tracing openurl input and output?

How can I watch the messages being sent back and for on urllib shttp requests? If it were simple http I would just watch the socket traffic but of course that won't work for https. Is there a debug flag I can set that will do this? context: I am dealing with a web service bug and I want to tell

parsing times like "5 minutes ago"?

I'm looking for something like Tcl's [clock scan] command which parses human-readable time strings such as: % clock scan "5 minutes ago" 1246925569 % clock scan "tomorrow 12:00" 1246993200 % clock scan "today + 1 fortnight" 1248135628 Does any such package exist for Python

setting program name, like $0= in perl?

I'm sure this is a FAQ, but I certainly haven't been able to find an answer. Is it possible to set the program name as seen by the operating system or lower-level libraries? I'm connecting to a database, and the runtime helpfully sends some information to the server, such as username, pid, and pr

Re: preferring [] or () in list of error codes?

John Machin wrote: > T=lambda x:x in(25401,25402,25408);import dis;dis.dis(L);dis.dis(T) I've learned a lot from this thread, but this is the niftiest bit I've picked up... thanks! -- Mark Harrison Pixar Animation Studios -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

preferring [] or () in list of error codes?

Is there any reason to prefer one or the other of these statements? if e.message.code in [25401,25402,25408]: if e.message.code in (25401,25402,25408): I'm currently using [], but only coz I think it's prettier than (). context: these are database errors and e is database excepti

Re: #! to two different pythons?

Cameron Simpson wrote: > - Keep the "#!/usr/bin/env python" and then: > ln -s /usr/anim/menv/bin/pypix /usr/local/bin/python Ah, that's a good idea. The pypix is a company-wide maintained python, but ln -s python pypix on my local Mac laptop python install makes the env work quite nicel

Re: #! to two different pythons?

Benjamin Peterson wrote: > #!/usr/bin/env python But how can I handle this with two differently named pythons? #!/usr/anim/menv/bin/pypix #!/Users/mh/py/bin/python Thanks! Mark -- Mark Harrison Pixar Animation Studios -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

#! to two different pythons?

I've got a bunch of python programs on linux that start with: #!/usr/anim/menv/bin/pypix Now I'm moving some to the mac, where I'm changing that to: #!/Users/mh/py/bin/python What's the best way to handle this? I've got an install script that rewrites the f

Re: best way to parse a function-call-like string?

Paul McGuire wrote: > Pyparsing will easily carve up these function declarations, and will I didn't know about this module, it looks like what I was looking for... Thanks!!! -- Mark Harrison Pixar Animation Studios -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: best way to parse a function-call-like string?

Robert Kern wrote: > On 2009-02-26 15:29, m...@pixar.com wrote: > Use the compiler module to generate an AST and walk it. That's the real > way. For me, that would also be the quick way because I am familiar with > the API, but it may take you a little bit of time to get used to it. ah, that's

best way to parse a function-call-like string?

I have some strings that look like function calls, e.g. "junkpkg.f1" "junkpkg.f1()" "junkpkg.f1('aaa')" "junkpkg.f1('aaa','bbb')" "junkpkg.f1('aaa','bbb','ccc')" "junkpkg.f1('aaa','with,comma')" and I need to split them into the function name and li

Re: var or inout parm?

J. Clifford Dyer wrote: > Just google for call-by-object, and ignore the hell out of that thread. Now I've got to go read it! ;-) -- Mark Harrison Pixar Animation Studios -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: var or inout parm?

Chris Rebert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not directly possible or encouraged. You can emulate it by sticking > the value in a container object (e.g. list) though: Thanks, that's just what I needed. I'm using this to monkeypatch a test driver into some code that I can't touch, otherwise I would

var or inout parm?

How can I make a "var" parm, where the called function can modify the value of the parameter in the caller? def f(x): x = x + 1 n = 1 f(n) # n should now be 2 Many TIA!! Mark -- Mark Harrison Pixar Animation Studios -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

who to thank for the new RST doc format?

I am really loving the output, and have started using RST for some of my own docs as well. It's wonderful and I know it was a lot of work on somebody's part to think it through and make the changes. If it was you, Many Thanks!!! -- Mark Harrison Pixar Animation Studios -- http://mail.python.org

best way to accelerate xmlrpc?

