Re: algorithm for sorting functional expressions

,['p','l']] > > But I'd like to find an algorithm that can handle the sorting problem. > > So I suspect that this is a common problem for those familiar with > partially ordered sets or directed graphs. Right. > I'm wondering if anyone else &g

Re: Over my head with descriptors

Sarcastic Zombie wrote: > Code included below. > > Basically, I've created a series of "question" descriptors, which each > hold a managed value. This is so I can implement validation, and render > each field into html automatically for forms. > > My problem is this: every instance of my "wizard"

Re: Over my head with descriptors

Tim Roberts wrote: > "Sarcastic Zombie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Code included below. >> >> Basically, I've created a series of "question" descriptors, which each >> hold a managed value. This is so I can implement validation, and render >> each field into html automatically for forms. >> >> M

undefined symbol: libxml_xmlDocPtrWrap

Hello, I try to install "listen" on my amd64-gentoo-box. The programm tries to import the gst-package and throws the following trace: Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in ? File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/gst-0.10/gst/__init__.py", line 108, in ? from _gst

permutations - fast & with low memory consumption?

using generator expressions? All my attempts so far failed. Any help appreciated! TIA Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Is htmlGen still alive?

x27;m only using it for one internal site, where layout doesn't matter ...). Cheers Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Does anybody know whether htmlGen, the Python-class library for > generating HTML, is still being maintained? Or from where it can be > downloaded? The Starship

Re: permutations - fast & with low memory consumption?

Thanks Simon & Gerard! I will check those exampels out. Christian PS Of course, I did google - but apparently not creative enough. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Superclass for Errors?

ributeError, etc. See http://rgruet.free.fr/PQR25/PQR2.5.html#BuiltInExc I would guess you're looking for StandardError. -- Christian Joergensen | Linux, programming or web consultancy http://www.razor.dk | Visit us at: http://www.gmta.info -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Python 2.4/2.5 hang on bad reference?

se there's an exception it will get printed to stdout, but as far as I can tell my exception handler is never getting invoked. (Perhaps I'm accidentally crafting my "except" statements too narrowly?) Any ideas? Thanks very much, Christian -- Christian Convey Computer Sci

How to tell the parent frame is a C module? (Lazy importing)

Hello all, I've been working on a lazy import module to be found here: http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/473888 The basic idea is that a module proxy for foo is returned from an 'import foo' statement. When an attribute of foo is accessed, or dir(foo) is called, or a from fo

Re: add an asynchronous exception class

minated (or not terminated) here is not the program but merely the code that throws an exception. VAX/VMS had such a non-terminating exception handling mechanism, for example. Regards, Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: add an asynchronous exception class

"Paul Rubin" <http://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Christian Stapfer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> I guess it means the following: >> >> "Terminating exceptions" are exceptions that >> t

Re: first release of PyPy

ompiler technology, but applying this in a consequent manner, that has no comparable prior example. I wish to repeat the congratulations to the team for the first release! --- ciao -- chris -- Christian Tismer

Re: first release of PyPy

Torsten Bronger wrote: ... > I've been told by so many books and on-line material that Python > cannot be compiled (unless you cheat). So how is this possible? Have a look at Psyco, that will be folded into and improved by PyPy. -- Christian Tismer :^) <mailto:[E

Re: first release of PyPy

iguring out the type of an object from > the context because there are no type declarations) to avoid dict > lookups in method dispatch. Type inference works fine for our implementation of Python, but it is in fact very limited for full-blown Python programs. Yoou cannot

Re: first release of PyPy

Ville Vainio wrote: >>>>>>"Christian" == Christian Tismer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >> PyPy is written in python, if it can be compiled then the programs > >> can > >> be as well. > > Christian>

