Re: Another scripting language implemented into Python itself?

2005-01-24 Thread Bob Smith
Rocco Moretti wrote: Python's also dangerous. Every time you do an "import module", you put your system at risk of crashing, having the hard-drive wiped Have you been drinking again? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: [perl-python] 20050121 file reading & writing

2005-01-23 Thread Bob Smith
Erik Max Francis wrote: Bob Smith wrote: To do this efficiently on a large file (dozens or hundreds of megs), you should use the 'sizehint' parameter so as not to use too much memory: sizehint = 0 mylist = f.readlines(sizehint) It doesn't make any difference. .readlines reads

Re: [perl-python] 20050121 file reading & writing

2005-01-22 Thread Bob Smith
Xah Lee wrote: # reading entire file as a list, of lines # mylist = f.readlines() To do this efficiently on a large file (dozens or hundreds of megs), you should use the 'sizehint' parameter so as not to use too much memory: sizehint = 0 mylist = f.readlines(sizehint) -- http://mail.python.org

getting file size

2005-01-21 Thread Bob Smith
Are these the same: 1. f_size = os.path.getsize(file_name) 2. fp1 = file(file_name, 'r') data = fp1.readlines() last_byte = fp1.tell() I always get the same value when doing 1. or 2. Is there a reason I should do both? When reading to the end of a file, won't tell() be just as accurate as o

list item's position

2005-01-19 Thread Bob Smith
Hi, I have a Python list. I can't figure out how to find an element's numeric value (0,1,2,3...) in the list. Here's an example of what I'm doing: for bar in bars: if 'str_1' in bar and 'str_2' in bar: print bar This finds the right bar, but not its list position. The reason I need to f

Re: file copy portability

2005-01-18 Thread Bob Smith
John Machin wrote: Bob Smith wrote: Is shutil.copyfile(src,dst) the *most* portable way to copy files with Python? I'm dealing with plain text files on Windows, Linux and Mac OSX. Thanks! Portable what? Way of copying?? Do you want your files transferred (a) so that they look like native

file copy portability

2005-01-18 Thread Bob Smith
Is shutil.copyfile(src,dst) the *most* portable way to copy files with Python? I'm dealing with plain text files on Windows, Linux and Mac OSX. Thanks! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: python mode indentation problem

2005-01-16 Thread Bob Smith
Xah Lee wrote: © ok, here's the ordeal. © © for i in range(5): © print i © for i in range(2): © print i, 'tt' © for i in [3]: © print i © for i in [32]: © print i © © # 1 level, 4 space © # 2 level, 1 tab © # 3 level, 1 tab, 4 spaces © # 4 level

Re: protecting the python code.

2005-01-16 Thread Bob Smith
nell wrote: Hi Steve, First the "10x in advance" means thanks in advance. The main importance of protecting my code is to save headache of customers that want to be smart and change it and then complain on bugs and problems. 10x I'd say that's more of a policy issue than a technical issue. You have

Re: a new Perl/Python a day

2005-01-11 Thread Bob Smith
Peter Maas wrote: Charlton Wilbur schrieb: "XL" == Xah Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: XL> i'll cross post to comp.lang.perl.misc and comp.lang.python. XL> If you spot mistakes, feel free to correct or discourse here. Error #1: crossposting to those two groups. (Error #2 is implying that

Re: a new Perl/Python a day

2005-01-09 Thread Bob Smith
Scott Bryce wrote: Xah Lee wrote: frustrated constantly by its inanities and incompetences.) I don't see what this has to do with Perl. You're joking, right? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: windows mem leak

2005-01-09 Thread Bob Smith
Peter Hansen wrote: Bob Smith wrote: Attached is the code. Run it yourself and see. You too Peter. Be gentle with me, this was my first attempt with threads. Thanks, Bob, and I will, but not before you answer some of my questions. I had good reasons to ask them, one of which is that I don't

Re: Windows XP Installation

2005-01-08 Thread Bob Smith
Smitsky wrote: Hi. I am a newbie to Python. I am running Win XP and want to know what the best course is for installing Python on my system. Could someone kindly direct me to some related resources? Thanks in advance, Steve It's really easy on Windows. Just download the install package and cli

Re: windows mem leak

2005-01-08 Thread Bob Smith
Steve Holden wrote: Bob Smith wrote: Does the Win32 port of Python have a memory leak? I have some code that runs flawlessly on Linux, but bombs after a few hours on Windows. It's threaded and uses a lot of memory. Thanks! Yes, that's a well-known problem. Code that runs with a few e

windows mem leak

2005-01-08 Thread Bob Smith
Does the Win32 port of Python have a memory leak? I have some code that runs flawlessly on Linux, but bombs after a few hours on Windows. It's threaded and uses a lot of memory. Thanks! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list