I've got some python xmlrpc servers and clients. What's the best way to accelerate them? xmlrpclib.py attempts to import these modules: import _xmlrpclib import sgmlop from xml.parsers import expat and falls back to defining the SlowParser class. So, which of these modules is the pr

Re: etymology of "list comprehension"?

"Martin v. Lowis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The definition in logic, in turn, matches my understanding of the > English word "to comprehend": If I know all attributes, marks, > etc of an object, I understand it fully, i.e. I comprehend it. I think also that as was pointed out, "comprehension" m

Re: etymology of "list comprehension"?

Chris Rebert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > the term > "comprehension" for the concept was first used in the NPL programming > language (Wikipedia again). Ah, thanks... and does "comprehension" have any special computer science meaning? -- Mark Harrison Pixar Animation Studios -- http://mail.pytho

etymology of "list comprehension"?

I googled and wiki'ed, but couldn't find a concise clear answer as to how python "list comprehensions" got their name. Who picked the name? What was the direct inspiration, another language? What language was the first to have such a construct? I get that it's based on set notation. Thanks! Ma

Re: wrapping a method function call?

Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now you can monkey patch class A if you want. It's probably not a great > idea to do this in production code, as it will effect class A everywhere. > This is perfect for me. The code in question is basically a protocol translator... it receives reque

wrapping a method function call?

I am instantiating a class A (which I am importing from somebody else, so I can't modify it) into my class X. Is there a way I can intercept or wrape calls to methods in A? I.e., in the code below can I call x.a.p1() and get the output X.pre A.p1 X.post Many TIA! Mark class A:

Re: subdirectories for sys.path import?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is there a way to import a module from one of these subdirectories? > Any other more pythonic ways to approach the situation? ah, the magic of __init__.py. Thanks all! -- Mark Harrison Pixar Animation Studios -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

subdirectories for sys.path import?

I'm currently sharing a directory on sys.path with another group. We don't have the option to modify sys.path. In order to reduce conflicts between the two group's code, installation procedures, etc, I'd like to make a subdirectory for each group, and have each group manage their own subdirectory

Re: SimpleXMLRPCServer -- turning off request log?

Vinay Sajip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Did you try setting logRequests to false? Perfect, that's just what I needed. Thanks Vinay!! Mark -- Mark Harrison Pixar Animation Studios -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

SimpleXMLRPCServer -- turning off request log?

My SimpleXMLRPCServer program prints to stderr a line like this for each request: ohm..pixar.com - - [25/Sep/2008 17:57:50] "POST /RPC2 HTTP/1.0" 200 - Is there a way to turn this logging off? I have RTFM and can't seem to find a way to do so. Many TIA! Mark -- Mark Harrison Pixar Animation S

iterating over two arrays in parallel?

I want to interate over two arrays in parallel, something like this: a=[1,2,3] b=[4,5,6] for i,j in a,b: print i,j where i,j would be 1,4,2,5, 3,6 etc. Is this possible? Many TIA! Mark -- Mark Harrison Pixar Animation Studios -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listi

Re: [1,2,3] exactly same as [1,2,3,] ?

Paul McNett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When confronted with this type of question, I ask the interpreter: > >>> [1,2,3] == [1,2,3,] > True Well I guess that's a pretty authoritative answer... thanks! -- Mark Harrison Pixar Animation Studios -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-li

[1,2,3] exactly same as [1,2,3,] ?

x=[1,2,3] and x=[1,2,3,] are exactly the same, right? I'm generating some python data, and it's less error prone to not treat the last element specially, but I want to be sure I'm generating an equivalent data structure. Many TIA! Mark -- Mark Harrison Pixar Animation Studios -- http://mail.py

Best idiom for looping over input?

What's the best Python idiom for this C construct? while ((x = next()) != END) { } Now I'm doing x = next() while x != END: x = next() There's not an iterator for this function, or I would just use for x in ... Many TIA! Mark -- Mark Har

mapping a string to an instancemethod

The following bit of code will allow an instance member to be called by reference. How can I map a string (e.g. "hello1" or "Foo.hello1" to a the instance member? class Foo: def hello1(self, p): print 'hello1', p def hello2(self, p): print 'hello2', p def dispatch(self

http server class that lets me open socket?

