Re: [Python-Dev] Upcoming 2.5.2 release

2008-01-31 Thread Neal Norwitz
On Jan 31, 2008 1:42 AM, Jesus Cea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Martin v. Löwis wrote: > |> As current bsddb module maintainer, I was wondering if 2.5.2 will > |> support BerkeleyDB 4.6 :-?. > | > | Maybe I'm misunderstanding the question - whom a

Re: [Python-Dev] Monkeypatching idioms -- elegant or ugly?

2008-01-31 Thread nathan binkert
> Have you tried this? I believe it doesn't even work; types defined in > C++ are supposed to be immutable. Try adding a new method to list or > dict. I noticed that and I was trying to figure out if I could create a new metatype which would add a __dict__ and a method (called add_method or somethi

Re: [Python-Dev] Monkeypatching idioms -- elegant or ugly?

2008-01-31 Thread Guido van Rossum
On Jan 31, 2008 9:49 AM, nathan binkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Another thing about monkeypatching is that it seems like the best way > to write an extension class where you want half to be in C/C++ and > half in Python. I'm in the middle of working on such a class and > there are plenty of m

Re: [Python-Dev] Tracker marks my messages as spam :-)

2008-01-31 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> This will be my last email today, I don't want to waste (more of) your > *valuable* time. > > http://bugs.python.org/issue1391 > http://bugs.python.org/msg61892 It does that sometimes when the text is very short. The Bayesian filter needs more training, so just keep reporting messages as miscla

Re: [Python-Dev] Upcoming 2.5.2 release

2008-01-31 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> Current bsddb module in 2.5.1 supports up to BerkeleyDB 4.5. There is > support for 4.6 in trunk (future 2.6, I guess) and I'm working in a > private branch at the moment, since I have no commit access to python > repository. That private version is intented to be merged into python > 2.6 by Greg

Re: [Python-Dev] Monkeypatching idioms -- elegant or ugly?

2008-01-31 Thread nathan binkert
Another thing about monkeypatching is that it seems like the best way to write an extension class where you want half to be in C/C++ and half in Python. I'm in the middle of working on such a class and there are plenty of members that just don't need to be in C++. Is there a better/preferred idio

Re: [Python-Dev] Assigning issues

2008-01-31 Thread Guido van Rossum
On Jan 31, 2008 1:50 AM, Jesus Cea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Martin v. Löwis wrote: > | I also agree with Nick as to what the purpose of assignments is. > | To indicate that you are working on a specific issue, a message > | saying so is enough (which could also include estimated completion > |

Re: [Python-Dev] Monkeypatching idioms -- elegant or ugly?

2008-01-31 Thread Guido van Rossum
On Jan 30, 2008 9:00 PM, Kevin Teague <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > +1 on having established Python idioms for these techniques. > > While I don't know if there has ever been a formal definition of > monkey patch, the term monkey patch came from guerilla patch, which > came from two or more dynamic

[Python-Dev] DEADLINE Feb 4: OSCON 2008 Call for Proposals

2008-01-31 Thread Aahz
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Re: [Python-Dev] Upcoming 2.5.2 release

2008-01-31 Thread Aahz
On Thu, Jan 31, 2008, Jesus Cea wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Martin v. L?wis wrote: > |> As current bsddb module maintainer, I was wondering if 2.5.2 will > |> support BerkeleyDB 4.6 :-?. > | > | Maybe I'm misunderstanding the question - whom are asking? > | If me

Re: [Python-Dev] Upcoming 2.5.2 release

2008-01-31 Thread Christian Heimes
Jesus Cea wrote: > My guess is that 2.5 branch is still open to more patches than pure > security/stability patches, so "backporting" BerkeleyDB 4.6 support > seems reasonable (to me). If I'm wrong, please educate me :-). I think you are wrong, sorry pal! DB 4.6 support is a new feature. New featu

Re: [Python-Dev] Tracker marks my messages as spam :-)

2008-01-31 Thread Nick Coghlan
Jesus Cea wrote: > http://bugs.python.org/msg61892 I don't know what's going on there, but it appears to require higher permissions than mine to flag the message as miscategorised (I can read it when I'm logged in, but I don't see anything that would let me mark it as a legitimate message). Ch

[Python-Dev] Tracker marks my messages as spam :-)

2008-01-31 Thread Jesus Cea
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 This will be my last email today, I don't want to waste (more of) your *valuable* time. http://bugs.python.org/issue1391 http://bugs.python.org/msg61892 - -- Jesus Cea Avion _/_/ _/_/_/_/_/_/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] htt

Re: [Python-Dev] Assigning issues

2008-01-31 Thread Jesus Cea
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Martin v. Löwis wrote: | I also agree with Nick as to what the purpose of assignments is. | To indicate that you are working on a specific issue, a message | saying so is enough (which could also include estimated completion | dates, which a mere self-

Re: [Python-Dev] Upcoming 2.5.2 release

2008-01-31 Thread Jesus Cea
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Martin v. Löwis wrote: |> As current bsddb module maintainer, I was wondering if 2.5.2 will |> support BerkeleyDB 4.6 :-?. | | Maybe I'm misunderstanding the question - whom are asking? | If me - Python 2.5.2 will essentially do what the maintenance br