Re: - E02 - Support for MinGW Open Source Compiler

well known people.:) Regards. Mark Lawrence. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: ANN: obfuscate

Colossus. Sorry some years since I read the book about this so can't remember the title or author. Regards. Mark Lawrence. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: ANN: obfuscate

Paul Rubin wrote: Mark Lawrence breamore...@yahoo.co.uk writes: The predecessor of the Enigma was cracked by Polish scientists years before WW2 started I believe that all of Enigma was eventually cracked cos of two major flaws. I think it never would have been cracked if it hadn't been

Re: Modifying Class Object

it, and am currently in my own little way attempting to put something back in. Regards. Mark Lawrence. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: MemoryError, can I use more?

me nothing I can use... Thanks, Angelica. Please check the archives for the thread Please help with MemoryError, it was only posted a day or two back. It's a problem specific to Windows. Kindest regards. Mark Lawrence. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Function attributes

Gabriel Genellina wrote: En Fri, 12 Feb 2010 04:29:12 -0300, Arnaud Delobelle arno...@googlemail.com escribió: I posted an example of a decorator that does just this in this thread a couple of days ago: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2010-February/1235742.html Ouch! I didn't

Re: Function attributes [OT]

Steve Holden wrote: Mark Lawrence wrote: Gabriel Genellina wrote: En Fri, 12 Feb 2010 04:29:12 -0300, Arnaud Delobelle arno...@googlemail.com escribió: I posted an example of a decorator that does just this in this thread a couple of days ago: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list

Re: Modifying Class Object

Goebbels School of Propaganda? Most disgustedly. Mark Lawrence -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: problem with floats and calculations

accuracy, you'll get plenty of hits. http://docs.python.org/tutorial/floatingpoint.html Regards. Mark Lawrence -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python Optimization

print s[:-1] A good starting point is http://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonSpeed/PerformanceTips HTH. Mark Lawrence -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Referring to class methods in class attributes

will find it prominently when searching for the Python descriptor protocol. Thank you. I'll second, third and fourth this request. More please Bruno, or from anybody similarly qualified. Thanks very much. Mark Lawrence. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Which mock library do you prefer?

are talking at cross purposes because you've missed the significance of his quote (you later realise) /quote within his post. Runtime test isolation doesn't enter into from what I can see. Can you please clarify the situation one way or the other. TIA. Mark Lawrence. -- http://mail.python.org

Re: What happened to pyjamas?

Daniel Fetchinson wrote: Does anyone know what happened to pyjs.org ? Cheers, Daniel According to google cache it was fine 13/02/2010 and it's down according to this. http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/pyjs.org HTH. Mark Lawrence -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Few questions on SOAP

Muhammad Alkarouri wrote: Your question is borderline if not out of topic in this group. I will make a few comments though. This might be a Python group, but threads often drift way off topic, which added to the language itself make this a great group to read. If you don't like the way a

Re: The Disappearing Program?

using file associations in the same way that you can run a command (.bat) file. If the OP types the command ASSOC .py without the quotes at the command prompt, the response .py=Python.File tells you that this association has been setup. HTH. Mark Lawrence. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman

Re: The Disappearing Program?

Andre Engels wrote: On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 3:19 PM, Mark Lawrence breamore...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Andre Engels wrote: On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 12:20 PM, W. eWatson wolftra...@invalid.com wrote: I've successfully compiled several small python programs on Win XP into executables using py2exe

Re: Efficiently building ordered dict

to be confusing ordering with sorting. Mark Lawrence. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Docstrings considered too complicated

though. JM The obvious solution to this problem is to write the assembler code in your own way, and then use Python to change the code to the appropriate target. Any of the solutions listed here would presumably suffice. http://nedbatchelder.com/text/python-parsers.html Regards. Mark Lawrence

Re: Six Minutes and fourty two seconds

a line of code that actually did something. The rest of it was boilerplate. I'm never ever going to sin again, because if I do, I will be reincarnated as a J type, or worse still, I C(++) type. Regards. Mark Lawrence. duck No that's a swaaannn