I'm writing a select-based server, and some of the client connections will want to send an xml-rpc request. Is there a class in the http hierarchy that will allow me to manage a socket, and allow me to instantiate the class like myhttpserver = SomeHTTPServer(mysocket) and then let me call so

best option for python lex/yacc?

I'm porting a C lex/yacc based project, and would like to redo it in python. What's the best option for a python lex/yacc-like? I've googled a few things, but wanted to see the current concensus. Many TIA! Mark -- Mark Harrison Pixar Animation Studios -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo

getting dir(x), but not as list of strings?

I want to iterate over members of a module, something like: for i in dir(x): if type(i) == types.FunctionType: ... but of course dir() returns a list of strings. If x is a module, how can I get the list of its members as their actual types? Many TIA! Mark -- Mark Harrison Pixar An

call tree tool?

I'm cleaning up some old code, and want to see what orphan functions might be sitting around. Is there a static call tree analyzer for python? Many TIA! Mark -- Mark Harrison Pixar Animation Studios -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

best way to have enum-like identifiers?

I currently have a 2-dim hash, indexed by two strings: template['py']['funcpre'] template['py']['funcpost'] ... but I would prefer to have these indexed by constants of some kind, since this seems a bit more natural: template[py][funcpre] template[py][funcpost] ... Curre

Re: any chance regular expressions are cached?

John Machin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes they will be cached. great. > But do yourself a favour and check out the > string methods. Nifty... thanks all! -- Mark Harrison Pixar Animation Studios -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

any chance regular expressions are cached?

I've got a bit of code in a function like this: s=re.sub(r'\n','\n'+spaces,s) s=re.sub(r'^',spaces,s) s=re.sub(r' *\n','\n',s) s=re.sub(r' *$','',s) s=re.sub(r'\n*$','',s) Is there any chance that these will be cached somewhere, and save me the trouble of having to declare som

Re: nonblocking read of one xml element?

Stefan Behnel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I'm parsing a log file that's being written out in > > real time. > > This is part of an event loop, so I want to have some code > > that looks like this: > > > >when logfile is readable: > >read one node, includin

nonblocking read of one xml element?

So, I'm parsing a log file that's being written out in real time. 123foo 456bar <--- no , coz the file hasn't yet been closed This is part of an event loop, so I want to have some code that looks like this: when logfile is readable: read one node, including children

compiling an extension for several versions of python

I don't have access to site-packages, but I would like to provide versions of my c-language package compiled against python 2.4 and 2.5. I "own" a library directory which is included in our site's sys.path. Currently this is where the 2.4 shared libary is installed. What's the most canonical way

Silly import question (__file__ attribute)

So on most modules I import, I can access the .__file__ attribute to find the implementation. ie: >>> import time >>> time.__file__ '/data1/virtualpython/lib/python2.3/lib-dynload/timemodule.so' >>> import socket >>> socket.__file__ '/data1/virtualpython/lib/python2.3/socket.pyc' This doesn't wor

Determine if windows drive letter is hard drive or optical from python?

Hi Folks- I'm trying to do a simple emulation of unix "locate" functionality in python for windows. Problem is I don't want to crawl/index optical drives. Do any of the windows people out there know how I can determine: 1. How many drives are on the system? (I could just iterate over the alpha

Re: Hardware specs gathering? - platform independant

The Spike Asset Manager reports on the cpu speed and amount of memory for linux, macosx, windows and solaris. http://spike-asset-mgr.spikesource.com/ matt -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: [ANN] Spike Asset Manager release 0.13

Fredrik- This is a known issue. The tool currently only looks in certain locations or hints rather then spidering the whole hard drive (which could take a bit of time). If you have installed in a non-standard location (or are using a platform or version of software that hasn't been tested agains

Re: [ANN] Spike Asset Manager release 0.13

The idea is to have a framework to do this in a semi-crossplatform manner. The framework could be updated to know about apt, portage repositories as well as talk to to the windows registry. Not everyone is running redhat ;) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

[ANN] Spike Asset Manager release 0.13

Spike Asset Manager (SAM) is an open-source cross-platform framework written in python for probing a system for components and reporting them. It includes a driver file that probes for components commonly found in a LAMPJ stack (Apache, MySQL, PHP, Tomcat, etc). Note that the L in LAMP could be Li