Re: [Python-Dev] Accepting PEP 434, Idle Enhancement Exception

2013-03-29 Thread Simon Cross
Having a standalone version of IDLE might be really useful to alternative Python implementations. ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/pyt

Re: [Python-Dev] Accepting PEP 434, Idle Enhancement Exception

2013-03-29 Thread Nick Coghlan
On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 12:40 PM, Maciej Fijalkowski wrote: > On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 6:33 PM, Nick Coghlan wrote: >> I am accepting Todd Rovito's and Terry Reedy's PEP 434, officially >> declaring IDLE to be an application bundled with Python, with the >> contents of "Lib/idlelib" exempt from th

Re: [Python-Dev] Accepting PEP 434, Idle Enhancement Exception

2013-03-29 Thread Todd Rovito
On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 10:40 PM, Maciej Fijalkowski wrote: > Does that mean that mainstream idle development should move out of the > python tree? No the acceptance of PEP-434 does not mean IDLE development should move out of the python tree. The acceptance of PEP-434 means that the restrictio

Re: [Python-Dev] Accepting PEP 434, Idle Enhancement Exception

2013-03-29 Thread Maciej Fijalkowski
On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 6:33 PM, Nick Coghlan wrote: > I am accepting Todd Rovito's and Terry Reedy's PEP 434, officially > declaring IDLE to be an application bundled with Python, with the > contents of "Lib/idlelib" exempt from the usual "no new features in > maintenance releases" rule. > > As s

[Python-Dev] Accepting PEP 434, Idle Enhancement Exception

2013-03-29 Thread Nick Coghlan
I am accepting Todd Rovito's and Terry Reedy's PEP 434, officially declaring IDLE to be an application bundled with Python, with the contents of "Lib/idlelib" exempt from the usual "no new features in maintenance releases" rule. As stated in the PEP, this isn't carte blanche to do major rewrites i

Re: [Python-Dev] Writing importers and path hooks

2013-03-29 Thread Nick Coghlan
On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 3:39 AM, Brett Cannon wrote: > To tell if a module is a package, you should do either ``if mod.__name__ == > mod.__package__`` or ``if hasattr(mod, '__path__')``. The second of those is actually a bit more reliable. As with many import quirks, the answer to "But why?" is "

[Python-Dev] Summary of Python tracker Issues

2013-03-29 Thread Python tracker
ACTIVITY SUMMARY (2013-03-22 - 2013-03-29) Python tracker at http://bugs.python.org/ To view or respond to any of the issues listed below, click on the issue. Do NOT respond to this message. Issues counts and deltas: open3887 (-21) closed 25461 (+72) total 29348 (+51) Open issues wit

Re: [Python-Dev] Safely importing zip files with C extensions

2013-03-29 Thread Thomas Heller
Am 29.03.2013 02:06, schrieb Gregory P. Smith: On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 9:09 AM, Brett Cannon mailto:br...@python.org>> wrote: On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Thomas Heller mailto:thel...@ctypes.org>> wrote: The zip-file itself could support importing compiled extensions w