Re: Docstrings considered too complicated

are astronomical when compared to initial development costs. Regards. Mark Lawrence. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Looking for the mysterious zlib.py* files in Python 2.6.4 (32-bit) for Windows

zlib FILE (built-in) [snip the rest of the help output] IIRC a pyd file is really a DLL, but for a built-in its included into in this case python26.dll. HTH. Mark Lawrence -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: best practices: is collections.defaultdict my friend or not?

this (Hey, kid, run rm - rf / and see what happens!), but did, and the words are wise. :) Pete After reading the words of wisdom try import this a second time and watch what happens, it's quite interesting if you're not expecting the output. Mark Lawrence. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: compiler with python

Alf and Steven Howe, please don't top post, it makes it all but impossible to follow a thread. Darn!:) Mark Lawrence. Alf P. Steinbach wrote: Since Mohamed is talking about compilation I think it's more likely he's talking about an intermediate program represention based on quad tuples like

Re: Can't define __call__ within __init__?

Neal Becker wrote: Want to switch __call__ behavior. Why doesn't this work? What is the correct way to write this? class X (object): def __init__(self, i): if i == 0: def __call__ (self): return 0 else: def __call_ (self):

Re: incrementing string/hex value from file and write back

concatenate 'str' and 'int' objects -- f = open('serial.txt', 'rb') val = f.read() val = val + 1 -- -- TypeError: cannot concatenate 'str' and 'int' objects hm -- Kindest regards. Mark Lawrence. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman

Re: Three-Phase-Diagrams with matplotlib

the triangle marking different compositions of the substances in percent, e.g. in metallurgy 20% Al2O3, 45% CaO and 35% SiO2. As noone else has responded try the matplotlib users' mailing list, see http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=80706 -- Kindest regards. Mark Lawrence. -- http

Re: Question on the csv library

not to be working properly Same result list: I get an empty list sheet = list(spamReader) Thank you again for your help, which is highly appreciated. Vicente Soler -- Kindest regards. Mark Lawrence. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Question on the csv library

John Machin wrote: On Aug 28, 6:44 am, Mark Lawrence breamore...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: vsoler wrote: On Aug 27, 9:42 pm, Andreas Waldenburger use...@geekmail.invalid 1- the csv file was generated with Excel 2007; no prompts for what the separator should be; Excel has used ; by default, without

Re: [OT] How do I reply to a thread by sending a message to python-list@python.org

address and to python-list@python.org. I think this sums it up. -- Kindest regards. Mark Lawrence. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Modules/packages by GvR?

round for him? Any and all currencies accepted? -- Kindest regards. Mark Lawrence. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Question on the csv library

are trying to achieve then I'm sure that more help will be forthcoming. For example, could the file be saved in Excel 97-2003 xls format and then processed with the excellent xlrd/xlwt/xlutils? They are available here:- http://pypi.python.org/pypi/xlutils/1.4.0 -- Kindest regards. Mark Lawrence

Re: An assessment of Tkinter and IDLE

for yourself if you can.:) -- Kindest regards. Mark Lawrence. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: regex: multiple matching for one string

scriptlear...@gmail.com wrote: For example, I have a string #a=valuea;b=valueb;c=valuec;, and I will like to take out the values (valuea, valueb, and valuec). How do I do that in Python? The group method will only return the matched part. Thanks. p = re.compile('#a=*;b=*;c=*;') m =

Re: Help understanding the decisions *behind* python?

must be liable to change. You might like to look at the recent thread on this ng 'List insertion cost' and follow the links to Raymond Hettinger's power point presentation. Kindest regards. Mark Lawrence. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: how to get no value

writing correct rather than incorrect code. Or as has been repeatedly stated get somone from your CS department to help. -- Kindest regards. Mark Lawrence. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: len() should always return something

the uncompressing that's tricky. I assume you mean ord(7)%2? First one to correctly decompress the value 0 into an ASCII character wins the title of the world's most capable hacker :p Marcus asciichar = chr(len(0)) if the OP's wishes come true? -- Kindest regards. Mark Lawrence. -- http

Re: Mutable Strings - Any libraries that offer this?

gapbuffer.GapBuffer(range(10))[:] GapBuffer('i')] If my sleuthing is correct the problem is with these lines ilow *= self-itemSize; ihigh *= self-itemSize; in GapBuffer_slice being computed before ilow and ihigh are compared to anything. Python 2.6.2 32 bit Windows. -- Kindest regards. Mark

Re: Need help in passing a -c command argument to the interactive shell.

