Roy Smith wrote:
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Reinhold Birkenfeld [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
+ being an operator
Looks more like a smiley for guy wearing a bowtie
:)), I had a nice laugh with this one.
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On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 18:40:31 -0500, HackingYodel
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello all! I'm learning to program at home. I can't imagine a better
language than Python for this. The ideal situation, for me, would be to
study two languages at the same time. Probably sounds crazy, but it
JanC [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I don't know if gmane keeps formating of messages intact when posting?
That could be an alternative too...
Reading posts via gmane with Outlook Express preserves leading spaces just
fine. However, OE deletes tabs regardless of
On Sat, 2005-01-01 at 08:18, Bo Peng wrote:
Python's array module is built-in, easy to use, but *without* a
FromLenAndData function! Even the buffer interface provides only 'get
buffer' but no 'set buffer' functions. Could anyone tell me how I can
create an array object from existing data?
On Sat, 1 Jan 2005 09:35:32 + (UTC), Alan Gauld
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 18:40:31 -0500, HackingYodel
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello all! I'm learning to program at home. I can't imagine a better
language than Python for this. The ideal situation, for me, would be
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Hans Nowak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Paul Rubin wrote:
You should write unit tests either way, but in Python you're relying
on the tests to find stuff that the compiler finds for you with Java.
As I wrote on my weblog a while ago, I suspect that this effect is
I currently use python to automatically summarise a certain newsgroup
daily, and post the findings that it makes. Someone has suggested that
they would like a to see a blog of the posts. I wondered if there was a
python tool/library that could automate the blog postings. Any ideas?
Some
Bulba! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
One of the posters inspired me to do profiling on my newbie script
(pasted below). After measurements I have found that the speed
of Python, at least in the area where my script works, is surprisingly
high.
Pretty good code for someone who calls himself a
On Sat, 01 Jan 2005 13:14:23 +, Mark Carter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I currently use python to automatically summarise a certain newsgroup
daily, and post the findings that it makes. Someone has suggested that
they would like a to see a blog of the posts. I wondered if there was a
python
Hi there,
after reading TkInter/thread -recipe:
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/82965
I wondered if it was possible to avoid using threads
for the following problem:
I have script started from W2K console that normally
prints ascii messages to the screen. However, I have
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Adam DePrince [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
We can operate on every other class without having to involve the
namespace, why should functions be any different?
def is a weird beast. It does more than just bind a lambda to a name,
it also alters the function so it
Why not improve your metaclass wrapping so it knows about properties and
replaces them with properties containing wrapped functions?
Erg - never thought of that, actually - it was so fast to introduce the
lambda...
But after some tinkering with metaclasses, I think it can be done - I have
to
Happy New Year to all Pythoneers!
I am playing with pysqlite and pgdb and their DB-API conformancy.
It was quite interesting to know:
- sqlite doesn't have mandatory helper-functions Date, Tim, etc.
(due to an error int it's __init__, but this is quite obvious to correct
or just to use
Premshree Pillai wrote:
You can use the Blogger API to post to your Blogger account. There's a
Python interface to the API -- PyBlogger -- available here:
http://beetle.cbtlsl.com/archives/category/pyblogger
Hey, it Just Works! I got the whole basic thing working in a few
minutes. It was exactly
want some extra cash, try this
THIS REALLY CAN MAKE YOU EASY MONEY!!
A little while back, I was on my computer having a grand old time, just
like you are now and came across an article similar to this that said
you could make thousands dollars within weeks with only an initial
investment of
Craig Ringer wrote:
On Sat, 2005-01-01 at 08:18, Bo Peng wrote:
Python's array module is built-in, easy to use, but *without* a
FromLenAndData function! Even the buffer interface provides only 'get
buffer' but no 'set buffer' functions. Could anyone tell me how I can
create an array object
fedor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi all, happy new year,
I was trying to pickle a instance of a subclass of a tuple when I ran
into a problem. Pickling doesn't work with HIGHEST_PROTOCOL. How should
I rewrite my class so I can pickle it?
You're falling afoul of an optimization in pickle's
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A paper finding that OOP can lead to more buggy software is at
http://www.leshatton.org/IEEE_Soft_98a.html
Sure, OOP *can* lead to more buggy software, that doesn't mean it always
does.
Les Hatton Does OO sync with the way we think?, IEEE Software, 15(3),
p.46-54
H. S. Lahman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Les Hatton Does OO sync with the way we think?, IEEE Software, 15(3),
p.46-54
This paper argues from real data that OO based systems written in C++
appear to increase the cost of fixing defects significantly when
compared with systems written in
Is it possible to have an app re-set its own priority?
