[issue9624] 2755

2010-08-27 Thread Jay Ballard
Jay Ballard added the comment: I'm trying to install Python -- title: "failure to find drive" error message when trying to install something unspecified -> 2755 Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file18660/unnamed Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file18661/Python.JPG ___

[issue9702] Python violates most users expectations via the modification differences of immutable and mutable objects in methods

2010-08-27 Thread david
david added the comment: On 28 August 2010 09:10, Theo Julienne wrote: > > Theo Julienne added the comment: > > def list_again(foo): >        foo.append("bar") > > def list_again_again(foo): >        foo = foo + ["1"] > > > The part that can be confusing is that 'foo' is a *copy* of a *referen

[issue9053] distutils compiles extensions so that Python.h cannot be found

2010-08-27 Thread Jean-Paul Calderone
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[issue9053] distutils compiles extensions so that Python.h cannot be found

2010-08-27 Thread Jean-Paul Calderone
Jean-Paul Calderone added the comment: exar...@boson:~/Projects/python-signalfd/trunk$ PYTHONPATH= ~/Projects/python/branches/py3k/python setup.py build_ext -i running build_ext building 'signalfd._signalfd' extension creating build creating build/temp.linux-i686-3.2 creating build/temp.linux-i

[issue9704] 3.2 - zlib.pc.in is missing in source tree

2010-08-27 Thread Sridhar Ratnakumar
Sridhar Ratnakumar added the comment: OK - we use Modules/zlib for ActivePython build on all platforms (not just Windows). When I included the following files from zlib-1.2.5.tar.gz - Modules/zlib builds fine. gzclose.c gzguts.h gzlib.cgzread.c gzwrite.c zlib.pc.in zlib.map zconf.h

[issue9704] 3.2 - zlib.pc.in is missing in source tree

2010-08-27 Thread Martin v . Löwis
Martin v. Löwis added the comment: It certainly builds fine on Linux; I also believe it builds fine on OSX. In either case, it should use the system zlib; the included zlib will be used only on Windows, and on systems that don't have a system zlib. I certainly didn't include all files from zl

[issue9704] 3.2 - zlib.pc.in is missing in source tree

2010-08-27 Thread Sridhar Ratnakumar
New submission from Sridhar Ratnakumar : We, ActiveState, are trying to build Python 3.2 (py3k branch) and get this error: make: [build_zlib] running 'cd build/pyhg_branches_py3k-linux-x86_64-hgtip32/python/Modules/zlib && CFLAGS="-fPIC" ./configure --prefix=/home/sridharr/as/apy/branches/32

[issue8998] add crypto routines to stdlib

2010-08-27 Thread Éric Araujo
Éric Araujo added the comment: Thanks for the reply, the situation looks good! I’m an interested outsider with practically no knowledge of encryption except from a high-level GPG user viewpoint, so I can’t help with tests, but I could give a hand to documentation. -- ___

[issue9694] argparse: Default Help Message Lists Required Args As Optional

2010-08-27 Thread Éric Araujo
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[issue9702] Python violates most users expectations via the modification differences of immutable and mutable objects in methods

2010-08-27 Thread Theo Julienne
Theo Julienne added the comment: def list_again(foo): foo.append("bar") def list_again_again(foo): foo = foo + ["1"] The part that can be confusing is that 'foo' is a *copy* of a *reference* to an object. Because 'foo' is a copy, assigning to it will only alter a local copy,

[issue4319] optparse and non-ascii help strings

2010-08-27 Thread R. David Murray
R. David Murray added the comment: While I think there is indeed an expectations bug here, I also think it is no longer worth fixing. argparse is the New Way, as is 3.x and its Strings. Closing as wont fix. -- nosy: +r.david.murray resolution: -> wont fix status: open -> closed __

