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Re: What is different with Python ?

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Re: What is different with Python ?

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Re: What is different with Python ?

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Re: What is different with Python ?

Andrea Griffini wrote: > Wow... I always get surprises from physics. For example I > thought that no one could drop confutability requirement > for a theory in an experimental science... Some physicists (often mathematical physicists) propose alternate worlds because the math is interesting. Ther

Re: Dynamic class inheritance && something else

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Re: collect data using threads

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Patrick Down wrote: > My understanding is that the upcoming Civilization IV will have python > scripting. > Also, alledgedly the new BattleField II uses Python in a way... because I heard that you had to comment out a certain line in a certain .py file to remove the time limit of the demo :-) --

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John Heasly wrote: > >> John Heasly wrote: >> >>> Given: >>> [{"mugshot": "nw_gradspeaker4_0608", "width": 67.0, "height": >>> 96.0}, \ >>> {"mugshot": "nw_gradspeaker2_0608", "width": 67.0, "height": >>> 96.0}, \ >>> {"freehand": "b1.developreport.0614", "width": 154.0, "height": >>

Re: What is different with Python ?

Roy Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I've never seen someone explain why, for instance, string addition is >> O(n^2) beyond the very abstract "it creates a new string with each >> addition". No concrete details at all. > > I took a shot at that very qu

Re: What is different with Python ?

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Re: Python in Games (was RE: [Stackless] Python in Games)

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Re: Cause for using objects?

> John Heasly wrote: >> Given: >> [{"mugshot": "nw_gradspeaker4_0608", "width": 67.0, "height": >> 96.0}, \ >> {"mugshot": "nw_gradspeaker2_0608", "width": 67.0, "height": >> 96.0}, \ >> {"freehand": "b1.developreport.0614", "width": 154.0, "height": >> 210.0}, \ >> {"graphic": "

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Re: Cause for using objects?

John Heasly wrote: > Given: > [{"mugshot": "nw_gradspeaker4_0608", "width": 67.0, "height": 96.0}, \ > {"mugshot": "nw_gradspeaker2_0608", "width": 67.0, "height": 96.0}, \ > {"freehand": "b1.developreport.0614", "width": 154.0, "height": > 210.0}, \ > {"graphic": "bz_cafeparadiso_

RE: Python in Games (was RE: [Stackless] Python in Games)

Dave LeCompte (really) wrote: >> Who is using Python in games >> >> Python has been used in a number of games, including >> >>* ToonTown - http://www.toontown.com/ >>* EveOnline - http://www.eve-online.com/ >>* Blade of Darkness - http://www.codemastersusa.com/blade/ Add to that: -

Re: What is different with Python ?

Andrea Griffini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, 13 Jun 2005 21:33:50 -0500, Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>But this same logic applies to why you want to teach abstract things >>before concrete things. Since you like concrete examples, let's look >>at a simple one: >> >> a = b +

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On 14 Jun 2005 00:37:00 -0700, "Michele Simionato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >It looks like you do not have a background in Physics research. >We *do* build the world! ;) > > Michele Simionato Wow... I always get surprises from physics. For example I thought that no one could drop

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Sion Arrowsmith wrote: > Fredrik Lundh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>nope. else works in exactly the same way for all statements that >>support it: if the controlling expression is false, run the else suite >>and leave the statement. > > > For example, consider the behaviour of: > > condition =

Re: collect data using threads

Previously, on Jun 14, Peter Hansen said: # James Tanis wrote: # > I may be wrong here, but shouldn't you just use a stack, or in other # > words, use the list as a stack and just pop the data off the top. I # > believe there is a method pop() already supplied for you. # # Just a note on term

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Re: What is different with Python ?

Peter Maas wrote: > Yes, but what did you notice first when you were a child - plants > or molecules? I imagine little Andrew in the kindergarten fascinated > by molecules and suddenly shouting "Hey, we can make plants out of > these little thingies!" ;) One of the first science books that really

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harold fellermann wrote: > ... > This gives me a pointer to the class I want to use as base class. > Does anyone know how to assign this to the extension class? I tried > to build a tuple (BaseClass,) and assign it (after the respective > PyType_Ready call) ... I think this is your problem -- call

Re: What is different with Python ?

