mx.DateTime to datetime.datetime

Is there a constructor for an mx.DateTime object which takes a datetime.datetime object? It seems like a pretty common thing to do but I didn't see such a constructor in the mx.DateTime docs. Thanks -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Character encoding

I have html document titles with characters like >,  , and ‡. How do I decode a string with these values in Python? Thanks -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Character encoding

it occurs. It doesn't take too much code. > > On Nov 7, 1:34 pm, "mp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have html document titles with characters like >,  , and > > ‡. How do I decode a string with these values in Python? > > > > Thanks -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Python framework questions

there other options? Second, is a cgi-bin directory really necessary? Are there security issues with configuring Apache to allow cgi-bin execution in other directories? Thanks MP -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Non-Blocking IO

rite(fin.fileno(),'blah') fin.flush() print os.read(fout.fileno(),256) Calling try3() yields the error: File "./test.py", line 54, in try3 print os.read(fout.fileno(),256) OSError: [Errno 35] Resource temporarily unavailable If anyone could help me accomplish t

Modify one character in a string

se and what function should I use to modify a single character once in that file mode? Thanks MP -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Non-blocking connect

Code is at bottom. Basically, if I turn off socket blocking prior to connecting, I get a "Socket is not connected" error when I try to send data. However, if I do not turn off blocking, OR if I place a print statement anywhere before the send call, it works! WTF? I'd like to understand what's goin

Re: Non-blocking connect

Thanks Roy. I was just trying to understand someone else's code, but in the end it turns out that this was just a bug. What weirded me out was how injecting a print statement preventing the error from occurring, but now I get it. Without blocking, the connection handshake occurs in parallel after

symbolic links, aliases, cls clear

to find the command 'clear'? i'm using os x. thanks mp -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

negative base raised to fractional exponent

Does anyone know of an approximation to raising a negative base to a fractional exponent? For example, (-3)^-4.1 since this cannot be computed without using imaginary numbers. Any help is appreciated. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: negative base raised to fractional exponent

On Oct 17, 4:05 am, Ken Schutte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Does anyone know of an approximation to raising a negative base to a > > fractional exponent? For example, (-3)^-4.1 since this cannot be > > computed without using imaginary numbers. Any help is appreciat

Can you determine the sign of the polar form of a complex number?

To compute the absolute value of a negative base raised to a fractional exponent such as: z = (-3)^4.5 you can compute the real and imaginary parts and then convert to the polar form to get the correct value: real_part = ( 3^-4.5 ) * cos( -4.5 * pi ) imag_part = ( 3^-4.5 ) * sin( -4.5 * pi ) |z

Re: Can you determine the sign of the polar form of a complex number?

Just to clarify what I'm after: If you plot (-3)^n where n is a set of negative real numbers between 0 and -20 for example, then you get a discontinuos line due to the problem mentioned above with fractional exponents. However, you can compute what the correct absolute value of the the missing poi