[issue1677] Ctrl-C will exit out of Python interpreter in Windows

2010-08-27 Thread Isaul Vargas
Isaul Vargas added the comment: I tested this on a real Windows 7 machine (64 bit, Ultimate) I open the command prompt, and I have the latest Pythons installed, Python 2.6.6, Python 2.7 final, and Python 3.1.2 If I hold down Ctrl-C, it will eventually exit the interpreter. Though it's not normal

[issue9703] default param values

2010-08-27 Thread Georg Brandl
Georg Brandl added the comment: This is by design. Parameter default values are evaluated when the function is defined, not when it is called. Therefore, by assigning the default value to an instance attribute, you are basically sharing it between instances. -- nosy: +georg.brandl r

[issue9703] default param values

2010-08-27 Thread vladimir
New submission from vladimir : This program: class t( object): def __init__(self,ime,param1=[],param2=[]): print "+++init+++" print "ime = ",ime print "param1 = ", param1 print "param2 = ", param2 print

[issue5217] testExtractDir (test.test_zipfile.TestWithDirectory) fails when python built with srcdir != builddir

2010-08-27 Thread Éric Araujo
Éric Araujo added the comment: 3.0 is unsupported; does the bug exist for 3.1 or 3.2? -- status: pending -> closed ___ Python tracker ___

[issue4151] Separate build dir broken

2010-08-27 Thread Éric Araujo
Éric Araujo added the comment: I think so too. -- assignee: nascheme -> mwh nosy: +mwh resolution: -> fixed status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue3985] removed string module use in distutils

2010-08-27 Thread Éric Araujo
Éric Araujo added the comment: Fixed in r73121 for 2.7 and years ago in 3.0. distutils2 was forked after the fix in 2.7. -- components: +Distutils resolution: accepted -> fixed stage: patch review -> committed/rejected status: open -> closed title: removed string module from distutils

[issue1677] Ctrl-C will exit out of Python interpreter in Windows

2010-08-27 Thread R. David Murray
R. David Murray added the comment: I can't reproduce this on windows (in a KVM) with 2.6 or 2.7. -- nosy: +r.david.murray ___ Python tracker ___ _

[issue9652] Enhance argparse help output customizability

2010-08-27 Thread R. David Murray
Changes by R. David Murray : -- title: Tidy argparse default output -> Enhance argparse help output customizability ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue9701] Update ZSH profile on Mac OS installation

2010-08-27 Thread Ned Deily
Changes by Ned Deily : -- assignee: -> ronaldoussoren components: +Macintosh versions: +Python 3.1, Python 3.2 ___ Python tracker ___

[issue5556] interactive interpreter, source encoding

2010-08-27 Thread Terry J. Reedy
Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Additional note: RefMan 2. Lexical analysis: "Python reads program text as Unicode code points;" Doc for runsource says "Compile and run some source in the interpreter. Arguments are the same as for compile_command()". Latter says "sourse is the source string

[issue4327] Patch: simplify complex constant assignment statements

2010-08-27 Thread Terry J. Reedy
Terry J. Reedy added the comment: I agree. A programmer who mashes a = d = 1 b, c = e = 2, 3 into one statement deserves the bytecode he gets ;-). -- nosy: +terry.reedy ___ Python tracker __

[issue9119] Python download page needs to mention crypto code in Windows installer

2010-08-27 Thread Raymond Hettinger
Raymond Hettinger added the comment: FYI, there is a section of the docs devoted to notifications and attribution licenses: http://docs.python.org/license.html#licenses-and-acknowledgements-for-incorporated-software -- nosy: +rhettinger ___ Python

[issue9119] Python download page needs to mention crypto code in Windows installer

2010-08-27 Thread Terry J. Reedy
Terry J. Reedy added the comment: This is really two issues: docs and windows builds. As for docs: Many of the module doc pages mention original authors and give urls for further info. The ssl page already says " This module uses the OpenSSL library." Rather than fuss over whether the doc con

[issue9205] Parent process hanging in multiprocessing if children terminate unexpectedly

