On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 1:26 PM, Ben Finney wrote:
> Roy Smith writes:
>
>> In article ,
>> Chris Angelico wrote:
>>
>> > > Heck, I can't even really move off 2.6 because we use Amazon's EMR
>> > > service, which is stuck on 2.6.
>> >
>> > Hrm. 2.6 is now in source-only security-only support, a
Roy Smith writes:
> In article ,
> Chris Angelico wrote:
>
> > > Heck, I can't even really move off 2.6 because we use Amazon's EMR
> > > service, which is stuck on 2.6.
> >
> > Hrm. 2.6 is now in source-only security-only support, and that's
> > about to end (there's a 2.6.9 in the pipeline,
In article ,
Chris Angelico wrote:
> > Heck, I can't even really move off 2.6 because we use Amazon's EMR
> > service, which is stuck on 2.6.
>
> Hrm. 2.6 is now in source-only security-only support, and that's about
> to end (there's a 2.6.9 in the pipeline, and that's that). It's about
> time
On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 12:52 PM, Roy Smith wrote:
> In article ,
> Chris Angelico wrote:
>
>> Or are you saying that that particular error code path did NOT handle
>> non-ASCII characters?
>
> Exactly. The fundamental error was caught, and then we raised another
> UnicodeEncodeError generating
In article ,
Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 3:49 AM, Roy Smith wrote:
> > So, yesterday, I tracked down an uncaught exception stack in our logs to a
> > user whose username included the unicode character 'SMILING FACE WITH
> > SUNGLASSES' (U+1F60E). It turns out, that's perf
On 10/19/13 8:42 PM, Peter Cacioppi wrote:
To be clear, my original post had a goof.
So my original, de-goofed, idiom was
class Foo (object) :
_lazy = None
def foo(self, x) :
self._lazy = self._lazy or self.get_something(x)
def get_something(self, x) :
# doesn'
To be clear, my original post had a goof.
So my original, de-goofed, idiom was
class Foo (object) :
_lazy = None
def foo(self, x) :
self._lazy = self._lazy or self.get_something(x)
def get_something(self, x) :
# doesn't really matter, so long as it returns truthy res
Yes, I see the light now. My idiom works, but Steven has shown me the droids I
am looking for.
Thanks!
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Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>On Sun, 13 Oct 2013 20:13:32 -0700, Tim Roberts wrote:
>
>> def add(c1, c2):
>> % Decode
>>...
>Python uses # for comments, not %, as I'm sure you know. What language
>were you thinking off when you wrote the above?
Psssht, I know better than that.
I've been readin
Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>
>You might find this useful, or just for fun, but on POSIX systems (Linux,
>Unix, Apple Mac, but not Windows) you can change the title of the
>terminal window from Python.
Just for completeness, this is also possible in Windows, assuming you have
installed py32win, whi
Hey Ned,
Thanks for reverting.
I am looking for the similar functionality.
Thanks for sharing that link.
Could you pls help me out with the Python Code?
Thanks. :)
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Hi Guys,
Good Morning!
How are you all doing?
I am in need of your help.
I am stuck in a problem.
I want to write my own Screenshot Taking program in Python for Mac OS X.
Example : Whenever Command + Shift + 3 is pressed ==> whatever is there on the
screen, should be grabbed / captured, and s
On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 9:46 AM, Ned Deily wrote:
> In article
> ,
> Chris Angelico wrote:
>> Pascal tried to create a new operator, := to be read "becomes", to
>> deal with the whole equality-vs-assignment issue.
>
> Um, Pascal was just following the lead of ALGOL 60, roughly a decade earlier.
changing mode of /usr/local/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/ to 755
running install_scripts
copying build/scripts-2.7/idle -> /usr/local/bin
copying build/scripts-2.7/2to3 -> /usr/local/bin
error: /usr/local/bin/2to3: No such file or directory
make: *** [sharedinstall] Error 1
[root@afdice-pc0v1 Python-2
In article
,
Chris Angelico wrote:
> Pascal tried to create a new operator, := to be read "becomes", to
> deal with the whole equality-vs-assignment issue.
