On Oct 27, 4:55 pm, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> Would it be right to say that the only Lisp still in common use is the Elisp
> built into Emacs?
There is a new version of Lisp called Clojure that runs on the Java
Virtual Machine (JVM) that is on the upswing. Don't know how many
users it has but
gt;
> > Message-ID:
> > <0497e39d-6bd1-429d-a86f-f4c89babe...@u31g2000pru.googlegroups.com>
> > From: TheFlyingDutchman
> > Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
>
> > [...]
> > in C I can have a function maximum(int a, int b)
> > in C I can have a function maximum(int a, int b) that will always
> > work. Never blow up, and never give an invalid answer. If someone
> > tries to call it incorrectly it is a compile error.
>
> I would agree that the third sentence is arguably wrong, simply
> because
>
> > If I had to choose between "blow up" or "invalid answer" I would pick
> > "invalid answer".
>
> there are some application domains where neither option would be
> viewed as a satisfactory error handling strategy. Fly-by-wire, petro-
> chemicals, nuclear power generation. Hell you'd expect be
>
> > "in C I can have a function maximum(int a, int b) that will always
> > work. Never blow up, and never give an invalid answer. "
>
> > Dynamic typed languages like Python fail in this case on "Never blows
> > up".
>
> How do you define "Never blows up"?
Never has execution halt.
I think a k
On Sep 30, 1:40 am, RG wrote:
> In article
> <5bf24e59-1be0-4d31-9fa7-c03a8bf9b...@y12g2000prb.googlegroups.com>,
>
>
>
>
>
> TheFlyingDutchman wrote:
> > > > Yes. Nonetheless, the maximum() function does exactly what it is
> > > > inte
On Sep 30, 1:02 am, Paul Rubin wrote:
> >> > > > in C I can have a function maximum(int a, int b) that will always
> >> > > > work. Never blow up, and never give an invalid answer. If someone
> >> > > > tries to call it incorrectly it is a compile error.
> > The second sentence is not disproved by
> > Yes. Nonetheless, the maximum() function does exactly what it is intended
> > to do *with the inputs it receives*. The failure is outside the function;
> > it did the right thing with the data actually passed to it, the problem
> > was a user misunderstanding as to what data were being passe
>
> That argument can be made for dynamic language as well. If you write in
> dynamic language (e.g. python):
>
> def maximum(a, b):
> return a if a > b else b
>
> The dynamic language's version of maximum() function is 100% correct --
> if you passed an uncomparable object, instead of a numbe
>
> More specifically, the claim made above:
>
> > in C I can have a function maximum(int a, int b) that will always
> > work. Never blow up, and never give an invalid answer.
>
> is false. And it is not necessary to invoke the vagaries of run-time
> input to demonstrate that it is false.
>
I don
On Jul 23, 12:06 pm, Emmy Noether wrote:
> Title Portable LISP interpreter
> Creator/Author Cox, L.A. Jr. ; Taylor, W.P.
> Publication Date 1978 May 31
> OSTI Identifier OSTI ID: 7017786
> Report Number(s) UCRL-52417
> DOE Contract Number W-7405-ENG-48
> Resource Type Techni
> If you're building an extension tree, you'll either have to supply
> layers of getter/setter methods, or hand-mangle references to attributes
> defined in the superclass.
>
> Say you start with a "Point2D" class, and make the X, Y coordinates
> double underscore.
>
> Now e
On Jan 23, 8:57 am, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:48:32 -0800 (PST), TheFlyingDutchman
> declaimed the following in comp.lang.python:
>
> > abstraction. In Python, all class attributes are public but names may
> > be "mangled" to discourage una
>
> * No getters and setters. Python takes a very permissive approach to
> class attributes, taking the philosophy "we're all adults here". It's
> easy to change a public attribute to a private attribute with a getter/
> setter if you need to, so there's nothing to be gained by writing getters
> f
>
> class Foo(object):
> def __init__(self, a, b=10, c=None):
>
> Whereas in Java or C++ this would require several overloads, it can be
> succinctly expressed as a single method in Python.