2010-08-27 Thread Ask Solem
Ask Solem added the comment: By the way, I'm also working on writing some simple benchmarks for the multiple queues approach, just to see if theres at all an overhead to worry about. -- ___ Python tracker

[issue9632] Remove sys.setfilesystemencoding()

2010-08-27 Thread Marc-Andre Lemburg
Marc-Andre Lemburg added the comment: Antoine Pitrou wrote: > > Antoine Pitrou added the comment: > Think of e.g. embedded Python interpreters or py2exe-style applications running on Linux or other systems that don't use Unicode APIs for FS-interaction or have fixed FS-encodin

[issue9652] Tidy argparse default output

2010-08-27 Thread Tom Browder
Tom Browder added the comment: ... > Should this be closed in favor of #9694? (Or vice versa?). Perhaps one of the > issues should be renamed something like "Improve argparse message > customization". That sounds like a winner to me -Tom -- title: Enhance argparse help output custom

[issue9205] Parent process hanging in multiprocessing if children terminate unexpectedly

2010-08-27 Thread Ask Solem
Ask Solem added the comment: > - A worker removes a job from the queue and is killed before > sending an ACK. Yeah, this may be a problem. I was thinking we could make sure the task is acked before child process shutdown. Kill -9 is then not safe, but do we really want to guarantee that in mu

[issue967161] pty.spawn() enhancements

2010-08-27 Thread R. David Murray
R. David Murray added the comment: No, issue 2489 is a bug fix, and the inclusion of a feature request in it has already had an objection. This bug should stay open to cover the feature request, I think. The patch for the RFE is pretty simple... -- nosy: +r.david.murray stage: -> u

[issue2489] Patch for bugs in pty.py

2010-08-27 Thread R. David Murray
R. David Murray added the comment: OK, file restored. Design bugs are usually fixed by "feature requests" :) See issue 967171 for the feature request. -- versions: +Python 2.7, Python 3.2 -Python 2.4, Python 2.6 ___ Python tracker

[issue2489] Patch for bugs in pty.py

2010-08-27 Thread R. David Murray
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[issue9664] Make gzip module not require that underlying file object support seek

2010-08-27 Thread Terry J. Reedy
Terry J. Reedy added the comment: I do not think your wish is sensibly possible. GzipFile wraps an object that is or simulates a file. This is necessary because GzipFile "simulates most of the methods of a file object, with the exception of the readinto() and truncate() methods." Note that se

[issue2489] Patch for bugs in pty.py

2010-08-27 Thread R. David Murray
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[issue2489] Patch for bugs in pty.py

2010-08-27 Thread R. David Murray
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[issue2489] Patch for bugs in pty.py

2010-08-27 Thread R. David Murray
R. David Murray added the comment: Woops, didn't mean to delete that file. Reattaching. -- nosy: +r.david.murray Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file18665/pty.py.patch3 ___ Python tracker __

[issue2489] Patch for bugs in pty.py

2010-08-27 Thread R. David Murray
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[issue9377] socket, PEP 383: Mishandling of non-ASCII bytes in host/domain names

2010-08-27 Thread Martin v . Löwis
Martin v. Löwis added the comment: > It's not reasonable when addressed to a customer who might go > elsewhere. I remain -1 on this change, until such a customer actually shows up at a Python developer. -- title: socket, PEP 383: Mishandling of non-ASCII bytes in host/domain names ->

[issue9205] Parent process hanging in multiprocessing if children terminate unexpectedly

2010-08-27 Thread Greg Brockman
Greg Brockman added the comment: Ah, you're right--sorry, I had misread your code. I hadn't noticed the usage of the worker_pids. This explains what you're doing with the ACKs. Now, the problem is, I think doing it this way introduces some races (which is why I introduced the ACK from the tas

[issue9652] Enhance argparse help output customizability

2010-08-27 Thread R. David Murray
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[issue9652] Enhance argparse help output customizability

