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Re: Locale case change not working

On May 24, 6:40 am, Peter Otten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Clodoaldo wrote: > > When using unicode the case change works: > > print u'É'.lower() > > é > > > But when using the pt_BR.utf-8 locale it doesn't: > > locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, 'pt_BR.utf-8') > > 'pt_BR.utf-8' > loca

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Brett_McS wrote: > In C++ (gack!) I got used to creating a helper function with each class to > check the class object initialisation parameters prior to creating the > object. > > In Python, this would be > --- > import example > > if example.Paramete

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Changing Unicode object to Tuple Type

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Re: Changing Unicode object to Tuple Type

[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: > Can we have change a unicode string Type object to a Tuple type > object.. If so how Why? Are you getting an error that makes you think that's a good idea? Tuples are basically structs, unicode objects are strings. There is no canonical way to convert them. Tel

Re: Changing Unicode object to Tuple Type

On May 24, 9:45 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Can we have change a unicode string Type object to a Tuple type > object.. If so how >>> x = u'fubar' >>> y = tuple(x) >>> y (u'f', u'u', u'b', u'a', u'r') >>> type(x) >>> type(y) >>> But I'm quite sure that's not the question you should be a

Re: Changing Unicode object to Tuple Type

On 24 May 2007 04:45:32 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can we have change a unicode string Type object to a Tuple type > object.. If so how *Loosely* speaking a tuple is a collection of multiple objects. So what are the objects that you want to put in that tuple ?! Or

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On 5/23/07, Wagner Garcia Campagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I need to develop an web applications that meet the following requirements: > > - 2 layers: the first one is the user interface (browser) and the second one > is the interaction with the operacional system of the server. >

Re: Changing Unicode object to Tuple Type

On May 24, 5:11 pm, "Diez B. Roggisch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: > > > Can we have change a unicode string Type object to a Tuple type > > object.. If so how > > Why? Are you getting an error that makes you think that's a good idea? > > Tuples are basically struc

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Re: installing cx_Oracle.

Carl K wrote: > I am trying to use this: > http://python.net/crew/atuining/cx_Oracle/html/cx_Oracle.html > it is a real module, right? > It is indeed. > sudo easy_install cx_Oracle did not easy_install cx_Oracle. > > http://www.python.org/pypi/cx_Oracle/4.3.1 doesn't give me any clue. > > I got

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Re: installing cx_Oracle.

Carl K schrieb: > I am trying to use this: > http://python.net/crew/atuining/cx_Oracle/html/cx_Oracle.html > it is a real module, right? > > sudo easy_install cx_Oracle did not easy_install cx_Oracle. > > http://www.python.org/pypi/cx_Oracle/4.3.1 doesn't give me any clue. > > I got the source f

Re: Changing Unicode object to Tuple Type

[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: > On May 24, 5:11 pm, "Diez B. Roggisch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: >> >>> Can we have change a unicode string Type object to a Tuple type >>> object.. If so how >> Why? Are you getting an error that makes you think that's a good idea?

Re: Lists vs tuples (newbie)

"Hendrik van Rooyen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Duncan Booth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> "Hendrik van Rooyen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > Aside from the hashing issue, there is nothing that a tuple can do >> > that can't be done as well or better by a list. >> >> There are a few oth

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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Just wanted to send a quick "Thank You!" to everyone who helped answer my > questions. This > list is awesome!! I'm finding the same, this list is amazing. There is a more welcome feeling than the C or C++ list I have seen. > I'm currently reading "How to Think Like

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Re: installing cx_Oracle.

Bill Scherer wrote: > Carl K wrote: > >> I am trying to use this: >> http://python.net/crew/atuining/cx_Oracle/html/cx_Oracle.html >> it is a real module, right? >> >> > It is indeed. > >> sudo easy_install cx_Oracle did not easy_install cx_Oracle. >> >> http://www.python.org/pypi/cx_

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Getting closer, thanks Bill and Diez. $ export ORACLE_HOME $ ORACLE_HOME=/usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/client $ python setup.py build $ sudo python setup.py install $ python -c "import cx_Oracle" Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in ? ImportError: libclntsh.so.

Re: 0 == False but [] != False?

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Re: installing cx_Oracle.

Carl K wrote: > Getting closer, thanks Bill and Diez. > > $ export ORACLE_HOME > $ ORACLE_HOME=/usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/client > $ python setup.py build > $ sudo python setup.py install > > $ python -c "import cx_Oracle" > Traceback (most recent call last): >File "", line 1,

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Re: installing cx_Oracle.

