RE: Python statements not forcing whitespace is messy?

> On Behalf Of J. Cliff Dyer > On the other hand, this is just as bad: > > [ ( y ) for ( x , y ) in [ ( "foo" , 2 ) , ( "bar" , 4 ) ] if > "foo" in ( x ) ] I think that's allowed in order to recruit C/C++ programmers. Regards, Ryan Ginstrom -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-li

Re: string questions

Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch wrote: > But please don't use the functions in `string` that are also available as > methods on strings. Those functions are deprecated. > > Meaning (for newbie clarification): instead of string.upper(s2), just do s2.upper(). For more detail, see the docs. -- http

Re: how to join array of integers?

On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 16:07:07 +, Grant Edwards wrote: > It's nice people have invented so many ways to spell the builting "map" > ;) > ",".join(map(str,[1,2,3])) > '1,2,3' The oldest solution, and if not the fastest, at least neck-and-neck with the list comprehension. >>> timeit.Time

Re: Needless copying in iterations?

On Sun, 16 Sep 2007 00:05:58 +, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch wrote: > On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 14:58:15 -0700, James Stroud wrote: > >> I was staring at a segment of code that looked like this today: >> >> for something in stuff[x:y]: >> whatever(something) >> >> and was wondering if the c

Re: Latest software here!!!!!

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Re: Python statements not forcing whitespace is messy?

On Sun, 16 Sep 2007 09:14:57 +0900, Ryan Ginstrom wrote: >> On Behalf Of J. Cliff Dyer >> On the other hand, this is just as bad: >> >> [ ( y ) for ( x , y ) in [ ( "foo" , 2 ) , ( "bar" , 4 ) ] if "foo" in >> ( x ) ] > > I think that's allowed in order to recruit C/C++ programmers. Heh :) In

Re: How to avoid overflow errors

On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 02:45:10 -0700, James Stroud wrote: > Steven D'Aprano wrote: >> On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 18:19:45 -0700, James Stroud wrote: >> How do I subclass int and/or long so that my class also auto-converts only when needed? >>> Use __new__. >> >> The disadvantage of that is

Re: Python statements not forcing whitespace is messy?

John Machin wrote: > On 16/09/2007 8:11 AM, James Stroud wrote: >> Steve Holden wrote: >>> I don't know why you have a bug up your ass about it, as the >>> Americans say. >> I think most Americans say "wild hare up your ass". > > The essence of Steve's point appears to be that the OP has ridden in

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Re: List append

On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 03:25:27 +, mouseit wrote: > I'm trying to add an element to a list which is a property of an > object, stored in an array. When I append to one element, all of the > lists are appended! > > Example Code: > > class Test: > array = [] > > myTests = [Test() , Test() ,

Re: how to join array of integers?

Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2007-09-15, Robert Kern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Grant Edwards wrote: >>> On 2007-09-15, Erik Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >> print ''.join([str(i) for i in [1,2,3]]) > It's better to use generator comprehension instead of LC: > > ",".join(str(

Re: List append

Rob E wrote: > On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 03:25:27 +, mouseit wrote: > >> I'm trying to add an element to a list which is a property of an >> object, stored in an array. When I append to one element, all of the >> lists are appended! >> >> Example Code: >> >> class Test: >> array = [] >> >> myTes

Re: Needless copying in iterations?

Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > In *general* the compiler can't tell, but in specific cases it > could. A (hypothetical) optimizing compiler would tell the > difference between: > > for item in alist[1:5]: > print item # no possible side-effects The 'print' statement converts t

Re: subclass of integers

On Sep 14, 10:30 am, Mark Morss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would like to construct a class that includes both the integers and > None. I desire that if x and y are elements of this class, and both > are integers, then arithmetic operations between them, such as x+y, > return the same result as

Un(der)documented bits of cgi.py

I'm trying to detect and intelligently deal with problems created when a user of a Python CGI page uploads a file and then gets impatient and clicks on some other button or the browser's cancel button (or even closes the page). If the file is large enough, and the user is impatient enough, thi

Re: Needless copying in iterations?

On Sun, 16 Sep 2007 00:40:13 +, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Sun, 16 Sep 2007 00:05:58 +, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch wrote: > > In *general* the compiler can't tell, but in specific cases it could. A > (hypothetical) optimizing compiler would tell the difference between: > > > for item in

Re: Just bought Python in a Nutshell

7stud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Used copies of computer books for out of date editions are always > cheap. "Python in a Nutshell (2nd ed)" is a reference book with a > frustratingly poor index--go figure. It also contains errors not > posted in the errata. You can always enter errata at

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