How can I wrap a binary file-like object with an IO stream?

opriate IO stream that handles the encoding/decoding. I'm sure I could implement the logic myself by looking at the mode/ encoding and return the appropriate IO interface, but I was hoping there was something in the stdlib to do this, or some pre-existing code I can lift? Thanks in advance

Re: Simple HTML template engine?

allen.fowler wrote: > Hello, > > Can anyone recommend a simple python template engine for generating > HTML that relies only on the Pyhon Core modules? > Mako (http://www.makotemplates.org/) sounds like what you want.. Will McGugan http://www.willmcgugan.com -- http://mail.pyt

Re: Simple HTML template engine?

allen.fowler wrote: > Hello, > > Can anyone recommend a simple python template engine for generating > HTML that relies only on the Pyhon Core modules? > Mako (http://www.makotemplates.org/) sounds like what you want.. Will McGugan http://www.willmcgugan.com -- http://mail.pyt

Order of tuples in dict.items()

; a {'a': 1, 'c': 2, 'b': 1} >>> b {'a': 1, 'c': 2, 'b': 1} >>> a.items() [('a', 1), ('c', 2), ('b', 1)] >>> b.items() [('a', 1), ('c', 2), ('b', 1)] Can I rely on this behavior? Regards, Will McGugan blog: http://www.willmcgugan.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Cross platform Python app deployment

Hi, Is there some reference regarding how to package a Python application for the various platforms? I'm familiar with Windows deployment - I use Py2Exe & InnoSetup - but I would like more information on deploying on Mac and Linux. TIA, Will McGugan -- http://www.willmcgugan.com

Per thread data

Hi, Is there a canonical way of storing per-thread data in Python? Will McGugan -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: error return without exception set

Peter Otten wrote: > > The "error return without exception set" part looks like a failed > consistency check in ceval.c -- perhaps caused by a broken extension > written in C. > > But you'd have to give some more context. Thanks for the explanation. It happens when I'm debugging a wxWidgets ap

error return without exception set

Hi, Can anyone suggest a likely cause for the following exception... Exception exceptions.SystemError: 'error return without exception set' in ignored Thanks Will McGugan -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Matrix Multiplication

google.com/p/gameobjects/ Will McGugan -- http://www.willmcgugan.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Vector classes

Mizipzor wrote: > During my coding Ive found two vector classes on the internet. Ive > modified them both a little but the do both have advantages and > disadvantages. > I'm working on a vector class at the moment, in my 'gameobjects' library. It's not really ready for public consumption, but fee

Re: 16bit RGB with Image module

RGB will will use 24 bits per pixel, not 16, so the first error you got makes sense. I guess using the raw decoder with "BGR;16" makes it use 16 bit. Although, I couldn't find any reference in the docs! I'm sure Fredrik Lundh could shed some light on this... Will McGugan -- blog: http://www.willmcgugan.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: execution speed increase after compile py code into exe?

Michael Bentley wrote: >> >> would there be any speed increase in code execution after python code >> being >> compiled into exe file with py2exe? >> > > No. I would expect slower startup followed by the same code execution > time you'd get from running normally (not that I've actually teste

Announcing BBCode parsing module

Hi, I have written a BBCode parsing module that may be of use to some people. It turns BBCode in to XHTML snippets. See the following page if you are interested... http://www.willmcgugan.com/2007/03/10/bbcode-python-module/ Will McGugan -- blog: http://www.willmcgugan.com -- http

Re: generate tuples from sequence

Will McGugan wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like a generator that takes a sequence and yields tuples containing > n items of the sqeuence, but ignoring the 'odd' items. For example Forgot to add, for my purposes I will always have a sequence with a multiple of n items. Will

generate tuples from sequence

while True: yield tuple([i.next() for _ in xrange(count)]) Is this the most efficient solution? Regards, Will McGugan -- http://www.willmcgugan.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: sys.exit versus raise SystemExit

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > sys.exit() raises a SystemExit, see > http://docs.python.org/lib/module-sys.html > Oh I know. I was just wondering if there was some sort of subtle 'best practice' recommendation that I wasnt aware of for using sys.exit over raising the exception manually. In the sa

sys.exit versus raise SystemExit

Hi, Is there any difference between calling sys.exit() and raise SystemExit? Should I prefer one over the other? Regards, Will McGugan -- blog: http://www.willmcgugan.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: trouble getting google through urllib

rvice. It is best to play nice of course. I would recommend using their official APIs if possible! Will McGugan -- http://www.willmcgugan.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: trouble getting google through urllib

"&" and "%7C", so I'm > thinking thats the problem, does anyone know how I would make it keep > the url as I intended it to be? > Google doesnt like Python scripts. You will need to pretend to be a browser by setting the user-agent string in the HTTP header.

