Re: Google App Engine Code Challenge - write a tetris playing algorithm

On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 2:41 PM, russ.au <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've got more features to add, depending on how > popular it is.. > Are you going to create a leader board to track the high scores? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listin

Re: Google App Engine Code Challenge - write a tetris playing algorithm

Well, I think its a cool idea. I might try it out if I can find some free cycles. And does the game logic assume the pieces come straight down? For example, what if you wanted to move a piece to the left or right after its past some vertical obstruction? For example If you place and upside down 'j

Re: Reverse zip() ?

> The corner case is when dealing with empty lists and there aren't > enough items to unpack. > > Another solution to zip(), with a slightly different behaviour for conner cases >>> a = (1,2,3) >>> b = (1,2,3) >>> c = (1,2,3,4) >>> zip(a,b) [(1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3)] >>> map(None,a,b) [(1, 1),

Re: Project structure - Best practices

. If anyone wants to add some suggestions, I'd love to have more discussion to organize thoughts and see if any new ideas come out. As a starting point, what is a good markup language to use for some slick HTML and PDF output? - Casey McGinty [1] http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Free place to host python files?

Check out nearlyfreespeech.net for a free account. You could store hundreds of scripts on there for about 12 cents a year. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Making Variable Text Output More Pythonic?

Hi, I have some classes that print variable outputs depending on their internal state, like so: def __str__(self): out = [] if self.opt1: out += ['option 1 is %s' % self.opt1'] if self.opt2: out += ['option 2 is %s' % self.opt2'] return '\n'.join(out) Is there any way to

Re: Sanitised Newsgroup Feeds?

On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 7:47 PM, Paddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > Does anyone do a sanitised newsgroup feed? Something like what mail > filters do for email? > > Hi, I used to read the summary emails and had the same problem. I think

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Re: Organizing a Python project

> I'm starting work on what is going to become a fairly substantial > Python project, and I'm trying to find the best way to organize > everything. I'd like to add a follow up question. Are there any idioms for writing /usr/bin scripts to run installed package modules? For this I am assuming a s

Re: Code correctness, and testing strategies

> Seriously, 10 hours of testing for code developed in 10 hours? What > > kind of environment do you write code for? This may be practical for > > large companies with hordes of full-time testing & QA staff, but not > > for small companies with just a handful of developers (and where you > > need t

Re: finding icons for Apps

http://art.gnome.org/ http://www.gnome-look.org/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Organizing a Python project

On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 2:11 PM, Gabriel Genellina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 2. In the top of your package directory it is typical to have a module > name > > '_package.py'. This is ideally where the main command line entry point > for > > the package code should be placed. > > Why the unders

Re: Struct usages in Python

>self.event[] = Event() *# Seems this is not allowed ?? * > self.event = [Event()] - Casey -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Code execution in imported modules

On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Eric Wertman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So I'm working on some file parsing and building up a stack of regular > expressions that I need to use. I was thinking of dropping them in an > external module. I was wondering.. if I put them in a file called > regex.py

Re: ClassName.attribute vs self.__class__.attribute

On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 5:40 AM, Gabriel Rossetti < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I had read somewhere that it is preferred to use self.__class__.attribute > over ClassName.attribute to access class (aka static) attributes. I had done > this and it seamed to work, until I subclass

Re: ClassName.attribute vs self.__class__.attribute

On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 11:39 AM, Terry Reedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If you want to access the attribute of a particular class, to read or > write, use that class. > SomeClass.attr > Note that no instance is required or relevant. > > If you want to read the attrubute of the class of an in

Re: Guide to organizing modules?

> > Yes, in the above post I meant to say package where I said module. > Right now all my functions are in the __init__.py script, and I would > consider separating them out into sub-packages, if it had any rhyme or > reason, but right now that escapes me. That's mostly what I'm trying > to ask for

Re: python-dbus example request

You will need this page to figure out the name of the device, and details on how to access it. However it is not python specific. http://people.freedesktop.org/~david/hal-spec/hal-spec.html -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Help with Borg design Pattern

Hi, I'm trying to implement a simple Borg or Singleton pattern for a class that inherits from 'dict'. Can someone point out why this code does not work? class MyDict( dict ): __state = {} def __init__(self): self.__dict__ = self.__state a = MyDict() a['one'] = 1 a['two'] = 2 print a

Re: Help with Borg design Pattern

On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 3:21 PM, Casey McGinty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to implement a simple Borg or Singleton pattern for a class that > inherits from 'dict'. Can someone point out why this code does not work? > > class MyDict( dict

Re: Help with Borg design Pattern

On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 5:25 PM, Maric Michaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes it is, but it's rather unneeded in Python, we prefer simply create a > module level dictionnary, these tricks are used in language like C++ or > Java. > > In python : > > mymodule.py : > > ModuleOptions = {} > > otherm

Re: Interest not met.

On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 5:01 AM, david odey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I write to inform you that the reason I subscribed to this web page > is not been met. > > I want to be sent sample codes in programming languages especially > python and an email tutorial on C#. I will be happy if these deman

Unit Testing Techniques

I'm familiar with the unittest module in Python, however I'm hoping someone can point me to some examples of more advanced usages of the framework. For example: 1. Using the framework to test a package with nested sub-packages and modules without having to hard code the location/name of each test

Re: Python Written in C?

On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 5:06 PM, Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2008-07-21, Dan Upton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Using punch-cards and paper-tape. Real programmers can edit > their programs with a pointy stick and some home-made > sticky-tape. > > Doesn't everyone know that REA

DBUS/HAL Manager Interface Help

Can someone explain to me why this sample code does not work? I am trying to test if a device exists. dbus_test.py -- import dbus bus = dbus.SystemBus() proxy = bus.get_object( 'org.freedesktop.Hal', '/org/freedesktop/Hal/Manager' ) manager = dbus.Interfa

Re: Pwnie awards

One more award from award winner Tim Neshman ... http://www.thenewsh.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: How can I check nbr of cores of computer?

On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 12:53 PM, defn noob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How can I check how many cores my computer has? > Is it possible to do this in a Python-app? > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > You can use the HAL interface from the DBUS module. See also the gnome

Re: Inserting into a combo box

What toolkit are you using? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Getting PyUnit to run Package Test Modules

Hopefully this is an easy question for someone to answer. I have a directory structure like so: alltest.py prog.py ../package __init__.py mod1.py test_mod1.py modn. py (and so on...) Each test_mod*.py file contains some PyUnit test cases. I am using the following code in

Re: Getting PyUnit to run Package Test Modules

= __import__(name) components = name.split('.') for comp in components[1:]: print comp mod = getattr(mod,comp) alltests.addTest(unittest.findTestCases(mod)) return alltest On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 12:12 AM, Casey McGinty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wro

SMTPlib and SMTPd Performance Issues

Hi, I just wanted mention a few workarounds I've come up with for the Python SMTP modules in regards to performance. Before I started, I was getting about 15MB/s while sending e-mail from smtplib to smptd over a local connection. (i.e. both client/server running on the same machine). After the fo