Re: [Python-Dev] lambda in Python

2006-05-03 Thread Talin
xahlee xahlee.org> writes: > Today i ran into one of Guido van Rossum's blog article titled > “Language Design Is Not Just Solving Puzzles” at > http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=147358 The confrontational tone of this post makes it pretty much impossible to have a reasonable d

[Python-Dev] Python long command line options

2006-05-03 Thread Heiko Wundram
Hi all! Martin von Löwis said that it'd be necessary to discuss a patch to Python's ability to parse command-line parameters to the interpreter here, and I thought I might start the ball rolling. The associated patch of mine is: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1481112&

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 3102: Keyword-only arguments

2006-05-03 Thread Greg Ewing
BJörn Lindqvist wrote: > would have thought that the one obvious way to get rid of > the wanky feeling would have been to write: > > def make_person(name, age, phone, location): ... > > make_person(name, age, phone, location) This doesn't fly in something like PyGUI, where there are literally do

Re: [Python-Dev] lambda in Python

2006-05-03 Thread Anthony Baxter
This is utterly irrelevant for python-dev. Please take it elsewhere. Thanks, Anthony ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/arch

[Python-Dev] lambda in Python

2006-05-03 Thread xahlee
Today i ran into one of Guido van Rossum's blog article titled “Language Design Is Not Just Solving Puzzles” at http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=147358 The article reads very kooky. The bottom line is that Guido simply does not like the solution proposed for fixing the lambda

Re: [Python-Dev] mail to talin is bouncing

2006-05-03 Thread Talin
Guido van Rossum python.org> writes: > Sorry to bother the list -- talin, mail to you is bouncing: Someone sent me mail? Cool! :) Sorry about that, I'm in the process of migrating hosting providers, and I forgot to add an email account for myself :) It should be better now, I'll do some more

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 3102: Keyword-only arguments

2006-05-03 Thread BJörn Lindqvist
> > >make_person(=name, =age, =phone, =location) > > > > And even with Terry's use case quoted I can't make out what you meant > > that to do. > > I meant it to do the same thing as > >make_person(name=name, age=age, phone=phone, location=location) > > I come across use cases for this fairl

Re: [Python-Dev] Python for Windows CE

2006-05-03 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Luke Dunstan wrote: > 1. Is there any reason in principle why patches for Windows CE support would > be rejected? No, not in principle. Of course, - the patch shouldn't break anything - you should state an explicit commitment to support the port for some years (or else it might get removed at t

[Python-Dev] Shared libs on Linux (Was: test failures in test_ctypes (HEAD))

2006-05-03 Thread Thomas Heller
[Crossposting to both python-dev and ctypes-users, please respond to the list that seems most appropriate] Guido van Rossum wrote: > I see test failures in current HEAD on my Google Red Hat Linux desktop > that the buildbots don't seem to have: > > ./python -E -tt ../Lib/test/regrtest.py test_cty

[Python-Dev] Python for Windows CE

2006-05-03 Thread Luke Dunstan
Hi, I would like to explore the possibility of submitting patches to allow Python to work on Windows CE out of the box. I have a few questions in preparation: 1. Is there any reason in principle why patches for Windows CE support would be rejected? 2. Should I submit unified diffs or context

Re: [Python-Dev] Date for DC-area Python sprint?

2006-05-03 Thread A.M. Kuchling
I found out that May 27th is on Memorial Day weekend, and some people will doubtless have travel plans. Let's aim for the next Saturday, June 3rd. (No intersection with the Need for Speed sprint; oh well.) I'll post a detailed announcement and set up a wiki page when things are nailed down, but

Re: [Python-Dev] signature object issues (to discuss while I am out of contact)

2006-05-03 Thread Nick Coghlan
Brett Cannon wrote: > On 5/2/06, Nick Coghlan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> All of the use cases I can think of (introspection for documentation >> purposes >> or argument checking purposes) don't really suffer either way >> regardless of >> whether the signature retrieval is spelt "obj.__signatu

Re: [Python-Dev] binary trees. Review obmalloc.c

2006-05-03 Thread Josiah Carlson
"Vladimir 'Yu' Stepanov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Comparison of functions of sorting and binary trees not absolutely > correctly. I think that function sort will lose considerably on > greater lists. Especially after an insert or removal of all one element. Generally speaking, people who un

[Python-Dev] Seeking students for the Summer of Code

2006-05-03 Thread Neal Norwitz
There is less than a week left before students must submit a final application. There are a bunch of ideas up on the wiki: http://wiki.python.org/moin/SummerOfCode/ The wiki has instructions for how to submit a proposal. There are many different areas including: core language features, lib