Um, Pascal was just following the lead of ALGOL 60, roughly a decade earlier.
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In article <22861e2f-50f2-4d74-9024-53caec557...@googlegroups.com>,
Pratik Mehta wrote:
> I want to write my own Screenshot Taking program in Python for Mac OS X.
>
> Example : Whenever Command + Shift + 3 is pressed ==> whatever is there on
> the screen, should be grabbed / captured, and shoul
On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 9:12 AM, Pratik Mehta
wrote:
> Command + Shift + 5 ==> This one is a little bit tricky which I am looking
> for. This shortcut doesn't exist. I want to create one of my own, where it
> would grab the entire webpage's screenshot which I am currently working on,
> and stor
On Sat, 19 Oct 2013 14:44:55 -0700, Peter Cacioppi wrote:
> Is the following considered poor Python form?
>
> class Foo (object) :
> _lazy = None
> def foo(self, x) :
> _lazy = _lazy or self.get_something(x)
> def get_something(self, x) :
> # doesn't really matter
>
>
On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 3:22 AM, rusi wrote:
> The problem is that python is an imperative language and uses the '=' sign
> for assignment. In math of course '=' stands for equality.
Pascal tried to create a new operator, := to be read "becomes", to
deal with the whole equality-vs-assignment is
On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 6:50 AM, Terry Reedy wrote:
> On 10/19/2013 2:08 PM, David Robinow wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 9:01 AM, Chris Angelico wrote:
>>
>>> You can try all these out in the interactive interpreter (you probably
>>> have IDLE installed, which on Windows is rather nicer to
On 2013-10-19 22:55, Ned Batchelder wrote:
On 10/19/13 5:44 PM, Peter Cacioppi wrote:
Is the following considered poor Python form?
class Foo (object) :
_lazy = None
def foo(self, x) :
_lazy = _lazy or self.get_something(x)
def get_something(self, x) :
# doesn't
On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 7:35 AM, Terry Reedy wrote:
> Idle can recall previous input two different ways, by cursor or key. One can
> use the mouse to select where to edit. CP requires use of arrow keys to move
> the cursor around. Idle recall input *statements*. CP recalls input *lines*.
> Previou
Hi Guys,
Good Morning!
How are you all doing?
I am in need of your help.
I am stuck in a problem.
I want to write my own Screenshot Taking program in Python for Mac OS X.
Example : Whenever Command + Shift + 3 is pressed ==> whatever is there on the
screen, should be grabbed / captured, and s
On Saturday, October 19, 2013 2:44:55 PM UTC-7, Peter Cacioppi wrote:
> Is the following considered poor Python form?
>
>
>
> class Foo (object) :
>
> _lazy = None
>
> def foo(self, x) :
>
> _lazy = _lazy or self.get_something(x)
>
> def get_something(self, x) :
>
>
On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 3:49 AM, Roy Smith wrote:
> So, yesterday, I tracked down an uncaught exception stack in our logs to a
> user whose username included the unicode character 'SMILING FACE WITH
> SUNGLASSES' (U+1F60E). It turns out, that's perfectly fine as a user name,
> except that in o
On 10/19/13 5:44 PM, Peter Cacioppi wrote:
Is the following considered poor Python form?
class Foo (object) :
_lazy = None
def foo(self, x) :
_lazy = _lazy or self.get_something(x)
def get_something(self, x) :
# doesn't really matter
I like this idiom for certai
Is the following considered poor Python form?
class Foo (object) :
_lazy = None
def foo(self, x) :
_lazy = _lazy or self.get_something(x)
def get_something(self, x) :
# doesn't really matter
I like this idiom for certain situations, just wondering if it will raise the
On 10/19/2013 2:31 PM, Tim Chase wrote:
On 2013-10-19 14:08, David Robinow wrote:
On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 9:01 AM, Chris Angelico wrote:
You can try all these out in the interactive interpreter (you
probably have IDLE installed, which on Windows is rather nicer to
work with than the default int
On 10/19/2013 2:08 PM, David Robinow wrote:
On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 9:01 AM, Chris Angelico wrote:
You can try all these out in the interactive interpreter (you probably
have IDLE installed, which on Windows is rather nicer to work with
than the default interactive mode).
