Re: Python's numeric tower

2014-06-15 Thread Ian Kelly
On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 8:51 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > Does anyone know any examples of values or types from the standard > library or well-known third-party libraries which satisfies > isinstance(a, numbers.Number) but not isinstance(a, numbers.Complex)? >>> issubclass(decimal.Decimal, number

Re: OT: This Swift thing

2014-06-15 Thread Johannes Bauer
On 07.06.2014 11:54, Alain Ketterlin wrote: > No. Cost is the issue (development, maintenance, operation, > liability...). Want an example? Here is one: > > http://tech.slashdot.org/story/14/06/06/1443218/gm-names-and-fires-engineers-involved-in-faulty-ignition-switch Yeah this is totally believ

Re: OT: This Swift thing

2014-06-15 Thread Johannes Bauer
On 05.06.2014 23:53, Marko Rauhamaa wrote: > or: > >def make_street_address_map(info_list): >return dict((info.get_street_address(), info.get_zip_code()) >for info in info_list) > or, what I think is even clearer than your last one: def make_street_address_map(i

Re: OT: This Swift thing

2014-06-15 Thread CHIN Dihedral
On Wednesday, June 4, 2014 10:53:13 PM UTC+8, Mark H. Harris wrote: > On 6/4/14 9:24 AM, Skip Montanaro wrote: > > > Surely your local colleagues realize that Python has been around for > > > 20-odd years now, that indentation-based block structure has been > > > there since Day One, and that it

Re: OT: This Swift thing

2014-06-15 Thread Marko Rauhamaa
Johannes Bauer : > def make_street_address_map(info_list): > return { info.get_street_address(): info.get_zip_code() >for info in info_list } Live and learn. Have been an the lookout for dict comprehensions, but didn't notice they were already included. Marko -- https://mai

RE: tempfile.py", line 83, in once_lock = _allocate_lock() thread.error: can't allocat lock

2014-06-15 Thread SABARWAL, SHAL
This is with python 2.7.3 pn HP-UX 11.11 From: SABARWAL, SHAL Sent: Friday, June 13, 2014 9:41 PM To: python-list@python.org Subject: tempfile.py", line 83, in once_lock = _allocate_lock() thread.error: can't allocat lock Appreciate any help in resolving/understanding following error. Very

RE: tempfile.py", line 83, in once_lock = _allocate_lock() thread.error: can't allocat lock

2014-06-15 Thread SABARWAL, SHAL
Will do . Thanks for the tips. Using the mailing list process for the first time. One of the problems is that the issue occurs only in production. Have not been able to recreate the issue in dev/test. However will continue with some trials. -Original Message- From: Cameron Simpson [mailt

Re: Python's numeric tower

2014-06-15 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Sun, 15 Jun 2014 01:22:50 -0600, Ian Kelly wrote: > On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 8:51 PM, Steven D'Aprano > wrote: >> Does anyone know any examples of values or types from the standard >> library or well-known third-party libraries which satisfies >> isinstance(a, numbers.Number) but not isinstance

Re: Python's numeric tower

2014-06-15 Thread Roy Smith
In article <539dbcbe$0$29988$c3e8da3$54964...@news.astraweb.com>, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Sun, 15 Jun 2014 01:22:50 -0600, Ian Kelly wrote: > > > On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 8:51 PM, Steven D'Aprano > > wrote: > >> Does anyone know any examples of values or types from the standard > >> library

Re: Python's numeric tower

2014-06-15 Thread Ian Kelly
On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Roy Smith wrote: > In article <539dbcbe$0$29988$c3e8da3$54964...@news.astraweb.com>, > Steven D'Aprano wrote: > >> On Sun, 15 Jun 2014 01:22:50 -0600, Ian Kelly wrote: >> >> > On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 8:51 PM, Steven D'Aprano >> > wrote: >> >> Does anyone know a

My Christmas wish list

2014-06-15 Thread Mark Lawrence
Dear Santa, Please can I have the "new" regex module in Python 3.5, if only because MRAB has done so much work on it. Love and kisses. Mark xxx -- My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask what you can do for our language. Mark Lawrence --- This email is free f

Re: My Christmas wish list

2014-06-15 Thread Chris Angelico
On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 7:15 AM, Mark Lawrence wrote: > Dear Santa, > > Please can I have the "new" regex module in Python 3.5, if only because MRAB > has done so much work on it. > > Love and kisses. > > Mark xxx As it's not December, you have to pay full rate emails to Santa. But more important

Re: Python's numeric tower

2014-06-15 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Sun, 15 Jun 2014 13:28:44 -0400, Roy Smith wrote: > In article <539dbcbe$0$29988$c3e8da3$54964...@news.astraweb.com>, > Steven D'Aprano wrote: > >> On Sun, 15 Jun 2014 01:22:50 -0600, Ian Kelly wrote: >> >> > On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 8:51 PM, Steven D'Aprano >> > wrote: >> >> Does anyone kn

Re: My Christmas wish list

2014-06-15 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Sun, 15 Jun 2014 22:15:47 +0100, Mark Lawrence wrote: > Dear Santa, > > Please can I have the "new" regex module in Python 3.5, if only because > MRAB has done so much work on it. Have you asked MRAB what he thinks? Python-Dev has given approval way back in 3.3 days, it all depends on him.

Re: Python's numeric tower

2014-06-15 Thread Chris Angelico
On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 10:38 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > Mathematically, ℂ (complex) is a superset of ℝ (real), and Decimals are a > kind of real(ish) number, like float: The Python complex type represents a subset of ℂ. The Python Decimal and float types implement a subset of ℝ, which as you s

Re: Python's numeric tower

2014-06-15 Thread Roy Smith
In article , Chris Angelico wrote: > I guess if you have a list of Numbers that are all the same type, you > can probably sum them, but you can sum non-Numbers too. The docstring > is a bit vague - sure, it's a number, but what can you do with it? You can use it to count to three! -- https://m

Re: Python's numeric tower

2014-06-15 Thread Chris Angelico
On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 11:57 AM, Roy Smith wrote: > In article , > Chris Angelico wrote: > >> I guess if you have a list of Numbers that are all the same type, you >> can probably sum them, but you can sum non-Numbers too. The docstring >> is a bit vague - sure, it's a number, but what can you

Re: Python's numeric tower

2014-06-15 Thread Roy Smith
In article , Chris Angelico wrote: > On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 11:57 AM, Roy Smith wrote: > > In article , > > Chris Angelico wrote: > > > >> I guess if you have a list of Numbers that are all the same type, you > >> can probably sum them, but you can sum non-Numbers too. The docstring > >> is

Re: Python's numeric tower

2014-06-15 Thread Dan Sommers
On Sun, 15 Jun 2014 22:17:57 -0400, Roy Smith wrote: > I don't believe HandGrenade implements throw(). It does, however, > implement lobbeth(). And therein lies the problem with Object Oriented Programming: instances of HandGrenade neither throw nor lobbeth. One, Two, Five'ly yours, Dan -- htt

Re: Python's numeric tower

2014-06-15 Thread Roy Smith
In article , Roy Smith wrote: > In article , > Chris Angelico wrote: > > > On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 11:57 AM, Roy Smith wrote: > > > In article , > > > Chris Angelico wrote: > > > > > >> I guess if you have a list of Numbers that are all the same type, you > > >> can probably sum them, but