Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] cpython: Issue #11223: Add threading._info() function providing informations about the

2011-04-20 Thread Victor Stinner
Hi, Le mardi 19 avril 2011 à 22:42 -0400, Terry Reedy a écrit : > On 4/19/2011 5:59 PM, victor.stinner wrote: > > >Issue #11223: Add threading._info() function providing informations > > about the > > thread implementation. > > Since this is being documented, making it part of the public ap

Re: [Python-Dev] Drop OS/2 and VMS support?

2011-04-20 Thread Lennart Regebro
Various people wrote: > So please go ahead and add them to PEP 11. > If you want to post the "call for support" to Python Insider, let me know off > list and I will set you up with access. > Doesn't it have more chances of succeeding if posted to comp.lang.python, > simply? I say "all of the a

[Python-Dev] Buildbots and faulthandler

2011-04-20 Thread Victor Stinner
Hi, The new faulthandler module is now fully functional and it has no more known issue. Its timeout feature is used on regrtest to dump the Python backtrace and exit if a test takes more than 1 hour. Using the regrtest timeout and faulthandler signal handlers (enable in regrtest), I started to co

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] cpython: Issue #11223: Add threading._info() function providing informations about the

2011-04-20 Thread Nick Coghlan
On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 6:20 PM, Victor Stinner wrote: > Hi, > > Le mardi 19 avril 2011 à 22:42 -0400, Terry Reedy a écrit : >> On 4/19/2011 5:59 PM, victor.stinner wrote: >> >> >    Issue #11223: Add threading._info() function providing informations >> > about the >> > thread implementation. >>

Re: [Python-Dev] Buildbots and faulthandler

2011-04-20 Thread Nick Coghlan
On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 7:37 PM, Victor Stinner wrote: > Finally, I'm very happy to see that my faulthandler module was as useful > as I expected: with more informations, we are now able to identify race > conditions. I hope that we will fix all remaining threading, signal and > subprocess race co

Re: [Python-Dev] Buildbots and faulthandler

2011-04-20 Thread Ethan Furman
Victor Stinner wrote: Finally, I'm very happy to see that my faulthandler module was as useful as I expected [...] Congratulations! Nice work. ~Ethan~ ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-d

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] cpython: Issue #11223: Add threading._info() function providing informations about the

2011-04-20 Thread exarkun
On 08:20 am, victor.stin...@haypocalc.com wrote: Hi, Le mardi 19 avril 2011 � 22:42 -0400, Terry Reedy a �crit : On 4/19/2011 5:59 PM, victor.stinner wrote: >Issue #11223: Add threading._info() function providing informations about the > thread implementation. Since this is being docume

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] cpython: Issue #11223: Add threading._info() function providing informations about the

2011-04-20 Thread Benjamin Peterson
2011/4/20 : > On 08:20 am, victor.stin...@haypocalc.com wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Le mardi 19 avril 2011 à 22:42 -0400, Terry Reedy a écrit : >>> >>> On 4/19/2011 5:59 PM, victor.stinner wrote: >>> >>> >    Issue #11223: Add threading._info() function providing informations >>> > about the >>> > thre

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] cpython: Issue #11223: Add threading._info() function providing informations about the

2011-04-20 Thread Victor Stinner
Le mercredi 20 avril 2011 à 20:24 +1000, Nick Coghlan a écrit : > On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 6:20 PM, Victor Stinner > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Le mardi 19 avril 2011 à 22:42 -0400, Terry Reedy a écrit : > >> On 4/19/2011 5:59 PM, victor.stinner wrote: > >> > >> >Issue #11223: Add threading._info()

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] cpython: Issue #11223: Add threading._info() function providing informations about the

2011-04-20 Thread exarkun
On 01:11 pm, benja...@python.org wrote: 2011/4/20 : On 08:20 am, victor.stin...@haypocalc.com wrote: Hi, Le mardi 19 avril 2011 � 22:42 -0400, Terry Reedy a �crit : On 4/19/2011 5:59 PM, victor.stinner wrote: >    Issue #11223: Add threading._info() function providing informations >

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] cpython: Issue #11223: Add threading._info() function providing informations about the

2011-04-20 Thread R. David Murray
On Wed, 20 Apr 2011 08:11:48 -0500, Benjamin Peterson wrote: > 2011/4/20 : > > On 08:20 am, victor.stin...@haypocalc.com wrote: > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> Le mardi 19 avril 2011 à 22:42 -0400, Terry Reedy a écrit : > >>> > >>> On 4/19/2011 5:59 PM, victor.stinner wrote: > >>> > >>> >    Issue #