2010-08-27 Thread R. David Murray
Changes by R. David Murray : -- title: Tidy argparse default output -> Enhance argparse help output customizability ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue9694] argparse: Default Help Message Lists Required Args As Optional

2010-08-27 Thread R. David Murray
R. David Murray added the comment: *This* bug is a behavior bug (required flags are mis-labelled as being optional in the help text). The referenced bug is a feature request, but it may make sense to consider it while fixing this one. -- ___ Pytho

[issue9377] socket, PEP 383: Mishandling of non-ASCII bytes in host/domain names

2010-08-27 Thread David Watson
David Watson added the comment: > > I don't see how a name resolution API returning non-ASCII bytes > > would indicate an error. > > It's in violation of RFC 952 (slightly relaxed by RFC 1123). That's bad if it's on the public Internet, but it's not an error. The OS is returning the name by w

[issue1486713] HTMLParser : A auto-tolerant parsing mode

2010-08-27 Thread R. David Murray
R. David Murray added the comment: For anyone who does want to work on this (and I do, but it will be quite a while before I can) see also issue 6191. -- ___ Python tracker _

[issue9205] Parent process hanging in multiprocessing if children terminate unexpectedly

2010-08-27 Thread Ask Solem
Ask Solem added the comment: New patch attach (termination-trackjobs3.patch). > Hmm, a few notes. I have a bunch of nitpicks, but those > can wait for a later iteration. (Just one style nit: I > noticed a few unneeded whitespace changes... please try > not to do that, as it makes the patch hard

[issue9669] regexp: zero-width matches in MIN_UNTIL

2010-08-27 Thread Terry J. Reedy
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[issue9672] test_xpickle fails on Windows: invokes pythonx.y instead of pythonxy

2010-08-27 Thread Antoine Pitrou
Antoine Pitrou added the comment: This is not a failure, it just indicates that the tests get skipped. While I agree that ideally the tests should be able to run on all systems, it should also be noted that the pickle protocols are (supposed to be) platform-agnostic and, therefore, it is not m

[issue9672] test_xpickle fails on Windows: invokes pythonx.y instead of pythonxy

2010-08-27 Thread Terry J. Reedy
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[issue6822] Error calling .storlines from ftplib

2010-08-27 Thread STINNER Victor
STINNER Victor added the comment: pitrou> The FTP class is not supposed to guess in which charset pitrou> your data should be encoded. pitrou> (the "encoding" argument on the FTP class is meant pitrou> for protocol commands (such as file names), not for file pitrou> contents) I agree, my patc

[issue9668] strings in json.dump in '' instead of ""

2010-08-27 Thread Terry J. Reedy
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[issue9668] strings in json.dump in '' instead of ""

2010-08-27 Thread Terry J. Reedy
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[issue9668] strings in json.dump in '' instead of ""

2010-08-27 Thread Terry J. Reedy
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[issue9668] strings in json.dump in '' instead of ""

2010-08-27 Thread Terry J. Reedy
Terry J. Reedy added the comment: 2.6.6 is the final 2.6 bugfix release. A bug would have to be demonstrated with 2.7 or 3.1/2. On 3.1, winxp, I get this also: >>> import json >>> json.dumps('foo') '"foo"' -- nosy: +terry.reedy status: pending -> open versions: -Python 2.6 __

[issue9699] invalid call of Windows API _popen() generating The input line is too long error message

2010-08-27 Thread Tim Golden
Tim Golden added the comment: I'll pick this up and try to decide what's best to do. I'm away from home for a few weeks and have only intermittent internet access. Thanks, Sorin, for a reproducible test case. -- title: invalid call of Windows API _popen() generating The input line is to

[issue9694] argparse: Default Help Message Lists Required Args As Optional

2010-08-27 Thread Terry J. Reedy
Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Is this really a behavior bug or doc bug? Or a feature request for better message customization? -- nosy: +terry.reedy ___ Python tracker ___ __