Re: I'm looking for an intelligent date conversion module

mthorley wrote: > Greetings, I'm looking for a python module that will take a datetime > obj and convert it into relative time in english. > For example: 10 minutes ago, 1 Hour ago, Yesterday, A few day ago, Last > Week, etc > I feel for you. I'm always on the lookout for an intelligent date. --

Re: YouTube written in Python

ers now... :-) > Nice quote re youtube on Python.org http://www.python.org/about/quotes/ Will McGugan -- blog: http://www.willmcgugan.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: write an update manager in python/wxPython

en there is a new version. It would require a little more effort if you want to have some kind of automatic update... Will McGugan -- blog: http://www.willmcgugan.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Ensure a variable is divisible by 4

it divisable'. Do you want to check it is divisible or do you want to make it divisible? And if you want to make it divisible do you want to go to the next multiple of 4, or the previous? Will McGugan -- http://www.willmcgugan.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: extremely slow array indexing?

e processing a lot of data? With numbers those big I would expect to have enough time to go make a coffee, then drink it. If you think it is slower than it could be, post more code for optimization advice... Will McGugan -- http://www.willmcgugan.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Remarkable results with psyco and sieve of Eratosthenes

Beliavsky wrote: > > The number 1 is not generally considered to be a prime number -- see > http://mathworld.wolfram.com/PrimeNumber.html . > I stand corrected. -- blog: http://www.willmcgugan.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Remarkable results with psyco and sieve of Eratosthenes

Steve Bergman wrote: > Just wanted to report a delightful little surprise while experimenting > with psyco. > The program below performs astonoshingly well with psyco. > > It finds all the prime numbers < 10,000,000 Actualy, it doesn't. You forgot 1 and 2. Will

Re: Remarkable results with psyco and sieve of Eratosthenes

> #!/usr/bin/python -OO > import math > import sys > import psyco > > psyco.full() > > def primes(): > primes=[3] > for x in xrange(5,1000,2): > maxfact = int(math.sqrt(x)) > flag=True > for y in primes: > if y > maxfact: > break >

Re: Python 2.5 idle and print command How do I suppress a line feed?

notejam wrote: > Hi, > I am having a problem with print statements always cause a line feed. > I need to print a line of text, then the next print statement will > start printing where the last one stopped rather than drop down a line. > > In basic we can do this with print "texst"; followed by

Re: Python 2.5 idle and print command How do I suppress a line feed?

notejam wrote: > Hi, > I am having a problem with print statements always cause a line feed. > I need to print a line of text, then the next print statement will > start printing where the last one stopped rather than drop down a line. > > In basic we can do this with print "texst"; followed by

Python work in UK

omething in web development, applications, graphics or other interesting field. Here is a copy of my CV. http://www.willmcgugan.com/cvwillmcgugan.pdf Regards, Will McGugan -- http://www.willmcgugan.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: 3d programming without opengl

would have to be running it on an ancient PC if that is an issue. If you really want to avoid OpenGL, then writing a custom 3D engine using flat shaded polys, with painters algorithm, rendered with your favourite gui toolkit isn't a great deal of work. Will McGugan -- http://www.willmcg

Re: Alternative constructors naming convention

Steven Bethard wrote: > Are you really using staticmethod and calling __new__? It's often much > easier to use classmethod, e.g.:: > > class Color(object): > ... > @classmethod > def from_html(cls, r, g, b): > ... > # convert r, g, b to normal

Alternative constructors naming convention

= Color.FromHtml(r, g, b) c = Color.from_html(r, g, b) Will McGugan -- http://www.willmcgugan.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: wxpython problems using GLCanvas

s, i have to plot > point, lines, sphere, surfaces and their intersections... OpenGL works rather well with wxPython. If it hangs your entire machine it can only be driver issues. Try downloading the latest video drivers and I suspect this problem will magically disapear! Will McGugan -- http://www.