Re: Is there a way to program a robot with python (ex, an electric motor, control it's speed, etc)

after EuroPython and the sprints are over. cheers - chris -- Christian Tismer :^) <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> tismerysoft GmbH : Have a break! Take a ride on Python's Johannes-Niemeyer-Weg 9A :*Starship* http://starship.python.net/ 14109 Berlin

Re: 2**2**2**2**2 wrong? Bug?

x27;s wrong about it? ciao - chris -- Christian Tismer :^) <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> tismerysoft GmbH : Have a break! Take a ride on Python's Johannes-Niemeyer-Weg 9A :*Starship* http://starship.python.net/ 14109 Berlin :

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Hi, I'm simply trying to get mod_python working on my apache server but when I create a .py file the output returned from the browser is the code in the file and not just the output from the script. I have read the manual and tried mptest.py with an .htaccess file both in /var/www/html/ and st

Re: [Crew] Four Years of Starship hosting come to an end

Stefan Drees wrote: > Dear Crew of the Python Starship, > > after a short email exchange of thoughts with Christian Tismer, that he > might take over again the hosting of the ship or silently give over some > of its remains to a museum, he encouraged me, to let go after four year

Re: Python FTP server down

r workstation and scp/sftp it to the remote server. -- Christian Joergensen | Linux, programming or web consultancy http://www.razor.dk | Visit us at: http://www.gmta.info -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: PyPy 1.0: JIT compilers for free and more

On 28.03.2007, at 10:38, Carl Friedrich Bolz wrote: > Brain error on our side: the gc_pypy.dll is the dll of the Boehm > garbage > collector, which you would need to compile yourself (which makes > precompiled binaries a bit useless :-) ). We updated the zip file, > would > you mind checking

Re: PyPy 1.0: JIT compilers for free and more

On 28.03.2007, at 23:36, Jarek Zgoda wrote: > Carl Friedrich Bolz napisał(a): > >> Welcome to the PyPy 1.0 release - a milestone integrating the results >> of four years of research, engineering, management and sprinting >> efforts, concluding the 28 months phase of EU co-funding! > > So it took

Re: how can I clear a dictionary in python

On 29.03.2007, at 00:48, Larry Bates wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I create a dictionary like this >> myDict = {} >> >> and I add entry like this: >> myDict['a'] = 1 >> but how can I empty the whole dictionary? >> >> Thank you. >> > > just point myDict to an empty dictionary agai

Re: how can I clear a dictionary in python

On 29.03.2007, at 00:38, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I create a dictionary like this > myDict = {} > > and I add entry like this: > myDict['a'] = 1 > but how can I empty the whole dictionary? Reading the Python docs might help. But before, I would try a dir(myDict). Maybe you will find an

Re: Can't import Stackless in Pythonwin

constructor. wxpython has a few problems, too, but they are easy to work around. Contact me privately or on the stackless list if you need support. > Also, is pythonwin needed for the win32 extensions and mfc? yes. cheers - chris -- Christian Tismer :^) <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTE

strange behavious of the logging module?

16:56:35) [GCC 4.1.2 (Ubuntu 4.1.2-0ubuntu4)] on linux2 TIA Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: strange behavious of the logging module?

: instead of the functions name the level in lower case gets >> inserted >> into the logfile. > > Looks like a bug... > Well, the documentation -- as far as I understand it ;-) -- says the behaviour should be different, you two basically agree ... think I should file

problem writing setup script

created in /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages, but I would like to see it in /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/foo, since importing foo_ext.so only makes sense for foo. Does anybody know how I should change my file structure or the setup-script to achieve those two goals? TIA Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: strange behavious of the logging module?

er, does anybody know a suggestion for a work-around? Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: strange behavious of the logging module?

