Re: [Python-Dev] FreeBSD 7 amd64 and large memory tests

2008-09-18 Thread Andrew MacIntyre
Andrew MacIntyre wrote: I'll take this up with FreeBSD folk, but I'm open to ideas as to how best to deal with the problem in the context of the test suite pending resolution by FreeBSD. The response I got from Jason Evans (author of the new malloc() implementation), along with that of another

Re: [Python-Dev] FreeBSD 7 amd64 and large memory tests

2008-09-18 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> It seems to me that the most practical way forward is to just institute a > policy that tests that want to try and test out of memory behaviour must > ensure that appropriate resource limits are in place IMO, there shouldn't be any tests in the test suite that rely on exhaustion of all available

Re: [Python-Dev] ssl module, non-blocking sockets and asyncore integration

2008-09-18 Thread Giampaolo Rodola'
Some good news: I finally figured out how to modify asyncore to make it properly handle the non-blocking ssl-handshake. I provided a patch for test_ssl.py in issue 3899. Bill, could you please review it? --- Giampaolo http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/ On 18 Set, 00:49, "Giampaolo Rodola'" <[EM

[Python-Dev] bsddb tests disabled by default

2008-09-18 Thread Jesus Cea
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Just installing 2.6rc2, I see that bsddb3 testsuite is disabled by default. Current testsuite is far more fast and stable that the old one (entire test: 17 seconds in my machine). I was wondering if it is time to enable bsddb3 testsuite by default. B

Re: [Python-Dev] bsddb tests disabled by default

2008-09-18 Thread Fred Drake
On Sep 18, 2008, at 10:24 AM, Jesus Cea wrote: Current testsuite is far more fast and stable that the old one (entire test: 17 seconds in my machine). I was wondering if it is time to enable bsddb3 testsuite by default. Perhaps so. That certainly improves the chances of finding problems e

[Python-Dev] ANNOUNCE: CapPython, an object-capability subset of Python

2008-09-18 Thread Mark Seaborn
During the past couple of months I have been working on an object-capability subset of Python - in other words, a restricted execution scheme for sandboxing Python code. It has been influenced by other object-capability subset languages, such as Joe-E (a subset of Java [1]), Caja/Cajita (subsets o

Re: [Python-Dev] bsddb tests disabled by default

2008-09-18 Thread Brett Cannon
On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 7:24 AM, Jesus Cea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Just installing 2.6rc2, I see that bsddb3 testsuite is disabled by default. > > Current testsuite is far more fast and stable that the old one (entire > test: 17 seconds in my

[Python-Dev] What's New in 2.6 link wasn't what I expected

2008-09-18 Thread skip
>From this page: http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.6/ I clicked the link labelled "What's new in Python 2.6rc2". This didn't take me to the What's New page. Instead it took me to: http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.6/NEWS.txt Seems a bit mislabelled if nothing else. Po

Re: [Python-Dev] ANNOUNCE: CapPython, an object-capability subset of Python

2008-09-18 Thread Terry Reedy
Mark Seaborn wrote: During the past couple of months I have been working on an object-capability subset of Python - in other words, a restricted execution scheme for sandboxing Python code. It has been influenced by other object-capability subset languages, such as Joe-E (a subset of Java [1]),

Re: [Python-Dev] ANNOUNCE: CapPython, an object-capability subset of Python

2008-09-18 Thread Guido van Rossum
How about Capt'n Python? :-) Anyway, this is way cool. Looking forward to kicking the tires! On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 1:33 PM, Terry Reedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mark Seaborn wrote: >> >> During the past couple of months I have been working on an >> object-capability subset of Python - in ot

Re: [Python-Dev] ANNOUNCE: CapPython, an object-capability subset of Python

2008-09-18 Thread Oleg Broytmann
On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 04:33:23PM -0400, Terry Reedy wrote: > Mark Seaborn wrote: > I'm calling it CapPython > > No wonder ;-). I like CapPy better, though there is a shareware screen > capture program by that name. PyCap is taken. CapThon is not. CaPy, and make capybara its mascot. ;)

Re: [Python-Dev] ANNOUNCE: CapPython, an object-capability subset of Python

2008-09-18 Thread Christian Heimes
Guido van Rossum wrote: How about Capt'n Python? :-) Harr, harr! Geat name :) Christian ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/pyth

Re: [Python-Dev] ANNOUNCE: CapPython, an object-capability subset of Python

2008-09-18 Thread Mark Seaborn
Terry Reedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mark Seaborn wrote: > > Private attributes may only be accessed through "self" variables. > > "Self" variables are defined as being the first arguments of functions > > defined inside class definitions, with a few restrictions intended to > > prevent these

Re: [Python-Dev] ANNOUNCE: CapPython, an object-capability subset of Python

2008-09-18 Thread Guido van Rossum
On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 2:15 PM, Mark Seaborn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Terry Reedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Mark Seaborn wrote: > >> > Private attributes may only be accessed through "self" variables. >> > "Self" variables are defined as being the first arguments of functions >> > define

Re: [Python-Dev] What's New in 2.6 link wasn't what I expected

2008-09-18 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> I clicked the link labelled "What's new in Python 2.6rc2". This didn't take > me to the What's New page. Instead it took me to: > > http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.6/NEWS.txt > > Seems a bit mislabelled if nothing else. How so? The first major heading in that file reads "What'

Re: [Python-Dev] What's New in 2.6 link wasn't what I expected

2008-09-18 Thread Andrew McNabb
On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 12:49:28AM +0200, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: > > I clicked the link labelled "What's new in Python 2.6rc2". This didn't take > > me to the What's New page. Instead it took me to: > > > > http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.6/NEWS.txt > > > > Seems a bit mislabell

Re: [Python-Dev] What's New in 2.6 link wasn't what I expected

2008-09-18 Thread Nick Coghlan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>From this page: > > http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.6/ > > I clicked the link labelled "What's new in Python 2.6rc2". This didn't take > me to the What's New page. Instead it took me to: > > http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.6/NEWS.txt > >

Re: [Python-Dev] What's New in 2.6 link wasn't what I expected

2008-09-18 Thread skip
>> http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.6/NEWS.txt >> >> Seems a bit mislabelled if nothing else. Martin> How so? The first major heading in that file reads Seems more like the Misc/NEWS file to me. I was expecting Andrew's What's New document, which I eventually found at

Re: [Python-Dev] What's New in 2.6 link wasn't what I expected

2008-09-18 Thread Steve Holden
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.6/NEWS.txt > >> > >> Seems a bit mislabelled if nothing else. > > Martin> How so? The first major heading in that file reads > > Seems more like the Misc/NEWS file to me. I was expecting Andrew's What's > Ne

Re: [Python-Dev] What's New in 2.6 link wasn't what I expected

2008-09-18 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> >> http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.6/NEWS.txt > >> > >> Seems a bit mislabelled if nothing else. > > Martin> How so? The first major heading in that file reads > > Seems more like the Misc/NEWS file to me. Correct. > I was expecting Andrew's What's New document Why