IDLE is cross-plat
On 2013-10-19 14:08, David Robinow wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 9:01 AM, Chris Angelico wrote:
>> You can try all these out in the interactive interpreter (you
>> probably have IDLE installed, which on Windows is rather nicer to
>> work with than the default interactive mode).
>
> IDLE is cr
On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 9:01 AM, Chris Angelico wrote:
> You can try all these out in the interactive interpreter (you probably
> have IDLE installed, which on Windows is rather nicer to work with
> than the default interactive mode).
IDLE is cross-platform. Could you explain why you say "on Wi
On Saturday, October 19, 2013 12:16:02 PM UTC-4, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> Another reasonable use for accent-stripping is searches. If I'm searching
> for music by the Blue Öyster Cult, it would be good to see results for
> Blue Oyster Cult as well.
Tell me about it (I work at Songza; music sear
On Saturday, October 19, 2013 7:04:30 PM UTC+5:30, Scott Novinger wrote:
>
> My plan is to create several different programs that perform specific
> Algebraic
> operations. My boys are learning Algebra 2 and I thought it might be a fun
> way
> to help us all learn Algebra and programming toge
On Sat, 19 Oct 2013 11:14:30 -0300, Zero Piraeus wrote:
> :
>
> On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 09:19:12AM +, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>> Make no mistake, this sort of simple-minded stripping of accents and
>> diacritics is an extremely ham-fisted thing to do.
[...]
> Joking aside, there is a legitimat
On Saturday, October 19, 2013 8:40:37 PM UTC+5:30, Roy Smith wrote:
> Zero Piraeus wrote:
>
> > For example, a miscreant may create the username 'míguel' in order to
> > pose as another user 'miguel', relying on other users inattentiveness.
> > Asciifying is one way of reducing the risk of that.
Ned Deily writes:
> In article ,
> Piet van Oostrum wrote:
>> I tried to install it from source, on Mac OS X 10.6.8, with Python
>> 3.3.2, and Tck/Tk 8.5 installed as Frameworks, but I get an error during
>> compilation. It seems it doesn't find the Tcl/TK framework.
>>
>>
>> building 'matplo
On 2013-10-18, James Harris wrote:
> "Roy Smith" wrote in message
> news:l3riea$82$1...@panix2.panix.com...
>> I'm running:
>>
>> Ubuntu Precise
>> Python 2.7.3
>> django 1.4.5
>> gunicorn 0.17.4
>> gevent 1.0dev (rc3)
>>
>> I haven't been able to pin this down exactly, but it looks like if I
>>
In article ,
Zero Piraeus wrote:
> For example, a miscreant may create the username 'míguel' in order to
> pose as another user 'miguel', relying on other users inattentiveness.
> Asciifying is one way of reducing the risk of that.
Determining if two strings are "almost the same" is not easy.
:
On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 09:19:12AM +, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> Make no mistake, this sort of simple-minded stripping of accents and
> diacritics is an extremely ham-fisted thing to do.
I used to live on a street called Calle Colón, so I'm aware of the
dangers of stripping diacritics:
http
On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 12:34 AM, Scott Novinger wrote:
> I read the link on Handling Exceptions. The first bit of code worked for my
> purposes. I was able to reduce my number of lines of code significantly and
> my program works! Thank you all for your help solving this problem!
As you get a
On Saturday, October 19, 2013 8:37:01 AM UTC-4, Mark Lawrence wrote:
> On 19/10/2013 13:23, Scott Novinger wrote:
>
> > Hello.
