Re: a more precise distance algorithm

On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 11:11 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > > Let's compare three methods. > > def naive(a, b): > return math.sqrt(a**2 + b**2) > > def alternate(a, b): > a, b = min(a, b), max(a, b) > if a == 0: return b > if b == 0: return a > return a * math.sqrt(1 + b**2 /

Re: 3 Suggestions to Make Python Easier For Children

On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 2:45 AM, Mark Summerfield wrote: > Last week I spent a couple of days teaching two children (10 and 13 -- too > big an age gap!) how to do some turtle graphics with Python. Neither had > programmed Python before -- one is a Minecraft ace and the other had done > Scratch.

paper submission and versioning system - advice?

has to be available tools like this, but I am not even sure what such a system is called. Is there anything like this, in python preferably? thanks, Brian Blais -- Brian Blais bbl...@gmail.com http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais http://brianblais.wordpr

Re: What is xrange?

pers are lazy, or bored! bb > > > > -- > Steven > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais http://bblais.blogspot.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: What is xrange?

current implementation that wouldn't work as a generator? bb -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais http://bblais.blogspot.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: TextWrangler "run" command not working properly

/python it's better to use the former, as it will work even as you change versions, etc... You should avoid using the shebang with a *specific* python version. just use #!/usr/bin/env python bb -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http:/

Re: May I discuss here issues on Machine Learning?

able to suggest more efficient libraries to call for doing these sorts of models. bb -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais http://bblais.blogspot.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: writing command-line options into file

23) parser.add_option("--opt2", metavar="YOUR_OPTION2" ,default= "abc") parser.add_option("--opt3", metavar="FLAG", default=True) parser.save('test.yaml') newparser=MyOptionParser() newparser.load('test.yaml') bb -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais http://bblais.blogspot.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: packaging and installing

On Dec 13, 2010, at 12:30 PM, Godson Gera wrote: > > > On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 10:46 PM, Brian Blais wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I was wondering if there is any standard or suggested way of installing >> packages *without* going to the commandline. I often

packaging and installing

my own (1-line) .bat file, but I didn't want to reinvent the wheel. Perhaps there is a better way for me to do this, ideally in a platform independent way. thanks, Brian Blais -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais http:/

Re: Some syntactic sugar proposals

too!" x=3.2 if x in range(1,10): print "yay!" if 1<=x<10: print "yay too!" output: yay! yay too! yay too! bb -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais http://bblais.blogspot.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: drawing with the mouse with turtle...solved?

On Nov 12, 2010, at 8:48 PM, Brian Blais wrote: > > On Nov 12, 2010, at 8:05 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > >> On Fri, 12 Nov 2010 19:24:50 -0500, Brian Blais wrote: >> >>> I'd like to draw on a turtle canvas, but use the mouse to direct the >>&g

Re: drawing with the mouse with turtle

On Nov 13, 2010, at 1:31 AM, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > On Fri, 12 Nov 2010 20:48:34 -0500, Brian Blais > declaimed the following in gmane.comp.python.general: > >> turtle.ondrag(turtle.goto) >> turtle.pendown() >> >> > I'm not familiar with th

Re: drawing with the mouse with turtle

On Nov 12, 2010, at 8:05 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Fri, 12 Nov 2010 19:24:50 -0500, Brian Blais wrote: > >> I'd like to draw on a turtle canvas, but use the mouse to direct the >> turtle. I don't see a good way of getting the mouse coordinates and the

drawing with the mouse with turtle

.x,event.y) turtle.reset() turtle.speed(0) c=turtle.getcanvas() c.bind("", gothere) turtle.pendown() but this seemed to draw in the wrong place (like the coordinates were wrong). Is there a good way to do this? thanks, bb -- Brian Blais bb

unicode problem?

codeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc2 in position 0: ordinal not in range(128) am I doing something stupid here? of course, as a workaround, I can do: ''.join([c for c in s if ord(c)<128]) but I thought the encode call should work.

