Re: Providing 'default' value with raw_input()?

Hi Roger, This is exactly what I was looking for! Thank you so much! I now have a fully functioning command-line todo app. Anyone interested in why I picked that as my 2nd-ever-Python-app might like to read the post over at 43folders.com about suggested uses for Quicksilver on the Mac (http://w

Re: Find out the schema with psycopg?

Ben Hutchings wrote: > Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>>I am trying to discover the schema of a PostgreSQL database >>>programatically at runtime. >>> >>>I'm using psycopg (I assume that's still the best library). Is there a >>>way to query the schema oth

Re: Indentation/whitespace

thakadu wrote: > I consider myself a fairly experienced Python coder and although I am > not "uncomfortable" with significant whitespace there are a few places > where I do find it annoying and I wouldnt mind an alternate block > delimitation syntax. I would prefer something like the ruby "end" >

How to calculate the CPU time consumption and memory consuption of any python program in Linux

Hi All, i want to calculate the cpu time consumption and memory consuption of any program written in python during runtime on Linux Fedora Core - 2, P4, RAM-512 MB. Actually i have written one database program in two ways, 1) Inprocedural way 2) in object oriented way. Now i want to check how effi

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Re: Guido at Google

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Steve Holden wrote: > > >>Far answers to this and all other (as far as I can determine) >>hypothetical questions please refer to the license. > > > But note that no OSI certified open source license will grant the right > to use a trademark. You gain trademark rights

Re: Herds of cats

Alex Martelli wrote: [...] > Still, I'm not disputing that CA "got screwed"... though it looks like > they did it to themselves -- they didn't stop to consider the need to > WOO developers to actually get them onboard as a part of the overall > deal, just sort of assumed they "came with the package

Re: Indentation/whitespace

"thakadu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I consider myself a fairly experienced Python coder and although I am > not "uncomfortable" with significant whitespace there are a few places > where I do find it annoying and I wouldnt mind an alternate block > delimitation syntax. The problem with that i

Microsoft's JavaScript doc's newfangled problem

sometimes in the last few months, apparently Microsoft made changes to their JavaScript documentation website: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/script56/html/1e9b3876-3d38-4fd8-8596-1bbfe2330aa9.asp so that, one has to goddamn press the "expand" button to view the

Re: Indentation/whitespace

On Fri, 23 Dec 2005 15:31:55 -0800, thakadu wrote: > I consider myself a fairly experienced Python coder and although I am > not "uncomfortable" with significant whitespace there are a few places > where I do find it annoying and I wouldnt mind an alternate block > delimitation syntax. I would pr

Passwords in cron scripts

I have some python scripts that run as cron jobs. They connect to external resources (like a newsserver) - for which passwords are required. I currently have them stored in the scripts themselves (ouch!) - and was wondering if there was a more secure solution. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/

Re: Microsoft's JavaScript doc's newfangled problem

Xah Lee wrote: > sometimes in the last few months, apparently Microsoft made changes to > their JavaScript documentation website: Their *JScript* documentation website - here's the keyword. See:

Timing out arbitrary functions

I have a problem and I don't know where to start looking for a solution. I have a class that needs to call an arbitrary function and wait for a result. The function, being completely arbitrary and not under my control, may be very time consuming and possibly may not even halt. My class needs to be

Re: Providing 'default' value with raw_input()?

planetthoughtful wrote: > My intention is to build a GUI for this app, yes, but given that I'm > about a week old in my learning of Python, I thought a command-line app > was a better place to start. > > I had thought to build GUIs in wxPython - is Tkinter any easier to > learn? Tkinter is quite

Re: Timing out arbitrary functions

Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > How do others handle something like this? What should I be looking for? > I'm after a lightweight solution, if any such thing exists. Is something stopping you from using sigalarm? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Passwords in cron scripts

Mark Carter wrote: > I have some python scripts that run as cron jobs. They connect to > external resources (like a newsserver) - for which passwords are > required. I currently have them stored in the scripts themselves (ouch!) > - and was wondering if there was a more secure solution. Secure

Re: Indentation/whitespace

>That's hardly Python's fault. That's a problem with lousy browsers, >editors etc. which add word-wrapping or remove whitespace. >Complain to the >browser developers. While I have no doubt that there are lousy browsers out there, the problem is not only with browsers, but also I agree with you its

Re: Microsoft's JavaScript doc's newfangled problem

Zif wrote: > In a file called 'whidbey/script.js' they still use document.all > without any fall back to getElementById. Isn't whidbey the code name > for Visual Studio .NET 2005?  Does it use document.all exclusively? I'm wondering if they meant for that documentation to be read in VS 2005? --

