Re: [Python-Dev] Python and the Linux Standard Base (LSB)

2006-12-01 Thread Robin Bryce
Fair enough. Robin On 30/11/06, "Martin v. Löwis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Robin Bryce schrieb: > > Yes, especially with the regard to the level you pitch for LSB. I > > would go as far as to say that if this "contract in spirit" is broken > >

Re: [Python-Dev] Python and the Linux Standard Base (LSB)

2006-11-29 Thread Robin Bryce
On 28/11/06, "Martin v. Löwis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I personally agree that "Linux standards" should specify a standard > layout for a Python installation, and that it should be the one that > "make install" generates (perhaps after "make install" is adjusted). > Whether or not it is the *L

Re: [Python-Dev] Python and the Linux Standard Base (LSB)

2006-11-28 Thread Robin Bryce
> Actually, I meant that (among other things) it should be clarified that > it's alright to e.g. put .pyc and data files inside Python library > directories, and NOT okay to split them up. Phillip, Just to be clear: I understand you are not in favour of re-packaging data from python projects (proj

Re: [Python-Dev] 2.5b3, commit r46372 regressed PEP 302 machinery (sf not letting me post)

2006-08-09 Thread Robin Bryce
This has an sf number now #1537167, and hopefully a clearer explanation of what I think the problem is. This is not a duplicate of the earlier "PEP 302 Fix" thread. Thanks, Robin On 07/08/06, Robin Bryce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Appologies for the lack of

[Python-Dev] 2.5b3, commit r46372 regressed PEP 302 machinery (sf not letting me post)

2006-08-07 Thread Robin Bryce
Hi, Appologies for the lack of an sf#. I tried to submit this there but couldn't. (sf is logging me out each time I visit a new page and it is refusing my attempt to post anonymously). Python 2.5b3 (trunk:51136M, Aug 7 2006, 10:48:15) [GCC 4.0.3 (Ubuntu 4.0.3-1ubuntu5)] on linux2 The need for

Re: [Python-Dev] Explicit Lexical Scoping (pre-PEP?)

2006-07-11 Thread Robin Bryce
outbound x = 1 x = 2 evaluating using Jeremy Hilton's' list: 1. is a real word 2. For me - in python - it would mean: Is found in 'outer' scope and is already bound. And the literal meaning of 'outbound 'headed away' [1] is pretty darn close to what I mean when I spell the usual mutables kluge.

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 3103: A Switch/Case Statement

2006-06-27 Thread Robin Bryce
> But what's the point? We have until Python 3000 anyway. Ah, my mistake. In my enthusiasm, I foolishly got the time frames of peps 3103 & 275 mixed up. ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev U

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 3103: A Switch/Case Statement

2006-06-27 Thread Robin Bryce
> PEP 3103, When to Freeze the Dispatch Dict/Option 1 2 things resonated with me for Raymond's proposal and the follow up: - It seemed agnostic to almost all of the independently contentious issues. - "is defined tightly enough to allow room for growth and elaboration over time" [Raymond]. In par