Re: Save/load like matlab?

for two open source projects that I own: http://code.google.com/p/ssdf/ this is fantastic! what a great format! I've been looking for something like this for quite some time. thanks! bb -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais

Re: random number generation

e, True], [ True, False, True, False, False, False, False], [False, False, False, False, False, False, False]], dtype=bool) just like matlab. bb -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais http://bblais.blogspot.com/ -- http://mail.python.org

Re: I strongly dislike Python 3

rens are a bit more irritating than just a print 2) in my quick-and-dirty scripts, I often want to get rid of all of the prints after it works. 3) being able to redefine print vastly outweighs the irritation caused by the extra parens bb -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryan

Re: dynamically modify help text

, Chris so that gets back to my original question: can I change this text at runtime. Doesn't look like I can, because it is defined for classes rather than instances. Am I thinking about this correctly? bb -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~b

Re: dynamically modify help text

On Jun 27, 2010, at 22:37 , Red Forks wrote: Read you doc file and set the __doc__ attr of the object you want to change. On Monday, June 28, 2010, Brian Blais wrote: I know that the help text for an object will give a description of every method based on the doc string. Is there a way

dynamically modify help text

shown if one does: help(myobject) thanks, Brian Blais -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais http://bblais.blogspot.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: GUIs - A Modest Proposal

On Jun 10, 2010, at 4:28 , Gregory Ewing wrote: Brian Blais wrote: In this whole discussion, I haven't seen anyone mention wax (http:// zephyrfalcon.org/labs/wax_primer.html) Just had a quick look at that. In the third example code box: def Body(self): self.te

Re: GUIs - A Modest Proposal

me the standard. I guess that answers that one! :) bb -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais http://bblais.blogspot.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Download Visual Studio Express 2008 now

isual Studio to do it? bb -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais http://bblais.blogspot.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Incorrect scope of list comprehension variables

nd skimmed the section: http://docs.python.org/tutorial/datastructures.html which describes list comps, and didn't see any mention of this behavior. it's probably there, but it certainly doesn't jump out. bb -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.

Re: multiprocessing and games

On Feb 13, 2010, at 12:54 , MRAB wrote: Brian Blais wrote: I've been thinking about implementing some simple games Forget about global variables, they're not worth it! :-) Think in terms of messages, sent via pipes, sockets or multiprocessing queues. okay...let's mak

multiprocessing and games

king about this incorrectly. Any help would be great! Pointers to other examples of using multiprocessing, especially with games, would be fantastic. thanks, Brian Blais -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais http://bblais.blogs

mouse input in turtle module

n or return a button=-1 or something. thanks, Brian Blais -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais http://bblais.blogspot.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: [Edu-sig] odd drawing problem with turtle.py

bb On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 4:27 PM, Brian Blais wrote: I'm on Python 2.5, but using the updated turtle.py Version 1.0.1 - 24. 9. 2009. The following script draws 5 circles, which it is supposed to, but then doesn't draw the second turtle which is supposed to simply move fo

odd drawing problem with turtle.py

turtle.circle(self.r) self.turtle.fill(False) self.turtle.penup() for i in range(5): c=Circle(randint(-350,350),randint(-250,250),10,"red") T=Turtle() T.forward(100) T.forward(100) thanks, bb -- Bria

some turtle questions

turtle can travel? it seems I can keep moving off of the screen. Is there a way to make it so that a forward(50) command, at the edge, either raises an exception (at the wall) or simply doesn't move the turtle because of the limit? thanks! bb -- Brian Blai

turtle, ipython, and pylab don't mix

more of a pain for my students. thanks, Brian Blais -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais http://bblais.blogspot.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python Concurrency Workshop, Jan 14-15, 2010

both places at the same time. bb -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais http://bblais.blogspot.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: [Edu-sig] teaching python using turtle module

thod would be clearer. If-statements could possibly be used with some sort of random behavior (if rand()<0.5 ...). Drunkard's Walk. yes, that was the kind of thing I was thinking about. thanks! bb -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.e

teaching python using turtle module

thanks, Brian Blais -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: xmlrpc idea for getting around the GIL

any sample code? bb -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: The rap against "while True:" loops

