Re: [Python-3000] Windows: debug mode

2008-02-18 Thread Martin v. Löwis
>> Is there a way to make distutils do this for me with a simple command- >> line switch? > > Yes - provide a patch :) > >> 2) Add the same compilation mode to Python itself, so that users can >> easily compile a Python DLL which has debug symbols but with the release >> ABI (since stepping int

Re: [Python-3000] PEP 3102

2008-02-18 Thread Talin
Arnaud Delobelle wrote: > > On Feb 14, 11:13 pm, "Guido van Rossum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 2:48 PM, Raymond Hettinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> I've been exercising the new keyword-only arguments syntax. It is >>> absolutely wonderful. I'm amazed at how many

Re: [Python-3000] PEP 3102

2008-02-18 Thread Arnaud Delobelle
On 18 Feb 2008, at 19:39, Talin wrote: > Arnaud Delobelle wrote: >> [...] >> Unconvincingly yours, > > Well, that is certainly a logical continuation of the train of > thought behind the 'single *' syntax. > I'd be curious to know which parts of 3102 people are finding most > useful. You see

[Python-3000] detect file encoding or always use the default, UTF-8?

2008-02-18 Thread Kumar McMillan
Hello. In Python 3, when opening a file without declaring the encoding keyword is Python going to guess the encoding of the file or just use the default? That is, assume the file is UTF-8? What led me to wonder this is that on Mac OS X 10.4.11, opening a file containing UTF-8 encoded text create

Re: [Python-3000] PEP 3102

2008-02-18 Thread Adam Olsen
On Feb 18, 2008 1:17 PM, Arnaud Delobelle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A typical use of positional-only arguments is with a function > > def f(x, y=1, **kwargs): > ... > > where keyword arguments are potentially anything at all, including x > and y. For example: dict.update(). In fact it