Thanks Peter and Vinay, I finally understood. And indeed, removing the pyc-file in questions solves the problem - at least temporarily. Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Where's the Starship's crew?

pen to make this my goal of life, if there are enough people interested. But they will, I know it. I do believe in Python, Starship, PyPy and Stackless. Please help me to make this life-dream into reality. happily being back to the roots -- chris -- Christian Tismer :^) <

permuting over nested dicts?

e entities 'a' and 'b' have the parameters 'x' and 'y', each. And d['a']['x'] can be either 1 or 2 or 3. Does anybody know a convenient (and fast) way to permute over all possible nested dicts like {'a': {'x':1, '

Re: permuting over nested dicts?

Thanks everyone, I knew there must be a snippet somewhere, just couldn't find one! (Just for the sake of completeness: Order doesn't matter and I hope that with my data I won't reach the recursion depth limit.) Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

'LoadFile' not found when invoking Acrobat via wx.lib.pdfwin

m/code/snippet618.html How could the ActiveX control PDFWindow possibly *not* find the 'LoadFile' method, I wonder. - Or am I misinterpreting the message? (I am running Enthought Python 2.4 on Windows XP.) Thank you in advance for any ideas as to what the problem might be, Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: can't find a way to display and print pdf through python.

a raster image for display (eg. by using ImageMagick's convert) under Linux? Regards, Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

numpy, numarray, or numeric?

ward, that would be my ideal. Thanks, Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

RegExp performance?

n as fast as I'd expect from the beginning... I'm sorry I cannot supply test data, in my case, it comes from copyrighted material - however if it proves needed, I can probably construct dummy data to illustrate the problem Any and all guidance would be greatly appreciated, kind regards

Re: RegExp performance?

John Machin wrote: > On Feb 25, 7:21 pm, Christian Sonne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Long story short, I'm trying to find all ISBN-10 numbers in a multiline >> string (approximately 10 pages of a normal book), and as far as I can >> tell, the *correct* thing to m

Re: [Python.NET] What can I do with DLL?

e knowledge about CPython and IronPython. I myself wouldn't do it and I've developed parts of PythonDotNet and Python 3000. Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Creating the windows MSI of python

Floris Bruynooghe wrote: > It would be great if someone knows how Python builds it's MSI. The Tools/ directory contains a script in Tools/msi/msi.py. Martin von Löwis is using the script to generate the official MSI bundles. You need to run it from a development shell. Good luck! C

Re: Is os.lstat available on all platforms?

Giampaolo Rodola' wrote: > As far as I know where symlinks are not supported os.lstat should be > an alias for os.stat but I'm not 100% sure. You are right, it should be an alias. os.lstat is available on Windows, too. Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: PYTHONPATH and PYTHON_PATH

loial wrote: > Is there any difference? > > Does it matter which I use? Yes, it does matter. The former is interpreted by Python, the latter isn't. Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Why Python 3?

hon 3.0 are new and the majority of the rest is just cleaned up a bit. Some new features like the new immutable bytes type in 3.0a2 are mostly based on existing code. At http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog69.html Joel explains why rewriting from the scratch is often the worst strategy.

Re: An Object's Type

s(AnotherExample, object) True >>> issubclass(AnotherExample, Example) True >>> issubclass(Example, AnotherExample) False And finally >>> isinstance(Example, type) True This is true because type is the metaclass of object. Though you don't have to understand it. ;) Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Timezones in python

h happen with one week > difference. I am looking for something what can convert different > timezone to localtime. http://pytz.sourceforge.net/ http://labix.org/python-dateutil Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Any simpler way to do this

EN": > x = term.GREEN > elif color == "YELLOW": > x = term.YELLOW > elif color == "CYAN": > x = term.CYAN > elif color == "MAGENTA": > x = term.MAGENTA >

Re: Can I embed Windows Python in C# or VC++?

port("Python25.dll"), CallingConvention=CallingConvention.Cdecl] > public static void Py_Initialize(); There is no need for that. PythonDotNET wraps the P/Invokes and internal C API of CPython in a nice .NET API. Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Erros when compiling a CPP program which uses CPython API functions

grbgooglefan wrote: > How do we resolve this error? The easiest way to solve all your problems is: make altinstall. It installs Python in PREFIX (usually /usr/local). Although it is possible to run Python in a build directory it is tricky and may not work for your own program. Christ