[issue9652] Tidy argparse default output

2010-08-27 Thread Terry J. Reedy
Terry J. Reedy added the comment: 2.7 is closed to new features and I cannot see making a non-bug change in a maintenance release that could break something. Should this be closed in favor of #9694? (Or vice versa?). Perhaps one of the issues should be renamed something like "Improve argparse

[issue9205] Parent process hanging in multiprocessing if children terminate unexpectedly

2010-08-27 Thread Greg Brockman
Greg Brockman added the comment: Hmm, a few notes. I have a bunch of nitpicks, but those can wait for a later iteration. (Just one style nit: I noticed a few unneeded whitespace changes... please try not to do that, as it makes the patch harder to read.) - Am I correct that you handle a cra

[issue6822] Error calling .storlines from ftplib

2010-08-27 Thread Antoine Pitrou
Antoine Pitrou added the comment: > But I can tell you that I've never had another FTP program fail like > Python 3 is failing for me trying to what seems like a simple transfer > of a text file (expecting the line endings to be adjusted). Python 3 is not failing, you are just using it the wr

[issue9632] Remove sys.setfilesystemencoding()

2010-08-27 Thread Antoine Pitrou
Antoine Pitrou added the comment: > >> Think of e.g. embedded Python interpreters or py2exe-style applications > >> running on Linux or other systems that don't use Unicode APIs > >> for FS-interaction or have fixed FS-encodings. > > > > What is the problem here? Python does guess the filesyst

[issue1674555] sys.path in tests contains system directories

2010-08-27 Thread R. David Murray
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[issue9699] invalid call of Windows API _popen() generating The input line is too long error message

2010-08-27 Thread Tim Golden
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[issue9702] Python violates most users expectations via the modification differences of immutable and mutable objects in methods

2010-08-27 Thread david
david added the comment: Just to clarify that last comment. By exhibiting this behaviour python, introduces the potential for a lot more errors in code that seems to be correct to most people. Remember this bug is about the differences in behaviour for 'mutable' and 'immutable' objects. ---

[issue9702] Python violates most users expectations via the modification differences of immutable and mutable objects in methods

2010-08-27 Thread david
david added the comment: To quote the zen of python: "Readability counts. Special cases aren't special enough to break the rules." -- ___ Python tracker ___ _

[issue6407] multiprocessing Pool should allow custom task queue

2010-08-27 Thread Mark Lawrence
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[issue9697] python 2.3.4 installation error on 64 bit env

2010-08-27 Thread Éric Araujo
Éric Araujo added the comment: Bug fixes also go into the development version, 3.2 (branch named py3k). (http://python.org/download/ tells what the stable versions are, but http://python.org/ does not clearly.) -- ___ Python tracker

[issue9702] Python violates most users expectations via the modification differences of immutable and mutable objects in methods

2010-08-27 Thread Martin v . Löwis
Martin v. Löwis added the comment: david, please accept that regardless of whether this is a bug or not, people dealing with bug reports will always determine that it is no bug, and close it. *Please stop reopening this report*. If you want to appeal to this decision, please post a message to

[issue9699] invalid call of Windows API _popen() generating The input line is too long error message

2010-08-27 Thread R. David Murray
R. David Murray added the comment: Thanks, sorin. This issue is at least affected by the fix to issue 2304. I don't currently have an up-to-date version of 2.7 trunk on my windows VM, so I can't test your code there. (Note that 'import tee' needs to be removed before your test program will

[issue9702] Python violates most users expectations via the modification differences of immutable and mutable objects in methods

2010-08-27 Thread Giampaolo Rodola'
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[issue9702] Python violates most users expectations via the modification differences of immutable and mutable objects in methods

2010-08-27 Thread david
david added the comment: "Please stop this python isolated mentality and autistic behaviour and consider the possibility of being wrong." ... No I didn't, did you read what I said? Also, repeatedly closing this bug isn't going to make it go away. You are kidding your self if you think that 99%