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] cpython: Issue #11223: Add threading._info() function providing informations about the

2011-04-20 Thread Benjamin Peterson
2011/4/20 R. David Murray : > On Wed, 20 Apr 2011 08:11:48 -0500, Benjamin Peterson > wrote: >> 2011/4/20  : >> > On 08:20 am, victor.stin...@haypocalc.com wrote: >> >> >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> Le mardi 19 avril 2011 à 22:42 -0400, Terry Reedy a écrit : >> >>> >> >>> On 4/19/2011 5:59 PM, victor.sti

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] cpython: Issue #11223: Add threading._info() function providing informations about the

2011-04-20 Thread Benjamin Peterson
2011/4/20 Victor Stinner : > Le mercredi 20 avril 2011 à 20:24 +1000, Nick Coghlan a écrit : >> On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 6:20 PM, Victor Stinner >> wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > Le mardi 19 avril 2011 à 22:42 -0400, Terry Reedy a écrit : >> >> On 4/19/2011 5:59 PM, victor.stinner wrote: >> >> >> >> >  

Re: [Python-Dev] cpython: os.sendfile(): on Linux if offset parameter is passed as NULL we were

2011-04-20 Thread Giampaolo Rodolà
No we haven't. I plan to make a unique commit for offset=None on Linux and a serie of other tests I have implemented for py-sendfile module [1]. In details test for small file, empty file and (most important) large file: http://code.google.com/p/py-sendfile/source/browse/trunk/test/test_sendfile.py

Re: [Python-Dev] cpython: os.sendfile(): on Linux if offset parameter is passed as NULL we were

2011-04-20 Thread Terry Reedy
On 4/20/2011 2:09 PM, Giampaolo Rodolà wrote: No we haven't. "No we haven't" what? Such out-of-context responses exemplify why top-posting is greatly inferior for readers, who vastly outnumber the one writer. If that line had been put where it belongs, right after what it refers to, it would

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] cpython: Issue #11223: Add threading._info() function providing informations about the

2011-04-20 Thread Terry Reedy
On 4/20/2011 12:57 PM, Benjamin Peterson wrote: On 4/19/2011 5:59 PM, victor.stinner wrote: Issue #11223: Add threading._info() function providing informations about the thread implementation. How about using a structseq ala sys.float_info or sys.long_info? (In fact, we might want to p

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] cpython: Issue #11223: Add threading._info() function providing informations about the

2011-04-20 Thread Terry Reedy
On 4/20/2011 10:11 AM, exar...@twistedmatrix.com wrote: On 01:11 pm, benja...@python.org wrote: It is a big mistake to think that documentation isn't necessary for things just because you don't want application developers to use them. Maintainers benefit from it just as much. Maintainers can

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] cpython: Issue #11223: Add threading._info() function providing informations about the

2011-04-20 Thread Victor Stinner
Le mercredi 20 avril 2011 à 11:57 -0500, Benjamin Peterson a écrit : > 2011/4/20 Victor Stinner : > > Le mercredi 20 avril 2011 à 20:24 +1000, Nick Coghlan a écrit : > >> On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 6:20 PM, Victor Stinner > >> wrote: > >> > Hi, > >> > > >> > Le mardi 19 avril 2011 à 22:42 -0400, Terr

Re: [Python-Dev] Buildbots and faulthandler

2011-04-20 Thread Terry Reedy
On 4/20/2011 7:57 AM, Ethan Furman wrote: Victor Stinner wrote: Finally, I'm very happy to see that my faulthandler module was as useful as I expected [...] Congratulations! Nice work. Ditto. Multiple pats on the back. -- Terry Jan Reedy ___ Pyth

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] cpython: Issue #11223: Add threading._info() function providing informations about the

2011-04-20 Thread Benjamin Peterson
2011/4/20 Victor Stinner : > Le mercredi 20 avril 2011 à 11:57 -0500, Benjamin Peterson a écrit : >> How about using a structseq ala sys.float_info or sys.long_info? (In >> fact, we might want to put this in sys.) > > Would you prefer something like the following example? > sys.thread_info > s

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] cpython: Issue #11223: Add threading._info() function providing informations about the

2011-04-20 Thread Antoine Pitrou
On Wed, 20 Apr 2011 17:03:19 -0500 Benjamin Peterson wrote: > 2011/4/20 Victor Stinner : > > Le mercredi 20 avril 2011 à 11:57 -0500, Benjamin Peterson a écrit : > >> How about using a structseq ala sys.float_info or sys.long_info? (In > >> fact, we might want to put this in sys.) > > > > Would y