In message , Nobody wrote:
> I imagine that your extension code is trashing the heap, in which case,
> valgrind is probably the answer.
Something simpler to try first is to run the code with the MALLOC_CHECK_
environment variable set to 2 or 3. That might give a few more clues.
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On Fri, 05 Nov 2010 12:17:00 +, Mark Wooding wrote:
>> #1 Most default values are things like True, False, None, integer or
>> string literals. Since they're literals, they will never change, so you
>> only need to set them once.
>
> Right; so a half-decent compiler can notice this and optimi
On 2010-11-06, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Thu, 04 Nov 2010 19:37:25 +, Tim Harig wrote:
>> Examples of communication channels that mangle white space abound.
> Yes. So what?
So something which is broken by them is brittle.
And in every circumstance *other* than the syntax of Python, specif
On Nov 4, 10:21 am, de...@web.de (Diez B. Roggisch) wrote:
> macm writes:
> for value in d.values():
> if isinstance(value, dict):
I'm not a Python guru, but... do you care that you're breaking duck
typing here? I've had other programmers warn me against using
isinstance() for this
On Oct 29, 8:53 am, rantingrick wrote:
> I am the programmer, and when i say to my interpretor "show this
> exception instead of that exception" i expect my interpretor to do
> exactly as i say or risk total annihilation!! I don't want my
> interpreter "interpreting" my intentions and then doing
On 2010-11-06, Philip Semanchuk wrote:
> The former refers to something that programmers would use to learn
>the language once they've gone through the tutorial a few times.
>The latter is great for writing a Python parser but isn't the
>friendliest guide to language constructs.
That sounds, then
On 2010-11-06, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Fri, 05 Nov 2010 08:17:02 +0530, Rustom Mody wrote:
>> However the original question -- mixing tabs and spaces is bad -- has
>> got lost in the flames. Do the most die-hard python fanboys deny this?
>> And if not is it asking too much (say in python3) t
On Fri, 05 Nov 2010 23:21:11 -0400, Philip Semanchuk wrote:
> Take the OP's question. How is one supposed to find out about bitwise
> operators in Python? AFAICT they're not mentioned in the tutorial, and
> neither are decorators, assert(), global, exec, the ternary if
> statement, etc.
The tutor
On Sat, 06 Nov 2010 04:33:25 +, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> As far as the OP's question, I'm kind of surprised that he wasn't told
> that Google is his friend. The very first hit for "python caret" answers
> his question. If he had spent even five seconds googling, he would have
> got his answer.
As for tools' brokeness regarding spaces/tabs/indentation heres a
thread on the emacs list wherein emacs dev Stefan Monnier admits to
the fact that emacs' handling in this regard is not perfect.
http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.emacs.help/browse_thread/thread/1bd0c33a3e755730/89cbd920ee651b5a?q=
On 11/5/2010 4:51 PM, Raymond Hettinger wrote:
On Nov 5, 1:05 pm, Terry Reedy wrote:
Currently, there are no promises or guarantees about the final state
of the iterator.
I interpret the current doc statement as a promise that becomes
ambiguous when step> 1.
You may have missed my point.
I have created an issue in roundup at http://bugs.python.org/issue10323.
I was expecting the discussion to move to that place but since it has not,
for the sake of completion I am quoting my response
to Raymond that I had posted on roundup.
> @Raymond: I don't have a particular use case where I ha
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