>
Not that it's important to the discussion, but, while Java does not
have the capability to give defau
On Nov 9, 8:33 pm, Bighead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am currently working on a CGI deployed on an Apache server, which,
> given an arbitrary SQL, fetches raw data from a remote DB server and
> return them in a HTML page. This CGI works fine on quick SQLs.
>
> But when I try to run a sl
On Nov 3, 6:11 am, Simon Pickles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Coming from a Visual Studio background, editing text files and using the
> terminal to execute them offends my sensibilities :)
YOu should take a look at Wing IDE Professional - www.wingware.com
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On Oct 31, 8:11 am, Carl Banks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> string.find has always been kind of a wart in Python; that's why
> they're getting rid of it. For testing for the presence of a
> substring, use the in operator:
Per the Python 3000 presentation given by Guido Van Rossum at
PyCon Feb
I finally gave up trying to install to c:\Python25 and went with the
install to C:\. However, I tried to install a module called pywin32
(Python for Windows Extensions) and after recognizing that the Python
installation was in C:\ and saying it would install to C:\LIB\SITE-
PACKAGES, it would then
On Oct 24, 11:22 pm, Tim Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> TheFlyingDutchman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >I am trying to install Python 2.5 on Windows XP. It installs into the
> >root directory on C:\ instead of C:\Python25 which it shows by default
>
With C:\Python25 already existing, I tried to install to C:
\Python25\Python25. It installed to C:\.
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I manually created C:\Python25 the reran the install program. The
installation program noted that C:\Python25 existed and asked me if I
still wanted to install there. After I said yes it installed to C:\.
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I am trying to install Python 2.5 on Windows XP. It installs into the
root directory on C:\ instead of C:\Python25 which it shows by default
as what it plans to install to. Selecting D:\Python25 on a previous
iteration put the exe in D:\ and did not create a Python25 directory.
On the most recent i
Does anyone know how the variables label and scale are recognized
without a global statement or parameter, in the function resize() in
this code:
#!/usr/bin/env python
from Tkinter import *
def resize(ev=None):
label.config(font='Helvetica -%d bold' % \
scale.get())
top = Tk(
On Sep 28, 2:59 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> i'm debating if i should buy this book. it received good reviews at
> Amazon:http://tinyurl.com/24zvrf. but it was published in 2004 and
> i'm afraid quite some materials might be outdated? any input?
>
> thanks,
>
> ke
On Sep 28, 1:09 pm, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> That's because the tutor list doesn't offer a newsgroup. He was probably
> just trying to get rid of you.
>
> Now at 98.75% ...
Not sure if that's the reading on your trollmeter or on the meter that
measures what percentage of your pos
On Sep 28, 12:34 pm, "Diez B. Roggisch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> TheFlyingDutchman wrote:
>
> >> Or bind resources of these pocket protectors that otherwise would lead to
> >> answers for people that do seek enlightment...
>
> > I don't thi
On Sep 28, 12:45 pm, George Sakkis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sep 28, 3:29 pm, TheFlyingDutchman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > One issue I have with this group and that I encountered many years ago
> > in the Perl group is that there is no separate group
>
>
> Or bind resources of these pocket protectors that otherwise would lead to
> answers for people that do seek enlightment...
I don't think it would be correct to characterize my posts as not
seeking enlightenment. I do also happen to voice my opinion which
seems appropriate since this can be ch
On Sep 28, 11:16 am, Jean-Paul Calderone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 11:04:39 -0700, TheFlyingDutchman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > [snip]
>
> >In this case I asked it as part of the original question and it was
> >ignored. I ha
On Sep 28, 11:21 am, "Francesco Guerrieri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> On 9/28/07, TheFlyingDutchman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > On Sep 28, 10:57 am, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > This is like listening to a four-year-old torme
On Sep 28, 11:16 am, Jean-Paul Calderone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 11:04:39 -0700, TheFlyingDutchman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > [snip]
>
> >In this case I asked it as part of the original question and it was
> >ignored. I ha
On Sep 28, 10:57 am, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> TheFlyingDutchman wrote:
> > On Sep 28, 10:01 am, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 09:42:49 -0700, TheFlyingDutchman wrote:
> >>> Which of
On Sep 28, 10:01 am, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 09:42:49 -0700, TheFlyingDutchman wrote:
> > Which of the common languages have higher order functions and what is
> > the syntax?
