Re: [Python-Dev] Polymorphic best practices

2010-09-18 Thread John Nagle
which botched it. Python libraries should strive to deliver textual data to the programmer in clean Unicode. If someone needs the underlying wire representation it should be available, but not the default. John Nagle

Re: [Python-Dev] Add PEP 444, Python Web3 Interface.

2010-09-15 Thread John Nagle
problem does this\ solve? John Nagle ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail

Re: [Python-Dev] Python-Dev Digest, Vol 85, Issue 71

2010-08-24 Thread John Nagle
attrdict = { a : 1, b : 2} make_object(foo, attrdict) This covers most of the use cases for setattr. John Nagle ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Python-Dev] Python-Dev Digest, Vol 84, Issue 112

2010-07-24 Thread John Nagle
becoming confused, and reduces the risk that an update to one version of Python will break another version. John Nagle ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev

Re: [Python-Dev] Set the namespace free!

2010-07-22 Thread John Nagle
to SQL injection. Think about what this can do to a parser that has and calls a method display for each element: element display='lambda x : subprocess.Popen(rm -r -f /)' You are pwned. John Nagle ___ Python-Dev

Re: [Python-Dev] importlib

2010-07-15 Thread John Nagle
, startup times will get worse as the JIT compiler cranks, but run time will (hopefully) decrease. John Nagle ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe

Re: [Python-Dev] Removing IDLE from the standard library

2010-07-13 Thread John Nagle
. Given limited resources, it's necessary to cut back in some areas. I'd vote IDLE off the island. John Nagle ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev

[Python-Dev] [ANN]: newthreading - an approach to simplified thread usage, and a path to getting rid of the GIL

2010-06-26 Thread John Nagle
to get some experience with it first. Try it out and report back. The SourceForge forum for the project is the best place to report problems. John Nagle ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org

Re: [Python-Dev] [ANN]: newthreading - an approach to simplified thread usage, and a path to getting rid of the GIL

2010-06-26 Thread John Nagle
On 6/26/2010 7:44 AM, Jesse Noller wrote: On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 9:29 AM, Michael Foord fuzzy...@voidspace.org.uk wrote: On 26/06/2010 07:11, John Nagle wrote: We have just released a proof-of-concept implementation of a new approach to thread management - newthreading. The import