[Python-ideas] Re: Idea: Tagged strings in python

2022-12-17 Thread C. Titus Brown via Python-ideas
> On Dec 17, 2022, at 10:08 AM, e...@emilstenstrom.se wrote: > > Bruce Leban wrote: >>> Try googling "python-ideas string prefixes". Doing mimimal diligence is a >>> reasonable expectation before writing up an idea. > > Thanks for the query "string prefixes". I tried other queries but not that

[Python-ideas] 'frozen set' discussion - please consider taking some time off.

2022-01-21 Thread C. Titus Brown via Python-ideas
Hi all, python-ideas moderator here. It’d be great if y’all could take a few days to cool off the frozen set discussion, which is veering off the rails a little bit into emotional language. I’ll keep an eye on it and put emergency moderation into effect if I must, but it’d be nicer if I

[Python-ideas] PEP-671 thread - let's take a break, please.

2021-12-09 Thread C. Titus Brown via Python-ideas
Hi all, the PEP-671 thread is starting to accumulate an awful lot of heat. I’ve placed the list into emergency moderation for the day to give everyone a chance to take a step back and (re)consider their next e-mails. Thank you! best, —titus (list moderator)

[Python-ideas] Re: Context manager for csv module 'reader' and 'DictReader'?

2021-09-06 Thread C. Titus Brown via Python-ideas
stead? Codifying that in some standard way could be nice. best, —titus > On Sep 5, 2021, at 5:30 PM, Oscar Benjamin wrote: > > On Mon, 6 Sept 2021 at 01:13, Greg Ewing wrote: >> >> On 6/09/21 3:07 am, C. Titus Brown via Python-ideas wrote: >>> with csv.DictReader.open(

[Python-ideas] Context manager for csv module 'reader' and 'DictReader'?

2021-09-05 Thread C. Titus Brown via Python-ideas
Hi all, the product of Sunday morning idle curiosity... I’ve been using the csv module a lot, and I’m wondering if there would be value in adding a standard mechanism for opening a CSV file (correctly) using a context manager? So, instead of with open(filename, newline=“”) as fp: r =

[Python-ideas] Re: [Python-Dev] Re: Amend PEP-8 to require clear, understandable comments instead of Strunk & White Standard English comments

2020-06-29 Thread C. Titus Brown via Python-ideas
Hi all, as a moderator of python-ideas, I’ve asked postmaster to place python-ideas into emergency moderation. (I do not have the tools to do so myself.) I’m willing to review messages individually as needed. best, —titus > On Jun 29, 2020, at 9:24 AM, Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer > wrote: > >

[Python-ideas] MODERATOR - in re "Amend PEP-8 to require clear, understandable comments instead of Strunk & White Standard English comments"

2020-06-28 Thread C. Titus Brown via Python-ideas
Hello everyone, the above referenced thread is getting heated and unfriendly; I’ve already rejected a message as inappropriately ad hominem. Please take some time to (re)consider the content of your e-mails before sending them. We may turn on default moderation if it continues. As a reminder:

[Python-ideas] Re: Explicitly defining a string buffer object (aka StringIO += operator)

2020-04-02 Thread C. Titus Brown via Python-ideas
(Folks, sorry for letting this spam slip through! It was reasonably clever compared to most of the stuff we get :) best, —titus > On Apr 2, 2020, at 12:49 AM, gstindianews.i...@gmail.com wrote: > > ya that's what I also get for quickly whipping something up and not > testing it. Good catch