>
> C, C++, Pascal, Perl, PH
On Sep 28, 9:30 am, "Diez B. Roggisch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > You said it was a most basic language feature. I still haven't heard
> > anything that leads me to believe that statement is correct. What
> > languages implemented decorators as a most basic language feature?
>
> I was talking a
>
> Decorators are syntax sugar for higher order functions. Higher order
> functions are a both a basic and a fundamental language feature, and
> exist in many languages. The fact that you don't know this just
> proves, once again, that you like to talk more than you like to learn.
Which of the co
On Sep 28, 2:49 am, "Diez B. Roggisch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> TheFlyingDutchman wrote:
>
> >> The fact that you compare and criticise the simple annotations like
> >> static or abstract with the much more powerful decorator concept shows
> >>
>
> The fact that you compare and criticise the simple annotations like
> static or abstract with the much more powerful decorator concept shows
> that, despite being the maintainer of a
> soon-to-be-ruling-the-python-world Python 3 fork, lack understanding of
> even the most basic language featur
>
> - Abstract Base Classes
> http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3119/>
>
I like how someone here characterized decorators - those silly @
things. They remind me of Perl. Not adding keywords for abstract and
static is like Perl not adding a keyword for class. But I know all
such additions a
It seems that Python 3 is more significant for what it removes than
what it adds.
What are the additions that people find the most compelling?
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On Sep 20, 8:47 pm, "W. Watson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How about in the case of MS Win?
>
Try Wing IDE at http://www.wingware.com. It can run and debug programs
and has a free version.
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On Sep 20, 8:04 pm, crybaby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I need to traverse a html page with big table that has many row and
> columns. For example, how to go 35th td tag and do regex to retireve
> the content. After that is done, you move down to 15th td tag from
> 35th tag (35+15) and do regex
I read here recently that the __str__ method of a list calls the
__repr__ method of each of its members. So you need to add a __repr__
method to your class:
class CmterIDCmts:
def __init__(self,commiterID,commits):
self.commiterID_=long(commiterID)
self.commits_=long(commits)
2
On Sep 19, 5:08 pm, "Terry Reedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Terry Reedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>
>
> This assumes that comparing versions of 1.5 is still relevant. As far as I
> know, his patch has not been maintained to apply against current Python.
> This tells me that no
On Sep 19, 5:08 pm, "Terry Reedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Terry Reedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
This is a little confusing because google groups does not show your
original post (not uncommon for them to lose a post in a thread - but
somehow still reflect the fact that it exists
On Sep 19, 8:54 pm, Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
cybersource.com.au> wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:14:39 -0700, Paul Rubin wrote:
>
> > etc. is at best an excuse for laziness.
>
> What are you doing about solving the problem? Apart from standing on the
> side-lines calling out "Get yer la
On Sep 19, 3:41 pm, Paul Boddie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 19 Sep, 03:09, TheFlyingDutchman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > How much faster/slower would Greg Stein's code be on today's
> > processors versus CPython running on the processor
On Sep 19, 1:02 pm, Erik Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> is usually Apache at most sites?
>
> No an http server and application server are two different things.
> An http server services requests of a web server those requests can
> be for static files or for services of a local application
> Have you tried Google "google python". Turns up a lot of links for me.