Re: Indentation/whitespace

James Tanis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > syntax. Honestly I wonder how so many coders actually came to be > interested in the field -- one that pretty much thrives in part on its > neverending ability to vary, grow, and change -- if something so small > can warrant so much attention. An obs

Re: pyQt for windows

"Bill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > relativity wrote: >> I have downloaded and installed pyQt 3.14 educational but when I run any >> of >> the examples I get an error saying qt-mtedu333.dll was not found. I have >> also installed the qt4 opensource version for wi

Re: Indentation/whitespace

On 2005-12-23, Gary Herron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You've got the visible/invisible aspect of things > *exactly* backwards. > The point on a line of text where things change > from white space to > non-white space is *highly* visible. The several > pixels that represent a > { or } are nearl

Linux > python > file-I/O ?

I've just started to test/learn python. I've got Linux > mandrake9 > python & documentation. What I'll initially want to be doing needs file I/O, so I wanted to confirm file I/O early in my tests. Following the examples : >>> f=open('/tmp/workfile', 'w') >>> print f <-- OK But: >>> f.read(siz

Re: Linux > python > file-I/O ?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've just started to test/learn python. > I've got Linux > mandrake9 > python & documentation. > What I'll initially want to be doing needs file I/O, so I > wanted to confirm file I/O early in my tests. > > Following the examples : > >>> f=open('/tmp/workfile', 'w') > >>

Re: Linux > python > file-I/O ?

On 2005-12-24, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: f.read(size) > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "", line 1, in ? > NameError: name 'size' is not defined <-- ?? Obj-method unknown ?? > > > What's wrong ? You haven't defined anything named "size". Assuming you want to

Re: Timing out arbitrary functions

Steven D'Aprano wrote: > I have a problem and I don't know where to start looking for a solution. > > I have a class that needs to call an arbitrary function and wait for a > result. The function, being completely arbitrary and not under my control, > may be very time consuming and possibly may not

Re: Indentation/whitespace

Lee Harr wrote: > On 2005-12-23, Gary Herron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You've got the visible/invisible aspect of things > > *exactly* backwards. > > The point on a line of text where things change > > from white space to > > non-white space is *highly* visible. The several > > pixels that re

Re: Passwords in cron scripts

Mark Carter wrote: > I have some python scripts that run as cron jobs. They connect to > external resources (like a newsserver) - for which passwords are > required. I currently have them stored in the scripts themselves (ouch!) > - and was wondering if there was a more secure solution. Any form o

Re: How to calculate the CPU time consumption and memory consuption of any python program in Linux

For CPU time usage, see the standard time module specifically the time.clock() function. For memory usage see /Jean Brouwers -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-l

Re: How to calculate the CPU time consumption and memory consuption of any python program in Linux

MrJean1 wrote: > For CPU time usage, see the standard time module > > > > specifically the time.clock() function. For memory usage see > > > > > /Jean Brouwers there was a good long

Re: How to calculate the CPU time consumption and memory consuption of any python program in Linux

Thank you, for your directions and advices. shahriar ... gene tani wrote: > MrJean1 wrote: > > For CPU time usage, see the standard time module > > > > > > > > specifically the time.clock() function. For memory usage see > > > >

Re: Indentation/whitespace

Lee Harr wrote: > On 2005-12-23, Gary Herron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You've got the visible/invisible aspect of things > > *exactly* backwards. > > The point on a line of text where things change > > from white space to > > non-white space is *highly* visible. The several > > pixels that re

Re: How to calculate the CPU time consumption and memory consuption of any python program in Linux

Shahriar Shamil Uulu wrote: > Thank you, for your directions and advices. > shahriar ... also look: http://spyced.blogspot.com/2005/09/how-well-do-you-know-python-part-9.html whihc mentions twisted.python.reflect.findInstances(sys.modules, str) and objgrep, which i didn't know about -- http:/

Re: Linux > python > file-I/O ?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've just started to test/learn python. > I've got Linux > mandrake9 > python & documentation. > What I'll initially want to be doing needs file I/O, so I > wanted to confirm file I/O early in my tests. > > Following the examples : > >>> f=open('/tmp/workfile', 'w') > >

Re: Xah's Edu Corner: Responsible Software Licensing

On Fri, 23 Dec 2005, Xah Lee wrote: His usual clap trap. ___ /| /| | | ||__|| | Please do | / O O\__ NOT |

Re: Trying to find regex for any script in an html source

"28tommy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > I'm trying to find scripts in html source of a page retrieved from the > web. > I'm trying to use the following rule: > > match = re.compile('') > > I'm testing it on a page that includes the following source: > >