re: json.loads(...) ValueError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)

2016-05-09 Thread MRAB
On 2016-05-09 20:56, zljubi...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, in python3 my variable looks like this: a = b'{"uuid":"5730e8666ffa02.34177329","error":""}' str(a) = 'b\'{"uuid":"5730e8666ffa02.34177329","error":""}\'' If I execute the following command I get the error: json.loads(str(a)) Traceback (mo

Re: json.loads(...) ValueError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)

2016-05-09 Thread Ben Bacarisse
zljubi...@gmail.com writes: > in python3 my variable looks like this: > > a = b'{"uuid":"5730e8666ffa02.34177329","error":""}' > str(a) = 'b\'{"uuid":"5730e8666ffa02.34177329","error":""}\'' > > If I execute the following command I get the error: > json.loads(str(a)) > Traceback (most recent

Re: json.loads(...) ValueError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)

2016-05-09 Thread Terry Reedy
On 5/9/2016 3:56 PM, zljubi...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, in python3 my variable looks like this: a = b'{"uuid":"5730e8666ffa02.34177329","error":""}' str(a) = 'b\'{"uuid":"5730e8666ffa02.34177329","error":""}\'' If I execute the following command I get the error: json.loads(str(a)) Traceback (mo

Are imports supposed to be like this?

2016-05-09 Thread Brendan Abel
Consider the following example python package where `a.py` and `b.py` depend on each other: /package __init__.py a.py b.py There are several ways I could import the "a.py" module in "b.py" import package.a # Absolute import import package.a as a_mod

Re: Are imports supposed to be like this?

2016-05-09 Thread Chris Angelico
On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 9:54 AM, Brendan Abel <007bren...@gmail.com> wrote: > Consider the following example python package where `a.py` and `b.py` > depend on each other: > > /package > __init__.py > a.py > b.py > > > There are several ways I could import the "a.py" mod

Re: Are imports supposed to be like this?

2016-05-09 Thread Random832
On Mon, May 9, 2016, at 19:54, Brendan Abel wrote: > Consider the following example python package where `a.py` and `b.py` > depend on each other: > > /package > __init__.py > a.py > b.py > > > There are several ways I could import the "a.py" module in "b.py" > >

Re: json.loads(...) ValueError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)

2016-05-09 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Tue, 10 May 2016 09:07 am, Terry Reedy wrote: > Editorial: Programming classes should teach basic debugging better. I > have seen numerous newbie Stackoverflow questions where the person > should have started with adding a print statement before posting a > question. +1 -- Steven --

Re: String concatenation

2016-05-09 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Tue, 10 May 2016 07:21 am, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote: > Chris Angelico wrote: > >> On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 10:44 AM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn >> wrote: >>> With the “%” string operator (deprecated), str.format(), and >>> str.Template, you can use other values in string values even witho

Re: String concatenation

2016-05-09 Thread Chris Angelico
On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 12:32 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > Floats are old (they go back to the first release of Python), they have many > quirks (x + y - x is not necessarily equal to y), and people make many > errors with floats. Does this mean they are deprecated? Of course not. Careful there S

Re: String concatenation

2016-05-09 Thread Rustom Mody
On Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at 2:52:13 AM UTC+5:30, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote: > Chris Angelico wrote: > > > On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 10:44 AM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote: > >> Also, it would be a good idea if you posted under your real name. > >> Internet is the thing with cables; Usenet

Re: json.loads(...) ValueError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)

2016-05-09 Thread Rustom Mody
On Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at 7:43:17 AM UTC+5:30, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Tue, 10 May 2016 09:07 am, Terry Reedy wrote: > > > Editorial: Programming classes should teach basic debugging better. I > > have seen numerous newbie Stackoverflow questions where the person > > should have started with

Re: pygame easy create

2016-05-09 Thread harirammanohar
On Monday, May 9, 2016 at 11:12:47 PM UTC+5:30, sohca...@gmail.com wrote: > On Monday, May 9, 2016 at 3:15:45 AM UTC-7, hariram...@gmail.com wrote: > > On Monday, May 9, 2016 at 10:50:47 AM UTC+5:30, hariram...@gmail.com wrote: > > > is there anyway (IDE/package) that allows me to create graphics/g

Re: pygame easy create

2016-05-09 Thread harirammanohar
On Monday, May 9, 2016 at 11:12:47 PM UTC+5:30, sohca...@gmail.com wrote: > On Monday, May 9, 2016 at 3:15:45 AM UTC-7, hariram...@gmail.com wrote: > > On Monday, May 9, 2016 at 10:50:47 AM UTC+5:30, hariram...@gmail.com wrote: > > > is there anyway (IDE/package) that allows me to create graphics/g

An educational site written in Python (from YCombinator's RFS)

2016-05-09 Thread Cai Gengyang
Ok, so after reading YCombinator's RFS, I have decided that I want to work on this : --- EDUCATION If we can fix education, we can eventually do everything else on this list. The fir

Re: String concatenation

2016-05-09 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Tuesday 10 May 2016 13:45, Rustom Mody wrote: > See: > http://www.alphr.com/computing/1000378/facebook-rejects-native-american- names-as-fake-again Somebody should set up a kick-starter to pay someone to change their legal name to "Facebook-Are-Arseholes", then open a Facebook account with i