>
I had done it on this newsgroup, but not google. I did find a pretty
good link:
http://panela.blog-city.com/python_at_google_greg_stein__sdforum.htm
Which says:
"A few services including code.google.com and google groups
Around 2000 I heard that Google was using Python to some extent. Now I
see that Guido Van Rossum works for them as well as Alex Martellis who
has the title "Uber Technical Lead" which seems to imply some fairly
heavy Python usage there. I was wondering what is done at Google with
Python and which P
On Sep 19, 8:51 am, Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
cybersource.com.au> wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:09:26 -0700, TheFlyingDutchman wrote:
> > How much faster/slower would Greg Stein's code be on today's processors
> > versus CPython running on the proces
On Sep 2, 5:38 pm, "Eduardo O. Padoan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> > No.http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=211430
>
> Ops, I meant:http://www.artima.com/forums/threaded.jsp?forum=106&thread=211200
>
> --http://www.advogato.org/person/eopadoan/
> Bookmarks:http://del.icio.us/edcrypt
On Sep 17, 4:02 am, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> TheFlyingDutchman wrote:
> >> The other half of the confusion is cleared up by considering that
> >> Python methods are ordinary functions that don't magically "know" in
> >> which &q
If you wanna know why the Renault Dauphine requires the driver to pull
down on the rearview mirror in order to shift into reverse you simply
need to open the hood and remove the engine and disassemble the
transmission and you will see that it has no way of distinguishing a
shift into third from a
> The other half of the confusion is cleared up by considering that
> Python methods are ordinary functions that don't magically "know" in
> which "class" context they are executing: they must be told via the
> first parameter.
>
They can be told all they want by the compiler/runtime - implicitly
>
>
>
> Hi, I'm new to Python, I don't even fully know the language, never done
> a full project in Python. What's more, probably I'll never will.
> But that's not the point, the point is I want YOU people to modify the
> language you know in and out, the program with which you've done many
> sys
> If you look at the thread "parameter list notation" from ten days or so
> ago, TheFlyingDutchman has forked Python and is working on a very special
> new language, PIEthun 3.01B.
> I for one am looking forward to seeing all
> the very special features of PIEthun.
It w
On Sep 13, 2:59 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael R. Copeland) wrote:
>I've decided that Python is a language/environment I'd like to learn
> (I've been a professional programmer for 45+ years), but I really don't
> know where and how to start! I have a number of books - and am buying
> some more
>
> (Can you tell I'm currently forced to developing in Java? ;) (Which I'm
> currently avoiding to do, by wasting my time on usenet.))
>
Maybe you can sneak Jython into the mix. Just describe it as "this
Java scripting language".
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>
> Isn't one of the main ideas behind python that it doesn't force you to
> do (well, declare) anything? And by "ideas" I mean "design decisions".
> Thats exactly what makes python great for prototyping; you just do it
> and see if it works. As soon as you need to declare things you have to
> cha
>
> > Here is a link to a tutorial where Sun is talking about the this
> > reference:
> >http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/java/javaOO/thiskey.html
>
> That's a tutorial for getting you started, no reference
> documentation or in-depth course.
>
Here's a FAQ item where they refer to it as I
Well I'm with Bruce Eckel - there shouldn't be any argument for the
object in the class method parameter list. But since Python 3 was
"code-named" 3000 (implying but not delivering big changes... I don't
think it required big changes) and since it still has an explicit
object parameter it's a given
> >>> Foo.bar(foo, "spam")
> >>> foo.bar("spam")
That looks like a case of "There's more than one way to do it". ;)
The first form is definitely consistent with the
method declaration, so there's a lot to be said for using that style
when teaching people to make classes -> send self, rece
On Sep 12, 5:47 pm, Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> TheFlyingDutchman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > I am talking about how an author describes in English the "this"
> > pointer/reference in their book on programming C++ or Java.
>
> > I do
On Sep 12, 5:30 pm, Amer Neely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm a complete newbie with Python, but have several years experience
> with Perl in a web environment.
>
> A question I have, if someone here is familiar with Perl, does Python
> have something like Perl's 'here document'? I've just search
On Sep 12, 3:53 pm, Bjoern Schliessmann wrote:
> TheFlyingDutchman wrote:
> > In C++ and Java I don't believe "this" is ever referred to as an
> > implicit function parameter.
>
> Oh yes, it is. All methods use it as a base address into instances.