Re: __init__ style questions

Duncan Booth wrote: > > Yes, it would, although since the implication is that your class expected > numbers and the file iterator returns strings I'm not sure how much it > matters: you are still going to have to write more code than in your > example above. e.g. > >v1 = Vector3D(float(n) for

Re: __init__ style questions

Duncan Booth wrote: > No it isn't Pythonic. Why not just require 3 values and move the > responsibility onto the caller to pass them correctly? They can still use > an iterator if they want: > > Vector3D(a, b, c) > Vector3D(*some_iter) I kind of liked the ability to partially use iterato

__init__ style questions

mply wouldnt do them! But I dont want to teach beginner programmers bad habbits! Any comments appreciated... Will McGugan -- http://www.willmcgugan.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Interfacing my chess client with GNU chess using python

r better ways of doing it. Any help would be appreciated. > The subprocess module may help you... http://docs.python.org/dev/lib/module-subprocess.html Will McGugan -- http://www.willmcgugan.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python & chess

brary for these things > (http://www.alcyone.com/software/chess/). Does anyone konw about more > chess related modules? I have written a chess module that may be of use to you. http://www.willmcgugan.com/2006/06/18/chesspy/ Will McGugan -- work: http://www.kelpiesoft.com blog: http://www.wil

Python-like C++ library

ace C++ with Python in any way, just to emulate the strings / containers / slicing etc. I did google for it but my search terms were too vague... Thanks in advance, Will McGugan -- http://www.willmcgugan.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

iter(callable, sentinel)

Hi, I've been using Python for years, but I recently encountered something in the docs I wasnt familar with. That is, using two arguements for iter(). Could someone elaborate on the docs and maybe show a typical use case for it? Thanks, Will McGugan -- work: http://www.kelpiesoft.com

Re: wxPython: wxStaticBitmap and large images

map. An alternative may be to place your bitmap in html and use a wxHtmlWindow to display it. Will McGugan -- http://www.willmcgugan.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Simple file writing techiques ...

his... with open('somefile','w') as fout: fout.writelines( line+"\n" for line in convertedData ) > ... or maybe some hybrid of the two which writes chunks of the > convertedData list out in one shot ... The OS should buffer it for you. Will McGugan -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: wxPython Grid XY Coordinates question

ent) coordinates. If you have the mouse position in screen coordinates, you will need to convert them with the ScreenToClient for your grid. Will McGugan -- work: http://www.kelpiesoft.com blog: http://www.willmcgugan.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Persistant dictionary with lockable elements

more typical database solution? Thanks, Will McGugan http://www.willmcgugan.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Chess module blog

://www.willmcgugan.com/2006/06/18/chesspy/ Regards, Will McGugan -- work: http://www.kelpiesoft.com blog: http://www.willmcgugan.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Python netstring module

Hi folks, I have just posted a python 'netstring' module on my blog. Comments welcome! http://www.willmcgugan.com/2006/06/04/python-netstring-module/ Regards, Will McGugan -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Question about idioms for clearing a list

e and: > > (3) mylist = [] > > Why are (1) and (2) preferred? I think the first two are changing the > list in-place, but why is that better? Isn't the end result the same? I'm wondering why there is no 'clear' for lists. It feels like a common operation for mut

Re: OpenGL

functional? > Thanks > Something _like_ a PyOpenGL implementation? What about PyOpenGL itself? http://pyopengl.sourceforge.net/ Will McGugan -- http://www.willmcgugan.com "".join({'*':'@','^':'.'}.get(c,0) or chr(97+(ord(c)-84)%26) for c in "jvyy*jvyyzpthtna^pbz") -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Simple question on Parameters...

or or Color(1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0) fillColor = fillColor or Color(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.25) Will McGugan -- http://www.willmcgugan.com "".join({'*':'@','^':'.'}.get(c,0) or chr(97+(ord(c)-84)%26) for c in "jvyy*jvyyzpthtna^pbz") -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Simple question on Parameters...

onents of the color by name, rather than an index to the tuple. Will McGugan -- http://www.willmcgugan.com "".join({'*':'@','^':'.'}.get(c,0) or chr(97+(ord(c)-84)%26) for c in "jvyy*jvyyzpthtna^pbz") -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Interesting little "gotcha" with generators

control flow > command. For example, you can't have "return" with an argument inside a > generator. > > Too bad "return" wasn't entirely forbidden within generators, and > "yield" without an argument mandated instead. Oh well, too let

Re: Worthwhile to reverse a dictionary

gt; There may be a better solution to your original problem (if you post more details Im sure there will be plenty of suggestions), but the following should reverse a dictionary.. >>> testdict = dict(a=1, b=2) >>> reversedict = dict( (value, key) for key, value in