>
> >
>
> > I've written a program for my kids to calculate arc length. I want to
> > include some error testing for value types entered that are something other
> >
On 19/10/2013 13:57, Roy Smith wrote:
On 10/19/13 8:23 AM, Scott Novinger wrote:
My goal is to make sure that the value entered for the radius is an integer
value.
In article ,
Ned Batchelder wrote:
First, radius is the result of input(), so it is
always a string, never an int.
input()
In article ,
Ned Batchelder wrote:
> On 10/19/13 8:57 AM, Roy Smith wrote:
> > On 10/19/13 8:23 AM, Scott Novinger wrote:
> >>> My goal is to make sure that the value entered for the radius is an
> >>> integer
> >>> value.
> > In article ,
> > Ned Batchelder wrote:
> >
> >> First, radius is
On 10/19/13 8:57 AM, Roy Smith wrote:
On 10/19/13 8:23 AM, Scott Novinger wrote:
My goal is to make sure that the value entered for the radius is an integer
value.
In article ,
Ned Batchelder wrote:
First, radius is the result of input(), so it is
always a string, never an int.
input() re
On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 11:57 PM, Roy Smith wrote:
> On 10/19/13 8:23 AM, Scott Novinger wrote:
>> > My goal is to make sure that the value entered for the radius is an integer
>> > value.
>
> In article ,
> Ned Batchelder wrote:
>
>> First, radius is the result of input(), so it is
>> always a
On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 11:23 PM, Scott Novinger wrote:
> # Create the variable for radius, "radius".
> print('Please enter the circle radius and press ENTER:')
> radius = input()
>
> # Check to make sure the entered value is an integer.
> if type(radius) != type(int):
>
On 10/19/13 8:23 AM, Scott Novinger wrote:
> > My goal is to make sure that the value entered for the radius is an integer
> > value.
In article ,
Ned Batchelder wrote:
> First, radius is the result of input(), so it is
> always a string, never an int.
input() returns ints or floats for valu
Zero/Stephen ... thank you for your replies ... they were both very helpful,
both in addressing the immediate issue and for getting a better understanding
of the context of the conversion. Greatly appreciate your taking the time for
such good solutions.
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On 10/19/13 8:23 AM, Scott Novinger wrote:
Hello.
I've written a program for my kids to calculate arc length. I want to include
some error testing for value types entered that are something other than
integer values.
My goal is to make sure that the value entered for the radius is an integer
On 19/10/2013 13:23, Scott Novinger wrote:
Hello.
I've written a program for my kids to calculate arc length. I want to include
some error testing for value types entered that are something other than
integer values.
My goal is to make sure that the value entered for the radius is an integer
In article ,
caldwelli...@gmail.com wrote:
> I am looking for an example of a UNICODE to ASCII conversion example that
> will remove diacritics from characters (and leave the characters, i.e., Klüft
> to Kluft) as well as handle the conversion of other characters, like große to
> grosse.
http
Hello.
I've written a program for my kids to calculate arc length. I want to include
some error testing for value types entered that are something other than
integer values.
My goal is to make sure that the value entered for the radius is an integer
value.
How could I rewrite this code to ma
On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 8:57 PM, Steven D'Aprano
wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Oct 2013 23:49:02 -0700, Peter Cacioppi wrote:
>
>> I don't know if I want to step into the flames here,
>
> Go on, be bold! You learn a lot by making bold claims and having them
> shot down.
Yes, it's a very effective technique
On Wed, 16 Oct 2013 23:49:02 -0700, Peter Cacioppi wrote:
> I don't know if I want to step into the flames here,
Go on, be bold! You learn a lot by making bold claims and having them
shot down. Or at least, I did. Now I know everything, so I can afford to
be humble.
*wink*
> but my
> unders
On Fri, 18 Oct 2013 13:45:53 -0700, caldwellinva wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I am looking for an example of a UNICODE to ASCII conversion example
> that will remove diacritics from characters (and leave the characters,
> i.e., Klüft to Kluft) as well as handle the conversion of other
> characters, like groß
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