Re: Opposite of repr() (kind of)

2008-04-21 Thread TimeHorse
On Apr 21, 7:05 am, Guillermo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there, > > How can I turn a string into a callable object/function? > > I have a = 'len', and I want to do: if callable(eval(a)): print > "callable", but that doesn't quite work the way I want. :) > > Regards, > > Guillermo What version

Help with Python+Bazaar+Launchpad

2008-04-21 Thread TimeHorse
Hello, I am trying to to create a branch of the bzr mirror for the current Python Trunk 2.6 development so I can finish my work on Issue 2636. I am not a core developer but am trying to create this branch so it can be reviewed by a core developer I am working with. Because I develop on multiple

Re: Adding Priority Scheduling feature to the subprocess

2008-02-25 Thread TimeHorse
On Feb 22, 4:30 am, Nick Craig-Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Interestingly enough this was changed in recent linux kernels. > Process levels in linus kernels are logarithmic now, whereas before > they weren't (but I wouldn't like to say exactly what!). Wow! That's a VERY good point. I ran a

Re: Adding Priority Scheduling feature to the subprocess

2008-02-21 Thread TimeHorse
On Feb 21, 1:17 pm, Dennis Lee Bieber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >         Why imagine... AmigaOS ran -128..+127 (though in practice, one never > went above +20 as the most time critical system processes ran at that > level; User programs ran at 0, the Workbench [desktop] ran at +1... I > think fil

Re: Adding Priority Scheduling feature to the subprocess

2008-02-21 Thread TimeHorse
On Feb 20, 10:15 pm, "Terry Reedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | Because UNIX uses priorities between +20 and -20 and Windows, via > | Process and Thread priorities, allows settings between 0 and 31, a > | uniform setting for each system should be derived.  This would be > | accomplished by giving

Consistent mapping from frame to function

2007-10-27 Thread TimeHorse
Is there a consistent way to map a frame object to a function / method object? Methods usually hang off of parameter 1, and functions usually in the global or local scope. But lambda functions and decorators are not so easily mapped. You can get access to the executing code object from the frame

New module for method level access modifiers

2007-10-23 Thread TimeHorse
tors for member variables -- these decorators can already be applied to get_* and set_* methods for properties. Overriding __getattr__ may be a better solution for attribute access, however. Source available at: http://starship.python.net/crew/timehorse/access.py Jeffrey -- http://mail.pyt

Re: starship.python.net is down

2007-04-08 Thread TimeHorse
On Feb 26, 4:46 pm, Tom Bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes. Unfortunately, there may be a hardware problem. Stefan, the admin Any word from the ISP what the hardware problem might be, Tom? Jeffrey. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

RFC: Assignment as expression (pre-PEP)

2007-04-05 Thread TimeHorse
I would like to gauge interest in the following proposal: Problem: Assignment statements cannot be used as expressions. Performing a list of mutually exclusive checks that require data processing can cause excessive tabification. For example, consider the following python snipet... temp = my_r