QOTW: "The economy rises and falls, money comes and goes, but a great conference has permanent good effects. Well, a lot more permanent than government fiscal policy, anyway." - Python Software Foundation Director "bitter-in-victory-gracious-in-defeat-ly y'rs" timbot
Is python free of "buffer overflow" errors? http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/a31faac6feced289/ Lessons learned in implementation of a write-once dict: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/bc8b91669257e246/ Methods, attributes, iterators, lambdas, and how Ruby handles them: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/6e4fc61946513405/ Python 3 allows for custom types to be used as a class namespace not just dicts): http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/50caadd10d2cca16/ Could Python be used to write a device driver? http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/4efc28f9fe45b69e/ The various meanings of the underscore character '_' in identifiers: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/e32d577ad3d5a208/ Generate a new object each time a name is imported: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/b7112f74e2efa8bd/ heapq.nlargest takes a "key" argument - why not the other functions in the same module? http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/a5095d3f4b54f79b/ Immutable objects and how they could improve concurrency [old thread, still alive]: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/cb0cf56c52321ccc/5c82cd09767ba85a?#5c82cd09767ba85a How to modify a variable in an outer (non global) scope: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/e0e64250bd82825f/ Best way to add "private" directories to sys.path: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/cb43cf90d72f6833/ Interval arithmetic: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/71f050d8f5987244/ Ensure that no more than three instances of the same program are running at the same time: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/af7ae6429c2bda1e/ Some people don't like the way Python documentation is managed/presented: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/a52b22cd90b15ef8/ ======================================================================== Everything Python-related you want is probably one or two clicks away in these pages: Python.org's Python Language Website is the traditional center of Pythonia http://www.python.org Notice especially the master FAQ http://www.python.org/doc/FAQ.html PythonWare complements the digest you're reading with the marvelous daily python url http://www.pythonware.com/daily Just beginning with Python? This page is a great place to start: http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/Programmers The Python Papers aims to publish "the efforts of Python enthusiasts": http://pythonpapers.org/ The Python Magazine is a technical monthly devoted to Python: http://pythonmagazine.com Readers have recommended the "Planet" sites: http://planetpython.org http://planet.python.org comp.lang.python.announce announces new Python software. Be sure to scan this newsgroup weekly. http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python.announce/topics Python411 indexes "podcasts ... to help people learn Python ..." Updates appear more-than-weekly: http://www.awaretek.com/python/index.html The Python Package Index catalogues packages. http://www.python.org/pypi/ Much of Python's real work takes place on Special-Interest Group mailing lists http://www.python.org/sigs/ Python Success Stories--from air-traffic control to on-line match-making--can inspire you or decision-makers to whom you're subject with a vision of what the language makes practical. http://www.pythonology.com/success The Python Software Foundation (PSF) has replaced the Python Consortium as an independent nexus of activity. It has official responsibility for Python's development and maintenance. http://www.python.org/psf/ Among the ways you can support PSF is with a donation. http://www.python.org/psf/donations/ The Summary of Python Tracker Issues is an automatically generated report summarizing new bugs, closed ones, and patch submissions. http://search.gmane.org/?author=status%40bugs.python.org&group=gmane.comp.python.devel&sort=date Although unmaintained since 2002, the Cetus collection of Python hyperlinks retains a few gems. http://www.cetus-links.org/oo_python.html Python FAQTS http://python.faqts.com/ The Cookbook is a collaborative effort to capture useful and interesting recipes. http://code.activestate.com/recipes/langs/python/ Many Python conferences around the world are in preparation. Watch this space for links to them. Among several Python-oriented RSS/RDF feeds available, see: http://www.python.org/channews.rdf For more, see: http://www.syndic8.com/feedlist.php?ShowMatch=python&ShowStatus=all The old Python "To-Do List" now lives principally in a SourceForge reincarnation. http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=355470&group_id=5470&func=browse http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0042/ del.icio.us presents an intriguing approach to reference commentary. It already aggregates quite a bit of Python intelligence. http://del.icio.us/tag/python Enjoy the *Python Magazine*. http://pymag.phparch.com/ *Py: the Journal of the Python Language* http://www.pyzine.com Dr.Dobb's Portal is another source of Python news and articles: http://www.ddj.com/TechSearch/searchResults.jhtml?queryText=python and Python articles regularly appear at IBM DeveloperWorks: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/search/searchResults.jsp?searchSite=dW&searchScope=dW&encodedQuery=python&rankprofile=8 Previous - (U)se the (R)esource, (L)uke! - messages are listed here: http://search.gmane.org/?query=python+URL+weekly+news+links&group=gmane.comp.python.general&sort=date http://groups.google.com/groups/search?q=Python-URL!+group%3Acomp.lang.python&start=0&scoring=d& http://lwn.net/Search/DoSearch?words=python-url&ctype3=yes&cat_25=yes There is *not* an RSS for "Python-URL!"--at least not yet. Arguments for and against are occasionally entertained. Suggestions/corrections for next week's posting are always welcome. E-mail to <python-...@phaseit.net> should get through. To receive a new issue of this posting in e-mail each Monday morning (approximately), ask <cla...@phaseit.net> to subscribe. Mention "Python-URL!". Write to the same address to unsubscribe. -- The Python-URL! Team-- Phaseit, Inc. (http://phaseit.net) is pleased to participate in and sponsor the "Python-URL!" project. Watch this space for upcoming news about posting archives. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list