Re: "Advanced" Python programming book?

2010-01-11 Thread webtourist
On Jan 10, 8:35 am, flow wrote: > I've just finished reading a sort of beginner Python book, and I know > quite a bit now but I'm looking for a book that can teach me advanced > aspects of Python - code optimisation, threading, etc. > > Any recommendations? > > Cheers. Can you tell us what book i

Re: subprocess returncode is masked

2009-12-28 Thread webtourist
On Dec 28, 11:12 am, Emmanuel wrote: > I'm using Python 2.6 and the new subprocess module to get the exit value > of an external executable. It appears the return value given by wait() > or poll() operations is masked under Unix: I only get the lower 8 bits. > So an exit value of 0x0402 in the C p

on "Namespaces"

2009-11-08 Thread webtourist
New bie Question: in "Zen of Python" - what exactly does the last one mean ? - Namespaces are one honking great idea -- let's do more of those! I mean why the emphasis ? Is it like saying "put modules into packages" in other programming paradigm s ? thanks -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/list

What exactly is an "Implementation of Python" ?

2008-11-07 Thread webtourist
Warning: New learner here Not sure what the term means "implementation of Python". So what exactly does it mean *"implementation of Python"* like cpython, Jython, IronPython ? In terms of IronPython --- does it mean a Python programmer can write .Net app in Python ? Thanks examples and ANA