> Implici
>
> "this" in C++ and Java is not shown in the parameter list, which was
> what he was
> complaining about. He wants
>
> class MyClass:
> def SomeFunction(someParameter):
>self.someParameter = someParameter
>
> not
>
> class MyClass:
> def SomeFunction(self, someParame
On Sep 12, 4:40 am, Bjoern Schliessmann wrote:
> Ivan Voras wrote:
> > What does "self" have to do with an object model? It's an
> > function/method argument that might as well be hidden in the
> > compiler without ever touching the role it has (if not, why?). I
> > agree that it's needless noise
>
> python.exe test.py "\"abc def\" 123"
>
> import sys
> commandLine = "".join(sys.argv[1:])
>
> print commandLine
>
> gives:
>
> "abc def" 123
With the surrounding quotes you actually only need:
commandLine = sys.argv[1]
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>
> It seems that \" will retain the quote marks but then the spaces get
> gobbled.
>
> But if you replace the spaces with another character:
>
> python.exe test.py \"abc#def\"#123
>
> then:
>
> import sys
> commandLine = "".join(sys.argv[1:])
>
> prints commandLine.replace('#',' ')
>
> gives:
>
On Sep 11, 8:33 pm, TheFlyingDutchman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sep 11, 8:00 pm, wangzq <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
>
> > I'm passing command line parameters to my browser, I need to pass the
> > complete command line as-is, for example
On Sep 11, 8:00 pm, wangzq <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm passing command line parameters to my browser, I need to pass the
> complete command line as-is, for example:
>
> test.py "abc def" xyz
>
> If I use ' '.join(sys.argv[1:]), then the double quotes around "abc
> def" is gone, but
Python user and advocate Bruce Eckel is disappointed with the
additions (or lack of additions) in Python 3:
http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=214112
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On Sep 11, 4:07 am, "[david]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> returns poorly formatted values:
>
> >>>str(13.3)
> '13.3'
> >>>str([13.3])
> '[13.301]'
>
> [david]
There is some difference in the way repr() and str() convert floats to
strings:
>>> a = 13.3
>>> print str(a)
13.3
>>> prin
On Sep 10, 7:55 pm, "J. Cliff Dyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> TheFlyingDutchman wrote:
> > On Sep 10, 7:12 pm, Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> >> TheFlyingDutchman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >>>> http://cheesesho
On Sep 10, 8:02 pm, Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> TheFlyingDutchman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > On Sep 10, 7:12 pm, Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> > > TheFlyingDutchman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > >
On Sep 10, 7:12 pm, Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> TheFlyingDutchman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/enum/>
>
> (Please preserve attribution lines so it's clear who wrote what.)
>
> > Looking at th
>
> I'd like to know if the Cheeseshop package 'enum' is useful to
> you. Any constructive feedback would be appreciated.
>
> http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/enum/>
Looking at the documentation it looks excellent. But I don't
understand the 0.4.2 version number, particularly when you refer
On Sep 8, 9:52 am, Bruno Desthuilliers
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> TheFlyingDutchman a écrit :
>
>
>
> > On Sep 10, 2:28 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >>Hi,
>
> >>I have the following class -
>
> >>class TestOutcomes:
> >>
On Sep 10, 4:45 am, Bjoern Schliessmann wrote:
> TheFlyingDutchman wrote:
> > It may be that a language that doesn't have a statement terminator
> > (which can be end-of-line) needs a statement continuation symbol.
>
> Which language could that be? I can hardly imagine
On Sep 9, 11:20 pm, TheFlyingDutchman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It may be that a language that doesn't have a statement terminator
> (which can be end-of-line) needs a statement continuation symbol.
> (Excluding languages like Lisp that have parentheses everywhere).
Act
On Sep 10, 2:28 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have the following class -
>
> class TestOutcomes:
> PASSED = 0
> FAILED = 1
> ABORTED = 2
>
> plus the following code -
>
> testResult = TestOutcomes.PASSED
>
> testResultAsString
> if testResult == TestOutcomes.PASSED:
> te
On Sep 10, 2:28 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have the following class -
>
> class TestOutcomes:
> PASSED = 0
> FAILED = 1
> ABORTED = 2
>
> plus the following code -
>
> testResult = TestOutcomes.PASSED
>
> testResultAsString
> if testResult == TestOutcomes.PASSED:
> te
It may be that a language that doesn't have a statement terminator
(which can be end-of-line) needs a statement continuation symbol.
