Re: [Python-Dev] Changes to decimal.py

2007-04-14 Thread Nick Maclaren
Tim Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One low-effort approach is to use a general root-finding algorithm and build ln(x) on top of exp() via (numerically) solving the equation exp(ln(x)) == x for ln(x). ... Not a general one, please! At least use one that assumes the continuity of second

[Python-Dev] __lltrace__

2007-04-14 Thread Kristján Valur Jónsson
Hello again. So, using __lltrace__, I stumbled over a crashbug (to which I have already submitted a fix).i To trigger the crash, I modified lib/test/test_trace.py, lines 609 onwards: def test_16_no_jump_into_finally_block(self): globals()[__lltrace__] = 1

Re: [Python-Dev] Making builtins more efficient

2007-04-14 Thread Steven Elliott
;`On Thu, 2007-02-22 at 01:26 +0100, Giovanni Bajo wrote: On 20/02/2007 16.07, Steven Elliott wrote: I'm finally getting back into this. I'd like to take one more shot at it with a revised version of what I proposed before. For those of you that did not see the original thread it

[Python-Dev] fdopen mode needs sanitizing

2007-04-14 Thread Kristján Valur Jónsson
In fileobject the mode string is sanitized using a function, sanitize_the_mode(). The same thing needs to happen for posixmodule.fdopen(). Otherwise, the universal_newlines regression test in test_subprocess.py will fail for python compiled with Visual Studio 2005. I have made a local patch

[Python-Dev] new subscriber looking for grunt work

2007-04-14 Thread Sergio Mion
Hello All, I'll be as brief as possible. The welcome message to this list suggested that I post a brief introduction of myself, so here it goes. I've been programming for about 10 years now (7 professionally). I would rank myself as a moderate programmer always looking to improve, and would

[Python-Dev] Summary of Tracker Issues

2007-04-14 Thread Tracker
ACTIVITY SUMMARY (04/08/07 - 04/15/07) Tracker at http://bugs.python.org/ To view or respond to any of the issues listed below, click on the issue number. Do NOT respond to this message. 1649 open ( +2) / 8584 closed ( +0) / 10233 total ( +2) Average duration of open issues: 764 days.