Re: Converting a List into a String

a, > > the output is > > f e d c b a > > How can i remove the spaces b/w each letter? print "".join(list) BTW list isnt a good name for a list, it hides the built in type. Will McGugan -- http://www.willmcgugan.com "".join({'*':'@','^':'.'}.get(c,0) or chr(97+(ord(c)-84)%26) for c in "jvyy*jvyyzpthtna^pbz") -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: wxPython question

better for the animation. HTH, Will McGugan -- http://www.willmcgugan.com "".join({'*':'@','^':'.'}.get(c,0) or chr(97+(ord(c)-84)%26) for c in "jvyy*jvyyzpthtna^pbz") -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: 1-liner to iterate over infinite sequence of integers?

Will McGugan wrote: > Neal Becker wrote: > >> I can do this with a generator: >> >> def integers(): >> x = 1 >> while (True): >> yield x >> x += 1 >> >> for i in integers(): >> Is the

Re: 1-liner to iterate over infinite sequence of integers?

n itertools.count(): print i Will McGugan -- http://www.willmcgugan.com "".join({'*':'@','^':'.'}.get(c,0) or chr(97+(ord(c)-84)%26) for c in "jvyy*jvyyzpthtna^pbz") -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: wxPython question

vpr wrote: > Hi > > Does anyone have some example code to create a wx dialog that apears > off screen on the bottom right hand corner and slides up into the > screen ? > Andrea Gavana does.. http://xoomer.virgilio.it/infinity77/eng/freeware.html#toasterbox Wil

Re: Contest snub?

.. an irrational fear of snakes perhaps? Its not irrational if you are a gator! Will McGugan -- http://www.willmcgugan.com "".join({'*':'@','^':'.'}.get(c,0) or chr(97+(ord(c)-84)%26) for c in "jvyy*jvyyzpthtna^pbz") -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: "no variable or argument declarations are necessary."

ror: name 'a' is not defined >>> a = 1 >>> a + 1 2 Typos in variable names are easily discovered unless the typo happens to exist in the current context. Will McGugan -- http://www.willmcgugan.com "".join({'*':'@','^':'.'}.get(c,0) or chr(97+(ord(c)-84)%26) for c in "jvyy*jvyyzpthtna^pbz") -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: ASCII

Tuvas wrote: > Is there a function that will take a char. and return the ascii value? > Thanks! > ord Will McGugan -- http://www.willmcgugan.com "".join({'*':'@','^':'.'}.get(c,0) or chr(97+(ord(c)-84)%26) for c in "jvyy*jvyy

Re: New Python chess module

There is a new version if anyone is interested... http://www.willmcgugan.com/chess.py It contains optimizations and bugfixes. Can anyone suggest a name for this module? pyChess is already taken... Will McGugan -- http://www.willmcgugan.com "".join({'*':'@',

Re: New Python chess module

gt; > >>>>[x for x in range(10) if 2 > [3, 4, 5, 6] > > Read about it in the reference: > http://www.python.org/doc/2.4.2/ref/comparisons.html > Thanks. I was aware of that, I've just never got in to the habbit of using it.. Will McGugan -- http://www.will

New Python chess module

mainly for the fun of it. I wrote a chess game in C++ a while back (http://www.chesscommander.com) and I thought it would be interesting to re-implement the chess library part in Python. Regards, Will McGugan -- http://www.willmcgugan.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Getting a number out of a string

Claudio Grondi wrote: > what about: > >>>>lst = [digit for digit in '06897'] >>>>lst > > ['0', '6', '8', '9', '7'] Or.. >>> list('06897') ['0', '6', &

Re: Creating Pie Chart from Python

version of pyOpenGL / wxPython? Its only been tested on Windows, but it just uses basic OpenGL so there is not that much to go wrong.. Will McGugan -- http://www.willmcgugan.com "".join({'*':'@','^':'.'}.get(c,0) or chr(97+(ord(c)-84)%26) for c in "jvyy*jvyyzpthtna^pbz") -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Britney Spears nude

Tim Peters wrote: > [john basha] > >>send me the britney nude photos > > > Because they're a new feature, you'll have to wait for Python 2.5 to > be released. She has just spawned a child process. Give her to Python 2.6 to get back in shape. Will McGu