(Excluding languages like Lisp that have parentheses everywhere).
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On Sep 7, 8:40 am, "Jorgen Bodde" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have a dictionary with settings. The settinfgs can be strings, ints
> or bools. I would like to write this list dynamically to disk in a big
> for loop, unfortunately the bools need to be written as 0 or 1 to the
> config
> Else, you could as well write your own testing function:
>
> def str_starts_with(astring, *prefixes):
>startswith = astring.startswith
>for prefix in prefixes:
> if startswith(prefix):
>return true
>return false
>
What is the reason for
startswith = astring.startswith
On Sep 6, 5:53 pm, "Gabriel Genellina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> En Thu, 06 Sep 2007 20:48:31 -0300, Zentrader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> escribi?:
>
> > On Sep 6, 12:47 am, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >> Maybe better the ``in`` operator for the '*string*' type. `str.find
On Sep 6, 4:01 pm, windandwaves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sep 7, 10:44 am, Torsten Bronger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
>
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> > Hallöchen!
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> > Tom Brown writes:
> > > [...] Python has been by far the easiest to develop in. Some
> > > people might say it is not "real programming" because
On Sep 5, 10:00 pm, Sreeraj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hi,
>
> I am a beginner in Python. I wish to know how can i filter a list of
> strings using wild characters.ie
> Lets say i have list countries =
> ["india","africa","atlanta","artica","nigeria"]. I need only the list
> of string starting w
>
> I explain it by noting that list.index and dict.get serve totally
> different purposes. The former returns the index given a value; the
> latter returns a value given a key.
And the former raises an exception if the value is not found, while
the latter returns None if the value is not found.
>
> Perhaps you could move further discussions to comp.lang.piethun?
>
Fair enough. Will contain PIEthun discussion to the PIEthun mailing
list and the aforementioned newsgroup once it is established.
It suddenly dawned on me while rereading my defense of my use of the
term "array" that I w
On Sep 4, 1:53 pm, Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
cybersource.com.au> wrote:
> On Mon, 03 Sep 2007 22:10:41 -0700, TheFlyingDutchman wrote:
> > Well I did a search on "Python variable length arguments" and found a
> > hit that seems to explain the *fields
Steve, Ben, Duncan,
Thanks for the replies.
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Well I did a search on "Python variable length arguments" and found a
hit that seems to explain the *fields parameter:
When you declare an argment to start with '*', it takes the argument
list into an array.
def foo(*args):
print "Number of arguments:", len(args)
print "Arguments are: ", args
I am trying to use a database written in Python called buzhug.
In looking at some of the functions I see this prototype:
def create(self,*fields,**kw):
I am not clear on what the * and the ** are for or what they
represent. Or, what are they referred to as so I can do a query for
information
> This chart is showing that amount of python programers is smaller every
> year :(
I saw an article maybe a year ago, regarding "best careers" that
completely contradicted previous articles I had seen in years gone by.
It said that the number of people in programming and related jobs
would decli
>
> Actually there was. The OP's claim
> | There are a million situations where you can have an item not be in
> | a list and it is not an exception situation.
>
> ...is just plain nonsense. zzbbaadd neither does understand exceptions
> nor what they are used for in Python. An item not being in a
>
> Fair enough, but that's a tutorial. It would be foolish to demand that a
> tutorial be a complete reference for everything that can be done with a list.
I wasn't demanding anything of the page. I was pointing out how I made
the assumption there was no way to find out if a list has a value
oth
On Aug 30, 9:06 pm, "Carsten Haese" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:17:00 -0700, zzbbaadd wrote
>
> > Well IN was what I was looking for and would have saved this thread.
> > However I don't believe IN showed up on the doc web page that has
> > list methods, where I found index(
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