Re: pytz has so many timezones!

2007-10-08 Thread andrew clarke
On Mon, Oct 08, 2007 at 12:32:19AM -0700, Sanjay wrote: > I am using pytz.common_timezones to populate the timezone combo box of > some user registration form. But as it has so many timezones (around > 400), it is a bit confusing to the users. Is there a smaller and more > practical set? If not, s

Re: c++ for python programmers

2007-02-12 Thread andrew clarke
On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 10:00:51AM -0800, Thomas Nelson wrote: > I realize I'm approaching this backwards from the direction most > people go, but does anyone know of a good c/c++ introduction for > python programmers? Thomas, I sent you a message off-list but it bounced due to your mailbox being

Re: Windows vs. Linux

2006-08-04 Thread andrew clarke
On Fri, Aug 04, 2006 at 02:01:58PM +0200, Sybren Stuvel wrote: > > OS/2 (and eComStation) also uses the backslash as the path > > separator. > > You mean OS/2 is still in actual use? 'fraid so. :-) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Windows vs. Linux

2006-08-04 Thread andrew clarke
On Tue, Aug 01, 2006 at 05:31:01PM +0200, Sybren Stuvel wrote: > James Stroud enlightened us with: > > its better to use: > > > >os.path.join('my', 'favorite', 'dir') > > > > than > > > >"\\".join(['my', 'favorite', 'dir']) > > > > because the latter will bonk on linux. > > Ehm... replace