Re: Can I embed Windows Python in C# or VC++?

e support for unmanaged C++ is better than the support for managed .NET code. Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Erros when compiling a CPP program which uses CPython API functions

tree. It creates a valid pyconfig.h for you. You may want to use the ./configure option --enable-shared. > So, I added "-I../../PC" to my cmd line to get pyconfig.h, like: PC/pyconfig.h is for Windows only! Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Python 3.0a2 is out

A new alpha of Python 3000 was released a few minutes ago! http://www.python.org/download/releases/3.0/ Have fun and don't forget to report bugs at http://bugs.python.org/ Christian signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: distutils & OS X universal binaries

gmane web interface is slow and sluggish today. The macro WORDS_BIGENDIAN isn't mentioned in the docs. The docs sure need some extra information how to create universal binaries and how to write endian safe C code. I'm going to create a GHOP task. Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: distutils & OS X universal binaries

c. Have you reported the problem at http://bugs.python.org/? A minimal example could help us to fix the problem. Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: python from any command line?

le in c:\Windows, e.g. python25.bat @C:\Python25\python.exe %* I can start Python 2.5 with python25 from every directory. Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Is a "real" C-Python possible?

Jack wrote: > I guess this is subjective :) - that's what I felt in my experience > with web applications developed in Python and PHP. I wasn't able to > find a direct comparison online. Please compare the number of serious bugs and vulnerabilities in PHP and Python. > I understand. Python module

Re: Python Exponent Question

databyss wrote: > I would expect 2**2**2**2 to be 256 I stumbled upon it, too. 2**2**2**2 == 2**(2**(2**2)) == 2**16 == 65536 Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Improvements to the Python core (was: Is a "real" C-Python possible?)

must be written following the C89 standards. By the way core development is open for everybody. Any patch is appreciated, starting from fixing a typo in the docs over bug reports, bug fixes to new features. Read the PEPs! http://www.python.org/dev/peps/ Subscribe to the mailing lists (I s

Re: Is a "real" C-Python possible?

@property def foo(self): return self._foo @foo.setter def foo(self, value) self._foo = value @foo.deletter def foo(self) del self._foo class B(A): # one can even overwrite the getter in a subclass @foo.getter def foo(self): return self._

Re: Vista + Rails 2.0 upgrade => subprocess hangs

cp\\testing\\file07', > shell=True, > stdin=None, > stderr=PIPE, > stdout=PIPE, > creationflags=0x800 > ); > p.wait() > data = p.stdout.read() > print data Your usage of wait() is dangerous. The code can bloc

Re: Vista + Rails 2.0 upgrade => subprocess hangs

Eric Promislow wrote: >> Your usage of wait() is dangerous. The code can block indefinitely when >> the stdout or stderr buffer is full. >> >> Christian > > That's what it is. `rake -T` returns more data in Rails 2.0.1 > than it did in 1.2.6 -- cross

Re: Improvements to the Python core

out distutils. Please elaborate. (C)Python has a well known process to get new features or changes into the language: Write a PEP, convince enough core developers and/or Guido, implement the feature. I don't see a PEP about JIT in the list at abouthttp://www.python.org/dev/peps/, do you? :] B

Re: Is a "real" C-Python possible?

me, but this isn't what has been > implemented. Thanks for the information! I've talked to Guido and we both agree that it is a bug. I've a pending fix for it at my hands. Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Is a "real" C-Python possible?

a new style class with __slots__ Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: More than one interpreter per process?

well, if at all). No, you can't. Sub-interpreters share a single GIL and other state. Why don't you run multiple processes? It's on of the oldest and best working ways use the full potential of your system. Lot's of Unix servers like postfix, qmail, apache (with some worke

Re: Changing intobject to use int rather than long

Terry Reedy wrote: > Good idea. I think people who moved to 64 bits to get 64 bits would be > upset if they did not ;-). Windows X64 users still get 32bit ints. The long datatype is 32bit even on the 64bit version of Windows. Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: how to get string printed by PyErr_Print( )?