On Oct 12, 2009, at 15:18 , Falcolas wrote: Glad to hear, by the way, that you don't use gotos in Python. =D actually, it is there. http://entrian.com/goto/ I particularly like the comefrom construct! bb -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~b

sympy returns a dictionary sometimes, and sometimes a list of tuples...why?

n, but I'd like to know what is a solution for x, and for y. Why isn't it in a dictionary? Am I doing something wrong? thanks, Brian Blais -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: easy question, how to double a variable

twice("an int parameter") -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: easiest way to plot x,y graphically during run-time?

0+0.1*cos(t) y=y0+0.1*sin(t) if t==0: # first time calling h=plot(x,y,'o') else: h[0].set_data(x,y) draw() bb -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

http://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonEditors and see how it works for you. Depending on what you need, and how they "feel", you may find what you want with a free editor. bb -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bbl

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

g war. Jean-Michel I've heard notepad is pretty good. http://www.notepad.org/ I'm sorry, but ed is the standard editor[1]. :) bb [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_(text_editor) -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bbl

Re: Is there a programming language that is combination of PythonandBasic?

On Apr 19, 2009, at 4:35 , Hendrik van Rooyen wrote: Brian Blais wrote: On Apr 18, 2009, at 5:44 , Hendrik van Rooyen wrote: to untangle some spaghetti code. He did not mention if the spaghetti was actually doing it's job, bug free, which IMO is the only rational test for the qu

Re: Is there a programming language that is combination of Python andBasic?

he program, because the flow jumps around. It's not just about aesthetics, but about being able to work with a piece of code. bb -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Is there a programming language that is combination of Python and Basic?

. bb -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Reference or Value?

won't work: it doesn't mutate the objects at all. In the case of a list or a dict, then one can mutate them, and the changes are seen in the caller. In both cases, the object itself is passed the same way. bb -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web

Re: Keeping the Console Open with IDLE

dvice already posted, by running it directly from the commandline. Another hack is to put: x=raw_input("pausing...") at the end of your script, but this is really a hack and it would be better to use a different solution. bb -- Brian Blais bbl...@

Re: simple web app, where to start

apps with it. bb -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: MacPython 2.5 IDLE font size

esn't show. What I did was to manually edit the file: /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/lib/python2.5/ idlelib/config-main.def to include the lines: font= monaco font-size= 13 font-bold= 0 (can't remember what the default was). bb

Re: Recommendation for a small web framework like Perl's CGI::Application to run as CGI?

Perl's CGI::Application? Or would it just be better to roll my own? I'd strongly suggest webpy (http://webpy.org/). It is easy, works with CGI, FastCGI, etc... or you can run its own built-in server. It's very nice! bb -- Brian Blais bbl...@

modify IDLE?

cking around with the IDLE code something easy, or a bit of a challenge? thanks, Brian Blais -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: multiply each element of a list by a number

go to www.enthought.com and they have a single-download package geared specifically for scientists. bb -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Mathematica 7 compares to other languages

t use numpy: from numpy import * def normal(x): return x/sqrt(x.sum()) or something like that. bb -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python for kids?

/writing/snake-wrangling-for-kids/ it's specifically for Python, and geared for the age of your son. bb -- Brian Blais [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Guido's new method definition idea

ot;possibly missing 'self' argument." bb -- Brian Blais [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Can I load a python program at the interactive >>> prompt?

you should be able to right-click and choose Edit/Paste. Not too convenient, but I think it works. bb -- Brian Blais [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: plot for sale

t for more details. bb -- Brian Blais [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Sorting a list

YZ","ABC"]) In [2]:sortedList = unsortedList.sort() In [3]:print sortedList None In [4]:print unsortedList ['ABC', 'XYZ'] or, better, just: In [5]:unsortedList = list(["XYZ","ABC"]) In [6]:unsortedList.sort() In [7]:print unsortedList [

Re: Pointers/References in Python?

bytes more, but no copy after this, my python process takes about 80 meg. names like big_object are just names, and they reference an object in memory. if you say a=big_object, you are saying that the name "a" should also reference that same object.

