Re: Question on Python 3 shell restarting

2012-04-09 Thread Albert W. Hopkins
On Sun, 2012-04-08 at 20:09 +0200, Franck Ditter wrote: > How may I get a fresh Python shell with Idle 3.2 ? > I have to run the same modules several times with all > variables cleared. Why don't you write your module as a script and pass the variables via command line like most human beings? --

Re: "convert" string to bytes without changing data (encoding)

2012-03-28 Thread Albert W. Hopkins
On Wed, 2012-03-28 at 14:05 -0400, Ross Ridge wrote: > Ross Ridge wr= > > Of course it is. =A0Conceptually you're not supposed to think of it that > > way, but a string is stored in memory as a series of bytes. > > Chris Angelico wrote: > >Note that distinction. I said that a string "is not" a

Re: MySQL: AttributeError: cursor

2012-02-11 Thread Albert W. Hopkins
On Sat, 2012-02-11 at 09:40 -0800, Kevin Murphy wrote: > Hi All, > I'm using Python 2.7 and having a problem creating the cursor below. > Any suggestions would be appreciated! > > import sys > import _mysql > > print "cursor test" > > db = > _mysql.connect(host="localhost",user="root",passwd="my

Re: Fabric Engine + Python benchmarks

2012-02-10 Thread Albert W. Hopkins
On Fri, 2012-02-10 at 14:52 -0800, Paul Rubin wrote: > Fabric Paul writes: > > Hi Stefan - Thanks for the heads up. Fabric Engine has been going for > > about 2 years now. Registered company etc. I'll be sure to refer to it > > as Fabric Engine so there's no confusion. We were unaware there was a

Re: Installing Python on CentOS 6 - a big pain

2012-01-18 Thread Albert W. Hopkins
On Wed, 2012-01-18 at 10:00 -0800, John Nagle wrote: > Python does not "just work". I should be able to command > "yum install python27". (And not clobber the Python 2.6 that > comes with CentOS.) > > This sort of thing is why Python is losing market share. > > Or — and this is the mor

Re: sick of distribute, setup, and all the rest...

2011-11-26 Thread Albert W. Hopkins
On Sat, 2011-11-26 at 14:22 +, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > > when is python going to get a decent module distribution system??? > > Python 4.3, scheduled for March 2038. It's been ready for a few years > now, and a small secret coterie of privileged developers have been > using > it for their o

Re: Stop quoting spam [was Re: Hot Girls ...]

2011-08-19 Thread Albert W. Hopkins
On Friday, August 19 at 17:12 (-0400), Matty Sarro said: > > If you're that offended then spend the cycles fixing the damn list so > it > stops having so much spam. You realize spam comes in almost > constantly, > right? Enough that multiple tines over the past weeks there have been > no > less

Re: Python script error when using print

2010-04-06 Thread Albert W. Hopkins
On Tue, 2010-04-06 at 08:38 -0700, Robbie wrote: > Hi all, > > So, I'm trying to use Python with an apache2 server to create some web > pages. The web server is configured and seems to work correctly, but > only with a certain type of script. > > For instance, this script works fine > > #!/usr/