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Re: collect data using threads

Qiangning Hong wrote: > I actually had considered Queue and pop() before I wrote the above code. > However, because there is a lot of data to get every time I call > get_data(), I want a more CPU friendly way to avoid the while-loop and > empty checking, and then the above code comes out. But I a

Re: What is different with Python ? (OT I guess)

Scott David Daniels wrote: > Magnus Lycka wrote: > >> It seems to me that *real* computer scientists are very rare. > > I suspect the analysis of algorithms people are among that group. > It is intriguing to me when you can determine a lower and upper > bound on the time for the best solution to

Re: extending Python base class in C

> "harold fellermann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hi all, > > I once read that it is possible to use a python base class for a C > extension class. On 14.06.2005, at 09:29, Grigoris Tsolakidis wrote: > There was good article of how to do this on DDJ home page

Re: collect data using threads

On Tuesday 14 June 2005 17:47, Peter Hansen wrote: > Kent Johnson wrote: > > Peter Hansen wrote: > >> That will not work, and you will get data loss, as Jeremy points out. > >> > > Can you explain why not? self.data is still bound to the same list as x. > > At least if the execution sequence is x

Re: Is Python Suitable for Large Find & Replace Operations?

Brian wrote: > Hi Rbt, > > To give an example of processing a lot of data, I used Python to read > and process every word in a single text file that contained the entire > King James Bible version. It processed it within about one second -- > split the words, etc. Worked quite well. > > Hope

Re: Problem with simple C extension

On 14.06.2005, at 18:58, harold fellermann wrote: > Am I stupid or what? Yes I was ... > // PhysicsDPD instance structure > typedef struct { >PyObject_HEAD >double cutoff; >double friction; >double noise; >double dt; > } hyper_PhysicsDPD; > > > //

Re: collect data using threads

Peter Hansen wrote: > James Tanis wrote: > >> I may be wrong here, but shouldn't you just use a stack, or in other >> words, use the list as a stack and just pop the data off the top. I >> believe there is a method pop() already supplied for you. > > Just a note on terminology here. I believe

Re: collect data using threads

James Tanis wrote: > # > > > A class Collector, it spawns several threads to read from serial port. > # > > > Collector.get_data() will get all the data they have read since last > # > > > call. Who can tell me whether my implementation correct? > # > > > > # Here's the original code: > #

Re: collect data using threads

Kent Johnson wrote: > Peter Hansen wrote: >> That will not work, and you will get data loss, as Jeremy points out. >> > Can you explain why not? self.data is still bound to the same list as x. > At least if the execution sequence is x = self.data >self.data.append(a_piece_of_da

Problem with simple C extension

Am I stupid or what? I want to implement a very simple extension class in C (as I did it many times before...) The python equivalent of my class whould look like: class physics_DPD : def __init__(self,cutoff,friction,noise,dt) : self.cutoff = cutoff self.fr

Re: collect data using threads

James Tanis wrote: > I may be wrong here, but shouldn't you just use a stack, or in other > words, use the list as a stack and just pop the data off the top. I > believe there is a method pop() already supplied for you. Just a note on terminology here. I believe the word "stack" generally ref

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Previously, on Jun 14, Jeremy Jones said: # Kent Johnson wrote: # # > Peter Hansen wrote: # > # > > Qiangning Hong wrote: # > > # > > # > > > A class Collector, it spawns several threads to read from serial port. # > > > Collector.get_data() will get all the data they have read since last

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Re: collect data using threads

Kent Johnson wrote: Peter Hansen wrote: Qiangning Hong wrote: A class Collector, it spawns several threads to read from serial port. Collector.get_data() will get all the data they have read since last call. Who can tell me whether my implementation correct?