Re: Pointers/References in Python?

bytes more, but no copy after this, my python process takes about 80 meg. names like big_object are just names, and they reference an object in memory. if you say a=big_object, you are saying that the name "a" should also reference that same object.

Re: a simple 'for' question

s: filename='my/path/way/%s/my_file.txt' % x fid=open(filename,'r') also, make sure that you do mean the relative path my/path/way/... # in current folder as opposed to the absolute path: /my/path/way # in root folder

Re: Python is slow

moving code from Matlab. I haven't regretted it since. bb -- Brian Blais [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

framework build question for mac

t link, I also had to manually re-point python, pydoc, idle, etc... in /usr/local/bin Is there a reason for this, or is it just a small oversight on the install script? thanks, Brian Blais -- Brian Blais [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: simple chemistry in python

o read it into a python dict. It misses anything not a scalar, but you can easily modify it to include arrays, etc... in the xml. hope it's useful. certainly a neat site! bb -- Brian Blais [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais from __f

Re: Frame work for simple physics web applications

are you using matplotlib for the plots? bb -- Brian Blais [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

read large zip file

t one Is there a way to stream an unzip, so it behaves more like a file? thanks, Brian Blais -- Brian Blais [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Joseph Weizenbaum

What is Eliza? You: What is Eliza? Eliza: Does that question interest you? (http://www-ai.ijs.si/eliza/eliza.html) bb -- Brian Blais [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

load movie frames in python?

convenient would be avi, mov, and flv (for youtube videos). thanks, Brian Blais -- Brian Blais [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

packaging questions

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problem building simple package with extensions in Windows, but not OS X

on="Here is a description", author="Brian Blais", ext_modules=[ Extension("myproject/train",["myproject/train.pyx"]), ], packages=['myproject'], cmdclass = {'build_ext': build_ext} ) and my project has one directory, m

Re: pass 3D Matrix from matlab to C mex- file

out the mex documentation. Or, you can use Python with numpy for matrices, and use Pyrex for the c-extensions and make your life a *lot* easier. bb -- Brian Blais [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: "do" as a keyword

if Touched(): break but somehow that feels wrong to me, like bypassing the point of the while: all that power to check for conditions, and you just use it to check True, and then use a break inside. It's readable, I guess, but not a programming construct I am immediately drawn to.

Re: How to Teach Python "Variables"

t is implemented. So when you say: a=1 it is *really* a pointer to a 1-object, and that b=1 points to the same 1-object. In [4]:id(a) Out[4]:25180552 In [5]:b=1 In [6]:id(b) Out[6]:25180552 bb -- Brian Blais [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.brya

which tool to use?

of thing, preferably customizable in Python? I can be more specific about my requirements if that would help. thanks, Brian Blais -- Brian Blais [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

advice for threaded/parallel application

putting a lot of time into the development. Any advice for this sort of thing? Brian Blais -- Brian Blais [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: compiler module bug?

On Oct 21, 2007, at Oct 21:2:05 PM, Gabriel Genellina wrote: The parseFile function does exactly that, along with this comment: thanks! bb -- Brian Blais [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: compiler module bug?

On Oct 21, 2007, at Oct 21:1:15 PM, Gabriel Genellina wrote: En Sun, 21 Oct 2007 13:36:46 -0300, Brian Blais <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribi�: I am experiencing a problem with the compiler module. Is this a bug, or am I doing something wrong? I think it's a well-known fact... it s

compiler module bug?

def main(): a=10 # comment at the end of the file it seems like a comment at the end breaks the parse command, but not parseFile. Is this reproducible by others? am I doing something wrong? thanks, Brian Blais -- Brian Blais [EMAIL PROTE

Re: Best way to generate alternate toggling values in a loop?

readability of it: value='Even' other_value='Odd' for i, (id,name) in enumerate(result): stringBuffer.write(''' %d %s ''' % (value,id,name) value,other_value=other_value,value # swap the value

where to put application-specific data files?