, copyright, credits or license for more information. import re help(re.compile) Help on function compile in module re: compile(pattern, flags=0) Compile a regular expression pattern, returning a pattern object. -- Kindest regards. Mark Lawrence. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python

Re: New implementation of re module

having substituted regex for re. Output timings were roughly effbot re 0.14secs, effbot regex 1.16secs, v8 re 0.17secs and v8 regex 0.67secs. HTH. -- Kindest regards. Mark Lawrence. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python docs disappointing

r wrote: On Jul 31, 4:53 pm, Mark Lawrence breamore...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: r wrote: On Jul 31, 4:16 pm, Carl Banks pavlovevide...@gmail.com wrote: On Jul 31, 1:10 pm, kj no.em...@please.post wrote: I'm pretty new to Python, and I like a lot overall, but I find the documentation for Python

Re: iterate lines with regex

(line).group(1) thisParcel = parcel.search(line).group(1) except: continue The bare except will hide any errors in the lines above it. Either catch errors that you expect or take the try-except out. -- Kindest regards. Mark Lawrence. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: Newbie thwarted by sys.path on Vista

. It's just a list, and is writeable. Yes, but I'm mainly playing in IDLE and I was getting a bit fed up of repeatedly typing import sys sys.path.append('C:/Users/Michael/Code/Python') import mystuff -- Kindest regards. Mark Lawrence. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Newbie thwarted by sys.path on Vista

Michael M Mason wrote: Mark Lawrence breamore...@yahoo.co.uk wrote in message news:mailman.4130.1249203322.8015.python-l...@python.org... Be careful, I'm screwed things up on several occasions by placing a file on PYTHONPATH that overrides a file in the standard library, test.py being my

Re: Overlap in python

but could you adapt this:- data = [ 1, 4,5,6, 10, 15,16,17,18, 22, 25,26,27,28] for k, g in groupby(enumerate(data), lambda (i,x):i-x): print map(itemgetter(1), g) found here http://www.python.org/doc/2.6.2/library/itertools.html#module-itertools -- Kindest regards. Mark Lawrence

Re: Overlap in python

don't know if this is relevant, but http://planet.python.org/ has an entry dated this morning which points here http://www.logarithmic.net/pfh/blog/01249470842. HTH. -- Kindest regards. Mark Lawrence. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Is it possible to produce spider plots?

, Dan http://www.answers.com/topic/spider-plot How about http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/examples/api/radar_chart.html?highlight=spider -- Kindest regards. Mark Lawrence. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: XML flaw

trivial issues like Denial of Service atacks via XML. Sorry, just couldn't resist. -- Kindest regards. Mark Lawrence. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: unicode() vs. s.decode()

for c in 'äöüÄÖÜß': u = unicode(c, 'utf-8') ... Yes? -- Kindest regards. Mark Lawrence. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Bug or feature: double strings as one

google for this etc. language but failed dismally. Does it belong here? http://www.thefreecountry.com/compilers/esoteric.shtml -- Kindest regards. Mark Lawrence. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: www.python.org website is down?

the same problem? Yes, it's been down for several hours. -- Kindest regards. Mark Lawrence. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python docs disappointing - group effort to hire writers?

a query about which algorithm to use. Response Not really a Python question, but try Put the same question on (say) the C ng and you'd be told in no uncertain terms to Foxtrot Oscar. -- Kindest regards. Mark Lawrence. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: pybotwar-0.5

