Re: myths about python 3

2010-01-27 Thread David Malcolm
On Wed, 2010-01-27 at 16:25 -0500, Benjamin Kaplan wrote: > On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 3:56 PM, John Nagle wrote: > > Daniel Fetchinson wrote: > >> > >> Hi folks, > >> > >> I was going to write this post for a while because all sorts of myths > >> periodically come up on this list about python 3. I d

Re: Awful book warning: How to think like a (Python) programmer - non-working examples

2010-02-08 Thread David Malcolm
On Mon, 2010-02-08 at 12:53 -0800, Andrej Mitrovic wrote: > The book covers Python 2.x syntax. > > You might have downloaded Python 3.1, which has different syntax then > Python 2.x. From what I can tell, the first example on page 7 is ">>> > print 1 + 1". > > Try issuing this command: > print(1

Re: Need debugging knowhow for my creeping Unicodephobia

2010-02-10 Thread David Malcolm
On Wed, 2010-02-10 at 12:17 -0800, Anthony Tolle wrote: > On Feb 10, 2:09 pm, kj wrote: > > Some people have mathphobia. I'm developing a wicked case of > > Unicodephobia. > > [snip] > > Some general advice (Looks like I am reiterating what MRAB said -- I > type slower :): > > 1. If possible, u