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Magnus Lycka wrote: > It seems to me that *real* computer scientists are very rare. I suspect the analysis of algorithms people are among that group. It is intriguing to me when you can determine a lower and upper bound on the time for the best solution to a problem relatively independent of the pa

Re: What is different with Python ? (OT I guess)

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Peter Hansen wrote: > Qiangning Hong wrote: > >> A class Collector, it spawns several threads to read from serial port. >> Collector.get_data() will get all the data they have read since last >> call. Who can tell me whether my implementation correct? > > [snip sample with a list] > >> I am not

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On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 14:24:56 -, Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Your example is not using standard alignment. It's using >native alignment: > >By default, C numbers are represented in the machine's native >format and byte order, and properly aligned by skipping pad >by

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On 6/14/05, Magnus Lycka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrew Dalke wrote: > > Andrea Griffini wrote: > > > >>This is investigating. Programming is more similar to building > >>instead (with a very few exceptions). CS is not like physics or > >>chemistry or biology where you're given a result (the w

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I dont see the modaltest.py would u please send me a link to it. I still have not been able to gets winGuiAuto to work. I have pamie logging into a site, navigating to the downloads section, and clicking the link of the file to download and it stops right there. I am downloading a zip file and the

Re: ZCatalog for standalone Zodb?

Am Tue, 14 Jun 2005 11:45:30 +0200 schrieb Almad: > Hello, > > is ZCatalog available for standalone zodb? As far as I read tutorial, the > relation to zope is obvious. > > I knew there is IndexedCatalog, but its not developed any more...and without > indexing, oodbms are unusable for cms, imo.

Re: Problem with 'struct' module

On 2005-06-14, Matt Feinstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Using the 'struct' module (Win32, python version 2.4.1)-- > > The library documentation says that 'no alignment is required > for any type'. Right. It says that for Standard alignment, and that's correct. > However, struct.calcsize('fd'

Re: Geometry library

The Polygon library for Python: http://www.dezentral.de/warp.html?http://www.dezentral.de/soft/Polygon/index.html provides some support for dealing with polygons, which seems to be the only hard thing on this list. The rest you should be able to implement easily. Alex On 6/14/05, Cyril BAZIN <[EM

Re: Going crazy...

Jan Danielsson wrote: > Gary Herron wrote: >>... a more recent addition to the language is Sets, ... >from sets import Set >Set([1,2,3,4,5,6]) - Set([2,3,6]) >> >>Set([1, 4, 5]) If you are using 2.4 or later, you can simply use "set" without importing anything. set(['apple', 'orange'

Problem with 'struct' module

Using the 'struct' module (Win32, python version 2.4.1)-- The library documentation says that 'no alignment is required for any type'. However, struct.calcsize('fd') gives 16 while struct.calcsize('df') gives 12, implying that double precision data has to start on a double-word boundary. Matt F

Re: implicit variable declaration and access

Tom Anderson wrote: > ... If it's not, try: > x = "myVarName" > y = "myVarValue" > locals()[x] = y Sorry, this works with globals(), but not with locals(). There isn't a simple way to fiddle the locals (the number is determined when the function is built). I do, however, agree with you about what

Re: What is different with Python ? (OT I guess)

Andrew Dalke wrote: > Andrea Griffini wrote: > >>This is investigating. Programming is more similar to building >>instead (with a very few exceptions). CS is not like physics or >>chemistry or biology where you're given a result (the world) >>and you're looking for the unknown laws. In programming

Re: What is different with Python ?

> > High and low tides aren't caused by the moon. > They're not??? I suppose, that the trick here is to state, that not the moon, but the earth rotation relative to the moon causes it, so putting the moon at cause is considered wrong, because its existance alone were not the cause for high and low

Re: What is different with Python ?

Andrew Dalke schrieb: > Peter Maas wrote: > >>I think Peter is right. Proceeding top-down is the natural way of >>learning (first learn about plants, then proceed to cells, molecules, >>atoms and elementary particles). > > > Why in the world is that way "natural"? I could see how biology > coul

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