[snip] r slayer of the galactic-ly stupid! Can I assume from this that you intend killing yourself, on the grounds that some 10 days ago you couldn't successfully use a windows compiled help file? -- Kindest regards. Mark Lawrence. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Social problems of Python doc [was Re: Python docs disappointing]

, there are attention seekers who are not interested in actual participation. (*) http://bugs.python.org (**) yes, humour is fine, but it doesn't replace actual, informational content Antoine. Thank you for this fine, cultured, reasonable response. Seriously!!! -- Kindest regards. Mark Lawrence

Re: Search and write to .txt file

think it does. -- Kindest regards. Mark Lawrence. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Extracting matrix from a text file

Regards, Bea I think your best bet is to read and action the responses you got to your original email from three days ago. If these have got lost in the post simply search online, they're bound to be archived somewhere. -- Kindest regards. Mark Lawrence. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: Python docs disappointing - group effort to hire writers?

accusations, either provide hard evidence that can persuade me that your perspective on this is correct or shut up. [snip] -- Kindest regards. Mark Lawrence. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python docs disappointing - group effort to hire writers?

the corrected version of the file, which has presumably been available for months! http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.6.2/ And you want newbies let loose on the python docs. As good ole Santa would say, ho, ho, ho! -- Kindest regards. Mark Lawrence. -- http://mail.python.org

Re: Need cleanup advice for multiline string

. Ignore those for now. For starters take a look at http://tinyurl.com/o2o8r8 , just about every combination of string concatenation going there. I assume that one of these will let you leave failMsg where it belongs. -- Kindest regards. Mark Lawrence. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman

Re: Python docs disappointing - group effort to hire writers?

r wrote: Ah Ha! the docs are broken and i was right all along! Are the good folks at Python dev rolling a new installer as we speak, or we must wait for new version? As I pointed out a few minutes ago thicko, the new version has been available for months. -- Kindest regards. Mark Lawrence

Re: Python docs disappointing - group effort to hire writers?

Carl Banks wrote: On Aug 11, 1:46 pm, Mark Lawrence breamore...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: r wrote: Ah Ha! the docs are broken and i was right all along! Are the good folks at Python dev rolling a new installer as we speak, or we must wait for new version? As I pointed out a few minutes ago thicko

Re: Social problems of Python doc [was Re: Python docs disappointing]

the following links should anyone be interested. http://www.dorsetforyou.com/index.jsp?articleid=386553 http://www.dorsetforyou.com/index.jsp?articleid=386598 -- Kindest regards. Mark Lawrence. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: best practice for documenting a project? pydoc?

. Mark Lawrence. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: best practice for documenting a project? pydoc?

Esmail wrote: Mark Lawrence wrote: Hi Mark, The docs for the constraint package look good, see http://labix.org/python-constraint and http://labix.org/doc/constraint. I think they've been produced with epydoc see http://epydoc.sourceforge.net/ Thanks for the links, I'll take a look. Any

Re: matching patterns after regex?

learn how to play with regexes. I personnaly use a visual tool called RX Toolkit[1] that comes with Komodo IDE. [1] http://docs.activestate.com/komodo/4.4/regex.html Haven't tried it myself but how about this? http://re-try.appspot.com/ -- Kindest regards. Mark Lawrence. -- http://mail.python.org

Re: Python configuration question when python scripts are executed using Appweb as web server.

but it prevents the user from accidently overwriting a stdlib module. Stdlib modules can still be overwritten with PYTHONPATH. What am I missing? http://www.daimi.au.dk/~chili/PBI/pythonpath.html [snip] -- Kindest regards. Mark Lawrence. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: implementing descriptors

regards. Mark Lawrence. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python 'for' loop is memory inefficient

be a looping mechanism that generates the index variable values incrementally as they are needed. I have a strong suspicion that you will find hints in the Python documentation that this has already been addressed. Perhaps you could try reading before posting? -- Kindest regards. Mark Lawrence

Re: Python docs disappointing - group effort to hire writers?