Bill Scherer wrote: > Carl K wrote: >> Getting closer, thanks Bill and Diez. >> >> $ export ORACLE_HOME >> $ ORACLE_HOME=/usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/client >> $ python setup.py build >> $ sudo python setup.py install >> >> $ python -c "import cx_Oracle" >> Traceback (most recent ca

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Re: configobj - use of

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Re: Bootstrapping

On May 24, 5:53 pm, Mauler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I need some help with adding bootstrap code to the core of python, the > idea is to leave a super base core inside a zip file (python25.zip > works right out of the box) and leave the rest in separate zip > modules. Making it more friendly wit

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On 23 May, 02:20, "Joshua J. Kugler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, I've read > this:http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2006-August/395943.html > That's not my problem. > > I installed PlanetPlanet via the > package's "setup.py install" command (as root)

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Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > On Thu, 24 May 2007 09:07:07 -0500, Carl K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > declaimed the following in comp.lang.python: > >> Getting closer, thanks Bill and Diez. >> >> $ export ORACLE_HOME >> $ ORACLE_HOME=/usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/client > > Don't those

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Re: How can I time a method of a class in python using Timeit

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Re: Reading (and writing?) audio file tags

On 24 May, 17:22, darren kirby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > quoth the Paul Moore: > > > I'd like to write some scripts to analyze and manipulate my music > > files. The files themselves are in MP3 and FLAC format (mostly MP3, > > but FLAC where I ripped original CDs and wanted a lossless format). >

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Hi, suppose a script of python is waiting for a file from the stdin and none is given. How can I make the script to stop and, for example, print an error message? Sorry for the n00b question and thanks -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: of destructors, open files and garbage collection

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Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > On Thu, 24 May 2007 09:07:07 -0500, Carl K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > declaimed the following in comp.lang.python: > >> Getting closer, thanks Bill and Diez. >> >> $ export ORACLE_HOME >> $ ORACLE_HOME=/usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/client > > Don't those

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In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Paul McGuire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This has *got* to rank up there among the VFAQ's of them all, along > with the mysterious shared default empty list argument. I think this > particular question has been asked in one form or another at least > twice a week

Re: modifying values of List or Dictionary when iterating on them

> d=dict(a=1, b=2, c=3) > for k, v in d.iteritems(): > d[k]=d[k]+1 You might as well do: d[k] = v + 1, like for the list. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: CP4E revival

On May 24, 5:03 am, Richard Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael Tobis wrote: > >http://tinyurl.com/yr62r3 > > > seems to short-circuit some pointless hoop-jumping to get you to the > > article. > > Hoop-jumping implemented to prevent just this kind of direct linking (and > thus not saving of

Re: How can I time a method of a class in python using Timeit

On May 24, 9:36 am, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am using timeit to time a global function like this > > t = timeit.Timer("timeTest()","from __main__ import timeTest") > result = t.timeit(); > > But how can i use timeit to time a function in a class? > class FetchUrlTh

Re: need advice on building core code for python and PHP

> Is there a way I could code the base (core) code in Python and have > PHP call it? I've really liked using SQLAlchemy and there are other * quick and dirty solution: in a shell: $ python yourscript.py pipe_out in the php script: fwrite(pipe_in, input_data); results = fread(pipe_out, size

Re: installing cx_Oracle.

On Thu, 2007-05-24 at 16:15 +, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > On Thu, 24 May 2007 09:07:07 -0500, Carl K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > declaimed the following in comp.lang.python: > > > Getting closer, thanks Bill and Diez. > > > > $ export ORACLE_HOME > > $ ORACLE_HOME=/usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/oracle/prod

Re: How can I time a method of a class in python using Timeit

On May 24, 11:30 am, 7stud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On May 24, 9:36 am, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > I am using timeit to time a global function like this > > > t = timeit.Timer("timeTest()","from __main__ import timeTest") > > result = t.timeit(); > > >

Re: How can I time a method of a class in python using Timeit

Actually, you can do this: class Dog(object): def aFunction(self): result = 20 + 2 def run(self): #do stuff aFunction() #do other stuff import timeit t = timeit.Timer("d.aFunction()", "from __main__ import Dog; d = Dog()") print t.timeit() Since you only

Re: pyodbc data corruption problem

I have done some additiona investigate into this problem and found the following: As described below the problem does not begin to appear until the return value size is > 2048. Once the return value is greater than 2048 bytes the value returned by pyodbc is 2 times the actual size of the retur

Re: Windows Debugging w/o MS

> Debug builds are incompatible with release builds. You'll need to > build every binary extension in debug mode (assuming the original > authors don't provide debug builds). Right, and this is what I would like to avoid having to do. Thanks, Chris PS. Sorry for the duplicate olsongt -- http:/

question about getch()

Hey all, I'm having a problem with using msvcrt.getch() . What I want is some functionality like this: print 'blah blah blah, good_input to do blah blah blah, exit_key to exit' while input != exit_key: input = get_input_from_getch() if input == good_input: print input

Re: need advice on building core code for python and PHP

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, digimotif <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >All, >I'm currently working with a small development company on a PHP >application they already have. There are several processing tasks >that could be scripted in Python and run in the background to modify a >database, instead

Re: question about getch()

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hey all, > > I'm having a problem with using msvcrt.getch() . What I want is some > functionality like this: > > print 'blah blah blah, good_input to do blah blah blah, exit_key to exit' > > while input != exit_key: > input = get_input_from_getch() > > i

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