[issue6362] multiprocessing: handling of errno after signals in sem_acquire()

2010-08-27 Thread Mark Lawrence
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[issue9702] Python violates most users expectations via the modification differences of immutable and mutable objects in methods

2010-08-27 Thread Raymond Hettinger
Raymond Hettinger added the comment: The current design has existed for almost twenty years. It is deeply embedded in the language. For better or worse, it cannot and won't change. -- nosy: +rhettinger ___ Python tracker

[issue9702] Python violates most users expectations via the modification differences of immutable and mutable objects in methods

2010-08-27 Thread david
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[issue9699] invalid call of Windows API _popen() generating The input line is too long error message

2010-08-27 Thread sorin
sorin added the comment: True about tee, I forgot to remove it. By the way, in case the other patch does not solve the issue we can use the quote_command() from http://github.com/ssbarnea/tendo/blob/master/tendo/tee.py to solve it. -- versions: +Python 2.5 ___

[issue9702] Python violates most users expectations via the modification differences of immutable and mutable objects in methods

2010-08-27 Thread Benjamin Peterson
Benjamin Peterson added the comment: 2010/8/27 david : > > david added the comment: > > Excuse me for reporting weird and not expected behaviour on behalf of *most* > coders. Your assumption that most coders are confused by this comes from where? > > Here https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubun

[issue9702] Python violates most users expectations via the modification differences of immutable and mutable objects in methods

2010-08-27 Thread Benjamin Peterson
Benjamin Peterson added the comment: Please use a language that makes sense to you then. -- nosy: +benjamin.peterson resolution: later -> invalid status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker __

[issue9702] Python violates most users expectations via the modification differences of immutable and mutable objects in methods

2010-08-27 Thread Benjamin Peterson
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[issue9702] Python violates most users expectations via the modification differences of immutable and mutable objects in methods

2010-08-27 Thread Raymond Hettinger
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[issue3111] multiprocessing ppc Debian/ ia64 Ubuntu compilation error

2010-08-27 Thread Mark Lawrence
Mark Lawrence added the comment: Can this be closed as it looks to me like a 2 year old test error and not an extension module error, am I correct? Refer to msg68349 and msg68363. -- nosy: +BreamoreBoy type: -> behavior ___ Python tracker

[issue9702] Python violates most users expectations via the modification differences of immutable and mutable objects in methods

2010-08-27 Thread david
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[issue9702] Python violates most users expectations via the modification differences of immutable and mutable objects in methods

2010-08-27 Thread Benjamin Peterson
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[issue6653] Potential memory leak in multiprocessing

2010-08-27 Thread Mark Lawrence
Changes by Mark Lawrence : -- components: +Library (Lib) stage: -> needs patch type: -> resource usage versions: +Python 2.7, Python 3.1, Python 3.2 ___ Python tracker ___ _

[issue6056] socket.setdefaulttimeout affecting multiprocessing Manager

2010-08-27 Thread Mark Lawrence
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[issue9702] Python violates most users expectations via the modification differences of immutable and mutable objects in methods

2010-08-27 Thread david
david added the comment: Excuse me for reporting weird and not expected behaviour on behalf of *most* coders. Here https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/checkbox/+bug/625076 I understand python fine. If I have to find security bugs in *lots* more python projects to prove my point I w

[issue3125] test_multiprocessing causes test_ctypes to fail

2010-08-27 Thread Mark Lawrence
Mark Lawrence added the comment: Is this still a problem or can this be closed, given r65883? -- components: +Tests nosy: +BreamoreBoy stage: -> patch review type: -> behavior ___ Python tracker _

[issue9702] Python violates most users expectations via the modification differences of immutable and mutable objects in methods

2010-08-27 Thread david
david added the comment: If you like I can look for this new security bugs in existing python projects and show you why this is a *very* bad idea. Please stop this python isolated mentality and autistic behaviour and consider the possibility of being wrong. -- _