Bill Jones wrote: On Aug 8, 3:27 pm, Mark Lawrence breamore...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Kee Nethery wrote: As someone trying to learn the language I want to say that the tone on this list towards people who are trying to learn Python feels like it has become anti-newbies. [snip] Kee Nethery My

Re: What happened to __cmp__() in Python 3.x?

://bytes.com/topic/python/answers/844614-python-3-sorting-comparison-function -- Kindest regards. Mark Lawrence. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: What's a good solution to implement rich comparison for user-defined classes? (was: What happened to __cmp__() in Python 3.x?)

as to what to do next. -- Kindest regards. Mark Lawrence. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: What happened to __cmp__() in Python 3.x?

-function That seems to be about the built-in function cmp(). The OP was asking about the special method __cmp__ and the related rich comparison special methods (__eq__, __lt__, etc). Cheers, Chris Blast, I posted the wrong flaming link, sorry everybody. -- Kindest regards. Mark Lawrence. -- http

Re: What happened to __cmp__() in Python 3.x?

or __gt__ * __ge__ or __le__ Cheers, Chris Unfortunately I don't think it's that easy, see. http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2008-November/688761.html The issue referenced is still open. This of course assumes that I've posted the correct link this time! -- Kindest regards. Mark

Re: What happened to __cmp__() in Python 3.x?

Xavier Ho wrote: On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 9:49 PM, Mark Lawrence breamore...@yahoo.co.ukwrote: Unfortunately I don't think it's that easy, see. http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2008-November/688761.html The issue referenced is still open. This of course assumes that I've posted

Re: How do I convert an iterator over bytes into a str?

the correct way to turn an iterator over bytes into a string? This works, but, ewww: In [8]: .join(iter(four score and seven years ago)) Out[8]: 'four score and seven years ago' You've started with a string. type(four score and seven years ago) type 'str' -- Kindest regards. Mark

Re: GUIs - A Modest Proposal

for work this morning. Spoilsport, fishing is just no fun any more, you dangle a bit of bait and it get's taken hook, line and sinker. Mark Lawrence -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: GUIs - A Modest Proposal

have to jump through any hoops to get it to run on different platforms. /W To quote R. David Murray on the Python bug tracker earlier today. Everyone who uses IDLE uses TKInter, and a lot of people use IDLE. Kindest regards. Mark Lawrence. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: GUIs - A Modest Proposal

, and a lot of people use IDLE. /original Looks like you're mad cos the bug tracker issue has already been closed as rejected. Or is it cos you fell for my bait? Or both? To paraphrase Tommy Docherty, Ranting Rick is to Python what King Herod was to baby sitting. Have a nice day. Mark

Re: GUIs - A Modest Proposal

the daleks, yetis and cybermen Ranting Rick would be a piece of cake. :) My 13 year old will be glued to BBC1 tonight at 18:45 BST to see his hero (Dr Who that is) in action. Down with baddies. Mark Lawrence. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: GUIs - A Modest Proposal

to do so this your comments and the responses will certainly stick in my mind. Kindest regards. Mark Lawrence. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Community (A Modest Proposal)

very sorry for him. As he is incapable of communicating effectively I seriously do wonder if he suffers from some form of autism, Asperger Syndrome maybe? Seriously. Mark Lawrence. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: biopython

#Sequence_Input Regards. Mark Lawrence. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: biopython

-questions.html HTH. Mark Lawrence -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: GUIs - A Modest Proposal

On 15/06/2010 08:39, rantingrick wrote: On Jun 15, 1:41 am, Stephen Hansenme+list/pyt...@ixokai.io wrote: On 6/14/10 9:08 PM, Stephen Hansen wrote: You're an *beep*. For the record, this was inappropriate. A moment's frustration after a long day does not excuse belligerence, even if

Re: logging = logging.getLogger(__name__)

very far. HTH. Mark Lawrence -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: logging = logging.getLogger(__name__)