I suggest a different approach. A daemon must have a stdin, stdout and stderr connected to a terminal. You can use freopen() to redirect stderr and stdout to a log file and fclose() to close stdin. http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_mono/libc.html#Opening-Streams Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

In an inherited class, "embedded" classes is referenced?

"C", (object,), {'foobar': 60}) Instead of: >>> B.C.foobar = 60 Thanks, -- Christian Joergensen | Linux, programming or web consultancy http://www.razor.dk | Visit us at: http://www.gmta.info -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: In an inherited class, "embedded" classes is referenced?

tion - but referenced it :) > Your workaround might be implementable using a metaclass in a more > conveinient way, but I'm not sure-footed enough with metaclasses to > provide a solution out of my head now. That would be fun ;-) -- Christian Joergensen | Linux, programming or web consult

Re: In an inherited class, "embedded" classes is referenced?

in clsdict.iteritems(): > if isinstance(value,type): > clsdict[key] = type(value.__name__,(value,),{}) > type.__new__(cls,name,bases,clsdict) > > > class A(object): > __metaclasS__ = AutoSubclassMetaclass > class C(object): &

Re: Python DLL in Windows Folder

ython for 3rd party applications and COM. The DLL is removed by the Windows Installer when its usage counter drops to 0. There is no need to worry ;) Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

SQLite (with APSW) and transaction separate

Part one: == Hi ! I want to use SQLite database like the FireBird database: with big isolation level. What's that meaning ? I have an application that periodically check some input directory, process the elements in it, and copy them into a global database. It is like a daemon, working in th

Unicode to DOS filenames (to call FSUM.exe)

Hi ! Yesterday I got a very interesting bug. I don't understand, why I got it, because I thinking about this function: that is safe. But I was not. The code: import sys,os UFN=u'%s\\xA\xff'%os.getcwd() if os.path.exists(UFN): os.remove(UFN) f=open(UFN,'w') f.write('%s\n'%('='*80)) f.close

Re: Iterating generator from C

to handle returned generator > without hitting this bug? I found this bug as well, and I think the fix should be back-ported. This problem can only show up when you are comiling a C extension, anyway. Why don't you just apply the fix and compile your own? It is just a wron

Re: Iterating generator from C

ck around this. It would make the bug even more resistent :-) ciao - chris -- Christian Tismer :^) <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> tismerysoft GmbH : Have a break! Take a ride on Python's Johannes-Niemeyer-Weg 9A :*Starship* http://starship.pyth

Re: dynamic drawing in web page

' and > discovered this example: > > http://www.svgelves.com/svg/L_chrisa_02.svg > > Sadly, it only works in Opera amongst the browsers I have. It also works under IE6, using Adobe's SVG Viewer 3.0 Regards, Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Building Python statically on linux

"not a dynamic executable", but alas, it's presently: --disabled-shared is the default value. It does not mean that the Python interpreter is a static linked executable. --enable-shared builds a libpython??.so and --disable-shared links libpython into the python binary. Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python DLL in Windows Folder

make it impossible. I'm looking forward to your contribution to solve the problem. Our new tool chain for Python 2.6 and 3.0 on Windows is VS 2008. Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: comparing dictionaries to find the identical keys

x27;d': 4} >>> d1.keys() ['a', 'c', 'b'] >>> d2.keys() ['c', 'b', 'd'] >>> s1 = set(d1) >>> s2 = set(d2) >>> s1 set(['a', 'c', 'b']) >>> s2 set(['c', 'b', 'd']) >>> s1.intersection(s2) set(['c', 'b']) >>> s1.union(s2) set(['a', 'c', 'b', 'd']) >>> s1.difference(s2) set(['a']) Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Building Python statically on linux

have done to get this to > work. (Hopefully a config weenie heard my plea for --enable-all- > static) Can you work on the topic and write a small howto for your wiki (http://wiki.python.org/moin/)? You have to modify Modules/Setup.local, too. Read Modules/Setup for more information. Christia

