Re: [Tutor] Python API

2013-02-16 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On 17/02/13 12:34, Alan Gauld wrote: It's unusual for any website to allow other people to change it. *cough* You may have heard of a little site called "Wikipedia"... ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page A very, very small selection of other collaborative wikis: http://c2.com/cgi/wik

Re: [Tutor] Python API

2013-02-16 Thread Alan Gauld
On 17/02/13 00:11, Claira wrote: I don't know how this mailing list thing works, Most mailing lists work the same way. You sign up and any mails that get sent to the server get relayed to all of the members. That's about all there is to it. But there are some social conventions in the way peo

Re: [Tutor] Python API

2013-02-16 Thread Claira
On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 6:35 PM, Danny Yoo wrote: > > > On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 5:11 PM, Claira wrote: > >> I dont know how this mailing list thing works, first time on it, they >> should have something that makes sense like quora.com >> >> > Be aware that mailing lists have a pretty long histor

Re: [Tutor] Python API

2013-02-16 Thread Danny Yoo
On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 5:11 PM, Claira wrote: > I dont know how this mailing list thing works, first time on it, they > should have something that makes sense like quora.com > > Be aware that mailing lists have a pretty long history, at least in computing terms. You might be interested in readi

Re: [Tutor] Python API

2013-02-16 Thread Claira
I dont know how this mailing list thing works, first time on it, they should have something that makes sense like quora.com For the question I asked, I didn't know you had to do all that just to get a map. What happens if I use http://mapbox.com + Python + Yelp API ? I thought that google maps le

Re: [Tutor] Web programming question: Re: Tutor Digest, Vol 108, Issue 58

2013-02-16 Thread Danny Yoo
>> Hi, I signed up a while ago, but I didn't really understand anything. I >> have a basic question that maybe someone can help with. I'll like to >> integrate yelp data -- http://www.programmableweb.com/api/yelp -- onto >> google maps -- http://www.programmableweb.com/api/google-maps -- like >> ho

Re: [Tutor] associating two objects without ORM and processing a text file

2013-02-16 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On 16/02/13 19:32, eryksun wrote: On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 1:21 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: while atexit can be set anywhere and isn't obvious. It's also somewhat risky, since you never know when some library you import will silently replace it with their own hook. Use try/finally if the task i

[Tutor] Web programming question: Re: Tutor Digest, Vol 108, Issue 58

2013-02-16 Thread Alan Gauld
Please start new topics with a new post (ie a fresh mail to tutor@python.org) Please do not reply to digests without trimming out all irrelevant content - some people pay by the byte. Please choose a sensible subject line not "Tutor Digest..." On 16/02/13 03:09, Claira wrote: Hi, I signed up

Re: [Tutor] associating two objects without ORM and processing a text file

2013-02-16 Thread eryksun
On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 1:21 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > while atexit can be set anywhere and isn't obvious. It's also somewhat > risky, since you never know when some library you import will silently > replace it with their own hook. Use try/finally if the task is clearer that way. atexit is be