), then logger.addHandler(x). If you don't do this, your logging shadows the logging module so you won't get very far. HTH. Mark Lawrence Hi Mark - I thought that would be the answer. I asked because I'm working with a framework where logging is similarly renamed in almost every file

Re: INCONTROVERTIBLE PROOF of the Incompetence of FBI

, but I am aware of the Great Bustard, see e.g. http://greatbustard.org/ As for the rest of the cobblers, you've managed to exceed the output of Xah Lee, Ranting Rick and Ilias Lazaridis combined and all in one hit, congratulations. Bugger off, please! Mark Lawrence. -- http

Re: Removing anti-Jewish postings from Python list

actually don't know how to report such things because of the combination of c.l.py, gmane.comp.python.general and http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list, possibly others?. Could somebody please show the correct direction? Kindest regards. Mark Lawrence -- http://mail.python.org/mailman

Re: How to set up this usenet discussion?

to newsgroups. FWIW I read the ng/ml with Thunderbird on Windows Vista through gmane.comp.python.general, works a treat. Kindest regards. Mark Lawrence. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Removing anti-Jewish postings from Python list

On 16/06/2010 21:02, Stephen Hansen wrote: On 6/16/10 12:21 PM, Mark Lawrence wrote: I actually don't know how to report such things because of the combination of c.l.py, gmane.comp.python.general and http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list, possibly others?. Could somebody please

Re: Removing anti-Jewish postings from Python list

On 16/06/2010 22:51, Joshua Kordani wrote: Benjamin Kaplan wrote: On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 12:21 PM, Mark Lawrence breamore...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: On 16/06/2010 18:56, Alan Harris-Reid wrote: Any idea how we get rid of this 'noise'? Will it eventually go away if we ignore

Upgrading from Python 2.6.5 w.r.t. matplotlib/numpy?

the current situation is. Could somebody please recommend whether I take the direct or indirect route to Python 3.1. FWIW I'm on Windows Vista. TIA. Mark Lawrence. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: a +b ?

in recent days I wish there was a Kill Poster button. Reminds me of all those jolly old black and white Hollywood cowboy movies, we'll have a fair trial, then we'll hang him :) Cheers. Mark Lawrence. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Py_single_input and the side-effects...

. Mark Lawrence. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Py_single_input and the side-effects...

On 17/06/2010 22:51, Stephen Hansen wrote: On 6/17/10 2:32 PM, Mark Lawrence wrote: Where is the use of _ in a script documented, I've searched all over and can't find it, guess I don't have the Midas touch with google? :) Its purely a convention, and one that crosses language-bounds

Re: pythonize this!

news is that this is easily the fastest piece of code that I've seen yet. The bad news is that first prize in the speed competition is a night out with me. :) Cheers. Mark Lawrence. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: pythonize this!

On 18/06/2010 16:00, Steven D'Aprano wrote: On Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:32:30 +0100, Mark Lawrence wrote: The good news is that this is easily the fastest piece of code that I've seen yet. The bad news is that first prize in the speed competition is a night out with me. I suppose second prize

Re: pythonize this!

On 18/06/2010 16:26, Andre Alexander Bell wrote: On 06/18/2010 03:32 PM, Mark Lawrence wrote: The good news is that this is easily the fastest piece of code that I've seen yet. The bad news is that first prize in the speed competition is a night out with me. :) Well, that actually means

Re: pythonize this!

On 19/06/2010 11:36, Stefan Behnel wrote: Mark Lawrence, 18.06.2010 17:53: ... *AND* (looking at your email address) Germany loosing in the world cup. :( Yep, we always do that once at the early stages of a world cup. Pretty good camouflage, still works most of the time. Stefan Yes

Re: 500 tracker orphans; we need more reviewers

than python-list, which itself is pretty decent. Terry Jan Reedy Ok, but I'm going for EAFP rather than LBYL. I have written a will. :) Kindest regards. Mark Lawrence. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Simple list problem that's defeating me!

://docs.python.org/library/itertools.html?highlight=groupby#itertools.groupby Combine the lists in the groups. HTH. Mark Lawrence. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

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