Re: parallel processing in standard library

or I/O bound concurrency? Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Compiler or stg. to get exe!

omething. > And what do i need to do to make program for linux. (stg. like .deb package) py2exe can bundle your files, the Python dll and all its dependencies into a distributable executable. It does *not* convert the Python code into an exe. Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Redirecting STDOUT using C calls.

andard streams? freopen("filename", "w", stdout); See http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_mono/libc.html#Standard-Streams Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: TK 8.5

of Python (2.5) ? No, not yet. It may be possible to back port Tcl Tk 8.5 support from 2.6 to 2.5 once we have finished the migration to 8.5. Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: os.tmpfile()

;t use os.tmpfile(). It's not safe and exists only for legacy reasons. The tempfile module contains methods to create safe temporary files and directories. Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: How do you pass compiler option to setup.py install?

setup.py build, > but it does not work for "setup.py install". python setup.py build -c mingw32 install You can also change the distutils.cfg file to set mingw32 as the default compiler. Please refer to the documentation for more information. Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Memory Leaks and Heapy

for new developers and way to enhance Python. If you feel so strong about the memory management please provide patches and benchmarks. Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Cost of "unicode(s)" where s is Unicode

John Nagle wrote: >Does > > text = unicode(text) > > make a copy of a Unicode string, or is that essentially a > free operation if the input is already Unicode? >>> u = u"some long unicode object" >>> unicode(u) is u True -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: How to refer to the current module?

Mike wrote: > Is there any way around this? Can I somehow scope the 'current > module' and give getattr(...) an object that will (at run time) have > the appropriate bindings? globals() for the current name space import sys sys.modules[__name__] gets you the module object

Re: Python too slow?

CPU bound? Have you considered rewriting the bottle necks in C? Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: virtualpython / workingenv / virtualenv ... shouldn't this be part of python

Damjan wrote: > My question is, shoudn't it be enough to set PYTHONPATH and everything > automagically to work then? Is there some work done on this for python 3.0 > or 2.6 perhaps? I'm working on a PEP for a per user site dir for 2.6 and 3.0 Christian -- http://mail

Re: virtualpython / workingenv / virtualenv ... shouldn't this be part of python

new feature doesn't add new attack vectors. Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: How to get user home directory on Windows

Giampaolo Rodola' wrote: > Is there a way to do that? home = os.path.expanduser("~") Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: no pass-values calling?

Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > Since all "variable" names in Python are references to objects, > anything accessed using a name is accessed by reference. Anybody using the terms variable, reference or call-by-value is most likely explaining Python the wrong way. Sorry du

Re: no pass-values calling?

uch better chance to explain it right. Trust me :) Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: assigning values in python and perl

George Sakkis wrote: > Python's parameter passing is like passing a pointer in C/C++. [snip] It's not (I repeat NOT) like passing a pointer in C. Please read http://effbot.org/zone/call-by-object.htm Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: assigning values in python and perl

st me that the explanation on the site is right. It was written by somebody who designed and wrote parts of Python. Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Extending the readline module?

nal features. Please join the Python developer list and tell us about your idea. Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Using "pickle" for interprocess communication - some notes and things that ought to be documented.

John Nagle wrote: > It's possible to use "pickle" for interprocess communication over > pipes, but it's not straightforward. IIRC the processing module uses pickle for IPC. Maybe you can get some idea by reading its code? http://pypi.python.org/pypi/processing

Re: Unique thread ID

() but please use threading.local. Nobody is going to stop you if you use a list or dict in threading.local. Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

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