[issue9702] Python violates most users expectations via the modification differences of immutable and mutable objects in methods

2010-08-27 Thread david
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[issue9702] Python violates most users expectations via the modification differences of immutable and mutable objects in methods

2010-08-27 Thread david
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[issue8695] Issue while installing Python 2.6.5 in IBM AIX 6.1

2010-08-27 Thread Mark Lawrence
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[issue9702] Python violates most users expectations via the modification differences of immutable and mutable objects in methods

2010-08-27 Thread Benjamin Peterson
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[issue9702] Python violates most users expectations via the modification differences of immutable and mutable objects in methods

2010-08-27 Thread david
david added the comment: In c pointers are *explicit*, ditto in c++, in java everything is a pointer. In asm, well that is asm. This behaviour in python, makes python code *really* hard to read and *hard* to understand. Can you python devs / people stop calling a bug reporter stupid when they

[issue9702] Python violates most users expectations via the modification differences of immutable and mutable objects in methods

2010-08-27 Thread david
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[issue9702] Python violates most users expectations via the modification differences of immutable and mutable objects in methods

2010-08-27 Thread david
david added the comment: def list_again(foo): foo.append("bar") def list_again_again(foo): foo = foo + ["1"] if __name__ == "__main__": bar = [] list_again(bar) print bar list_again_again(bar) print bar Ok so let me without running the

[issue9702] Python violates most users expectations via the modification differences of immutable and mutable objects in methods

2010-08-27 Thread R. David Murray
R. David Murray added the comment: What you describe is the way Python is *designed* to work at a very fundamental level. Read about 'namespaces', and look at the computer science literature on 'call by object'. -- nosy: +r.david.murray resolution: later -> invalid status: open -> cl

[issue9119] Python download page needs to mention crypto code in Windows installer

2010-08-27 Thread Marc-Andre Lemburg
Marc-Andre Lemburg added the comment: Martin v. Löwis wrote: > > Martin v. Löwis added the comment: > >> Since we are not following those old-style BSD license requirements > > You state that is if it was a fact, which is it not. We, indeed, fully > comply with the license requirements. > >>

[issue9702] Python violates most users expectations via the modification differences of immutable and mutable objects in methods

2010-08-27 Thread david
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[issue6234] cgi.FieldStorage is broken when given POST data

2010-08-27 Thread Mark Lawrence
Changes by Mark Lawrence : -- versions: +Python 2.7, Python 3.1, Python 3.2 -Python 3.0 ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mai

[issue9702] Python violates most users expectations via the modification differences of immutable and mutable objects in methods

2010-08-27 Thread david
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[issue9702] Python violates most users expectations via the modification differences of immutable and mutable objects in methods

2010-08-27 Thread david
david added the comment: I strongly suggest you reconsider as *most* programmers will not think about it this way. No you failed to understand my bug report apparently. I understand the behaviour. However, you failed to understand the problem. *PLEASE* read and think about it. -- _

[issue9119] Python download page needs to mention crypto code in Windows installer

2010-08-27 Thread Martin v . Löwis
Martin v. Löwis added the comment: > Since we are not following those old-style BSD license requirements You state that is if it was a fact, which is it not. We, indeed, fully comply with the license requirements. > The python.org site is full of references to OpenSSL. Most > prominently in th

[issue9699] invalid call of Windows API _popen() generating The input line is too long error message

2010-08-27 Thread sorin
sorin added the comment: Here is a test file. It does contain 3 command lines that are similar but one of them is not working (cmd_2). -- Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file18662/bug_line_too_long.py ___ Python tracker

[issue9652] Tidy argparse default output

2010-08-27 Thread Steven Bethard
Steven Bethard added the comment: Looks like "usage" is almost always lowercase in the programs I tried (ssh, svn, cat, etc.). So it probably wouldn't be a good idea to change the default. Seems like both this and issue 9694 need a better way to customize the text in argparse mesages. As a t

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