Re: Creating Pie Chart from Python

ached piechartwindow.py). It can also be used to pre-generate images such as this.. http://www.foodfileonline.com/static/piecharts/pie01009.jpg Code is public domain. Will McGugan -- http://www.willmcgugan.com "".join({'*':'@','^':'.'}.get(c,0) or chr(97+

Re: Create and display an email

gt; There has to be something obvious that I'm missing here. Any > suggestions? > I dont think there is anything in the standard library to help you here. Windows has an api called 'MAPI' which does this sort of thing. There may be bindings to it somewhere, or you

Re: Python Search Engine app

ery high speed operations on highly compressed binary > structures - which is not Python's forte. > > You might be able to put a Python interface over an engine written > in another language. Wasn't Google's first search engine actualy written in Python? Will McGugan -- h

Re: Removing duplicates from a list

;t know, and > I'll bet you don't either. Sure. But if I'm not currently optimizing I would go for the method with the best behaviour, which usualy means hashing rather than searching. Since even if it is actualy slower - its not likely to be _very_ slow. Will McGugan -- http:

Re: Removing duplicates from a list

'count' which must make a pass through every element of the list, which would be slower than the efficient hashing that set does. I'm also not sure about removing an element whilst iterating, I think thats a no-no. Will McGugan -- http://www.willmcgugan.com "".join

Re: which is more 'pythonic' / 'better' ?

line' would suggest there was just one of them, so I assumed it was string. Will McGugan -- http://www.willmcgugan.com "".join({'*':'@','^':'.'}.get(c,0) or chr(97+(ord(c)-84)%26) for c in "jvyy*jvyyzpthtna^pbz") -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: which is more 'pythonic' / 'better' ?

> text = (line[n:n+1] or ['nothing'])[0] I was assuming that 'line' would be a string, not a list. Seems more likely give the name and context. Will McGugan -- http://www.kelpiesoft.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: which is more 'pythonic' / 'better' ?

the code to _not_ throw the exception the majority of times. Otherwise the simple condition is better. Although I expect there is not much difference either way.. Will McGugan -- http://www.kelpiesoft.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Has anybody tried to make a navigation like Google?

cular position in the results. Will McGugan -- http://www.kelpiesoft.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Replacing large number of substrings

.. >>> dict_replace( "a b c", dict(a="x", b="y") ) "x y c" Regards, Will McGugan -- http://www.kelpiesoft.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: how to join two Dictionary together?

DENG wrote: > dict1={...something...} > > dict2={...somethind else ..} > > dict1 + dict2 > > > that's does works ..:(, it's not like List... I think you want.. dict1.update(dict2) Will McGugan -- http://www.willmcgugan.com "".join({'*'

Re: aproximate a number

>>> import math >>> math.ceil(5.7) 6.0 Will McGugan -- http://www.willmcgugan.com "".join({'*':'@','^':'.'}.get(c,0) or chr(97+(ord(c)-84)%26) for c in "jvyy*jvyyzpthtna^pbz") -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Doubt C and Python

praba kar wrote: > Dear All, >I want to know the link between c and python. >Some people with C background use Python instead > of programming in C.why? > Because I can create software many times faster. And its more fun. Will McGugan -- http://www.kelpieso

Re: First app, thanks people

Jan Danielsson wrote: . > >Oh, I do have one more question though. I'm using wxPython, and when > I check for keys I use the evt.GetKeyCode() call, and compare it with > integers which I have found by printing what event.GetKeyCode() returns. > I would prefer a more portable way, since I assum

Re: dictionary that discards old items

Michael Hoffman wrote: > Will McGugan wrote: > >> I need a collection class that behaves like a dictionary but when it >> reaches 'n' items it discards the oldest item so that the length never >> goes above 'n'. (Its for caching search results) >&

dictionary that discards old items

here I read about it. Can anyone enlighten me? Regards, Will McGugan -- http://www.willmcgugan.com "".join({'*':'@','^':'.'}.get(c,0) or chr(97+(ord(c)-84)%26) for c in "jvyy*jvyyzpthtna^pbz") -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: frozenset question

Steven D'Aprano wrote: > There is no significant speed difference between immutable and mutable > sets, at least for queries. Regardless of whether it is successful or > unsuccessful, mutable or immutable, it takes about 0.025 second to do > each test of item in set. Why would you need to opti