nt to save user- configuration files, is there a recommended procedure/place for these? thanks, Brian Blais -- Brian Blais [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

distutils and development workflow

it isn't portable, so I'd like to learn how I am supposed to do it. thanks, Brian Blais -- Brian Blais [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Tix not properly installed on OS X?

nough to have the headers from the source of tcl? I just don't want to break something that is already there. thanks! bb -- Brian Blais [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Tix not properly installed on OS X?

rections seems a bit daunting, and I don't want to mess up something that is already there. Can someone help me? thanks, Brian Blais -- Brian Blais [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: good matlab interface

On Jun 30, 2007, at 2:31 AM, felix seltzer wrote: > Does any one know of a good matlab interface? > I would just use scipy or numpy, but i also need to use > the matlab neural network functions. I have tried PyMat, but am > having > a hard time getting it to install correctly. > What problems

database design help

equence field? Am I thinking about this correctly? Is there a resource I can read that goes through any of this? thanks, Brian Blais -- - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

pickling problem

dict, and take out all of the non-pickleable objects? I could replace them with something else (a tag of some sort, for me to reconstruct things later). thanks, Brian Blais -- - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.

Re: Python and GUI

rward, practical, and pythonic solution out there. Do others think like me here? thanks, Brian Blais -- - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Cherrypy setup questions

fumanchu wrote: > > No, you're not missing anything; my fault. I wasn't very awake when I > wrote that, I guess. Don't include the hostname, just write: > > sn = '/~myusername/apps' > cherrypy.quickstart(Root(), sn, config) > yay! Thanks, that works perfectly.

Re: Cherrypy setup questions

fumanchu wrote: > On May 22, 6:38 pm, Brian Blais <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'd like to start trying out some cherrypy apps, but I've >> been having some setup problems. I think I need some >> bone-head simple example to clear my understanding. :) &

Cherrypy setup questions

for port 8080, or is there only one, and the two apps share it? Are there any examples that show such a setup? I didn't see a CherryPy mailing list, so I'm posting here, but if there is somewhere else better I'd be glad to know!

Re: Organizing code - import question

Carlos Hanson wrote: > It looks like you need __init__.py in MyPackage. Then you can import > starting with MyPackage. For example, you might use one of the > following: > > import MyPackage > from MyPackage.Common import * > etc > that means that MyPackage must be in the sys path too?

Organizing code - import question

ying the code from Common into the other two directories, and making a link to the Part1 directory in the Part2 so I can import it. There must be a better way, yes? thanks, Brian Blais -- - [

python and COM

led". I have no idea how to get this to point to a python function, so I can make the AdxList.OnUpdate call python code. Is there a tutorial somewhere about this stuff, or is there a proper place to ask such questions? thanks, Brian Blais -- --

minimum age to learn python (a.k.a graphical vs text languages)

responses from people who have experience teaching programming in elementary/middle (or even high) school. Do graphical languages make a big difference? Do text-based languages put up barriers to young learners? Is it no big deal either way? thanks,

CherryPy + Database questions

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Re: CherryPy/Turbogears on server not controlled by me

Jorge Vargas wrote: > On 2/20/07, Brian Blais <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I was wondering if there is a way to run CherryPy/Turbogears on a >> server that I don't >> have root access to. > > I have never run ANY webapp as root. you should follow that adv

CherryPy/Turbogears on server not controlled by me

ctant to make changes...it took me a couple months to get them to upgrade to 2.4 from 2.3 last year, even when 2.5 was out. thanks, Brian Blais -- - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais --

Re: huge amounts of pure Python code broken by Python 2.5?

ck out the cool new features. thanks, Brian Blais -- - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Need better run/edit method. I have to restart the shell after every script change.

E" to start editing it directly. You shouldn't save things as .txt, because then IDLE will not recognize it is python you are writing, and the right-click trick probably won't work either. You should never use Notepad, because it is just icky, and doesn't know about any pro

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