Re: frozenset question

Qiangning Hong wrote: > On 7/6/05, Will McGugan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Hi, >> >>Are there any benefits in using a frozenset over a set, other than it >>being immutable? > > > A frozenset can be used as a key of a dict: Thanks, but I meant

frozenset question

Hi, Are there any benefits in using a frozenset over a set, other than it being immutable? Will McGugan -- http://www.willmcgugan.com "".join({'*':'@','^':'.'}.get(c,0) or chr(97+(ord(c)-84)%26) for c in "jvyy*jvyyzpthtna^pbz") -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Graphs/statistics using wxPython

ures. Feel free to make requests or enhancements. [*] There are some size/offset bugs which I am aware of, but they are easily fixed. I just haven't got around to it yet. If you ever want to add an extra dimension, then using OpenGL with wxWindows is a breeze. See attached file for

Re: Database recommendations for Windows app

Thanks for the replies. I think I'm going to go with sqllite for now. For the curious, Im writing an interface to a nutritional database. So you can type in a foodstuff and it will tell you whats in it.. Will McGugan -- http://www.willmcgugan.com "".join({'*':'

Database recommendations for Windows app

have googled and found plenty of information on databases, its just that I dont have enough experience with databases to know which one is best for my task! Thanks in advance, Will McGugan -- http://www.willmcgugan.com "".join({'*':'@','^':'.&#x

Re: how to startup the default web browser to open a url?

rg/lib/module-webbrowser.html Will McGugan -- http://www.willmcgugan.com "".join({'*':'@','^':'.'}.get(c,0) or chr(97+(ord(c)-84)%26) for c in "jvyy*jvyyzpthtna^pbz") -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Dealing with marketing types...

Diez B. Roggisch wrote: > Will McGugan wrote: > >> Marketing types need a bandwagon to jump on. Point out that Google is >> used by Google, ILM and NASA. > > > Certainly a true statement - but I've got the sneaky suspicion that the > first google was sup

Re: Dealing with marketing types...

nd pointing out the > success stories of Python and Zope and language comparisons between > Python and Java. > > What experiences have those in the Python community had in these kinds > of situations? Marketing types need a bandwagon to jump on. Point out that Google is used by

Re: maybe a bug in python

.but when use["a"] or ("a","b"),the > tuple is longer than 1, it's no problem. > > ("a") is just a simple expression. You need to add a comma so that Python knows you want a tuple. Thusly... ("a",) Will McGugan -- http://www.willmcgugan.com "".join({'*':'@','^':'.'}.get(c,0) or chr(97+(ord(c)-84)%26) for c in "jvyy*jvyyzpthtna^pbz") -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: How to run functions in the background?

Ognjen Bezanov wrote: > > I had a look into this, but have decided on pymedia, which was more > focused on well... media. > > Either way thanks all of you, I have written my first threaded program, > and it does what I need it to perfectly. > > The only thing i have a problem with now is how to

Re: How to run functions in the background?

ion but to (at the same time) > be able to send commands from it (e.g. pause, play etc...) > > How could I do this? Put your function in a thread, and add a queue to send your commands. Look up 'thread' and 'queue' in the help. Will McGugan -- http://www.willmcgugan.

Re: overflowerror!!

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I tried that. Still get an Overflowerror: unsigned long is less than > minimum. > You'll also need to reserve enough space for the 256 ints. Try this.. data = array('L', '\0' * 256*4) Will -- http://www.willmcgugan.com "".join( [ {'*':'@','^':'.'}.get(c,None) or chr

Re: overflowerror!!

> for i in range(256): > data[i] = val > > print data > > How do i fill in the val 256 times into the array? 'B' creates bytes, and a byte can only store numbers in the range 0 to 255. Try using 'L' when creating your array. Will McGugan -- http://www.wi

Re: pygame 1.6 for windows (python2.4)

bc wrote: > Thanks for the reply, Will... I have been to the site, but I get a "URL > not found error" when I try the pygame 1.6 for python24 link; I guess > I will just keep trying until the HTML is fixed. > Does seem to be broken at the moment. I've uploaded a copy to my server.. http://www.w

Re: pygame 1.6 for windows (python2.4)

and Python2.4 http://www.pygame.org/download.shtml Will McGugan -- http://www.willmcgugan.com "".join( [ {'*':'@','^':'.'}.get(c,None) or chr(97+(ord(c)-84)%26) for c in "jvyy*jvyyzpthtna^pbz" ] ) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: overhead of starting threads

head: profile, profile, profile. You'll have to do sample > runs and find your sweet-spot. It all depends on what you're doing in > the threads. > I haven't had much luck with the profile module in the standard library. It only shows me data from the main thread. Is there

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