I see that 2.4+ has the ability for sub-processes, but only on creation.
Apparently
win32process.SetPriorityClass(handle, dwPriorityClass)
and
PyCWinThread.SetThreadPriority(priority)
allows one to change a sub while a the sub is running, but
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alex Martelli) writes:
[...]
Basically: if you want it on Windows for free, forget Qt
Correct.
(I hear the
cygwin people are trying to make a GPL Qt available for Win+cyg+XFree,
but I suspect trolltech ain't happy about that -- anyway, I don't think
it would be native,
Cameron Laird wrote:
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Bulba wrote:
OK, so what projects and why would you consider
Python:
1. clearly unsuitable
Large-scale scientific computing projects, such as numerical weather
prediction, where performance is critical. Python could be
John J. Lee wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alex Martelli) writes:
[...]
Basically: if you want it on Windows for free, forget Qt
Correct.
I believe the book C++ GUI programming Qt3 comes
with a windows Qt gpl 3.x version. Just have to buy
the book. No PyQt version to match thou.
Blackadder from the
Steve Holden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Adam DePrince wrote:
[...]
In sort, we must preserve the ability to create an anonymous function
simply because we can do so for every other object type, and functions
are not special enough to permit this special case.
And you'd create an
On Sat, 2005-01-01 at 10:27 -0600, Bo Peng wrote:
Sorry if I was not clear enough. I was talking about the differece
between python array module
(http://docs.python.org/lib/module-array.html, Modules/arraymodule.c in
the source tree) and NumPy array. They both use C-style memory block
Bo Peng wrote:
Dear list,
I am writing a Python extension module that needs a way to expose pieces
of a big C array to python. Currently, I am using NumPy like the following:
PyObject* res = PyArray_FromDimsAndData(1, int*dim, PyArray_DOUBLE,
char*buf);
Users will get a Numeric Array object
On Sat, 1 Jan 2005, Ken Godee wrote:
[...]
I believe the book C++ GUI programming Qt3 comes
with a windows Qt gpl 3.x version. Just have to buy
the book. No PyQt version to match thou.
GPL only if you buy the book makes no sense. Either it's GPL or it
isn't. (It isn't, in fact.)
[...]
Donn Cave wrote:
Quoth Hans Nowak [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
| Paul Rubin wrote:
|
| You should write unit tests either way, but in Python you're relying
| on the tests to find stuff that the compiler finds for you with Java.
|
| As I wrote on my weblog a while ago, I suspect that this effect is
|
For managers of companies it's worse: the company makes
VERY substantial investments into any technology it marries,
and that means big losses if it goes. Long-term stability
of this technology in terms of we're not going to be left out
in cold alone with this technology to feed it means a
Is there anything like script(1) for python interactive sessions. From
script(1) manpage:
Script makes a typescript of everything printed on your terminal.
It is useful for students who need a hardcopy record of an
interactive session as proof of an assignment, as the typescript
file can be
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I would love to have a record of all what I've done, so I can edit
this record into final script.
You can save the current input history with
import readline
readline.write_history_file(python.log)
If you want to log your whole session, including output, try using
Thanks a lot.
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Alex Martelli wrote:
Steve Holden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Adam DePrince wrote:
[...]
In sort, we must preserve the ability to create an anonymous function
simply because we can do so for every other object type, and functions
are not special enough to permit this special case.
And you'd create
Hello,
Making the transition from Perl to Python, and have a
question about constructing a loop that uses an iterator
of type float. How does one do this in Python?
In Perl this construct quite easy:
for (my $i=0.25; $i=2.25; $i+=0.25) {
printf %9.2f\n, $i;
}
Thanks in advance for your help.
Rob Emmons wrote:
For managers of companies it's worse: the company makes
VERY substantial investments into any technology it marries,
and that means big losses if it goes. Long-term stability
of this technology in terms of we're not going to be left out
in cold alone with this technology to feed
drife wrote:
Hello,
Making the transition from Perl to Python, and have a
question about constructing a loop that uses an iterator
of type float. How does one do this in Python?
Use a generator:
def iterfloat(start, stop, inc):
... f = start
... while f = stop:
... yield f
For the last couple of months I have been reading and working throught
the examples in Magnus Lie Hetland's Book Practical Python This for
all practical purposes is the first computer programming language I
have spent any time at learning, so much of what I have covered in the
book was for the
On 2005-01-01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is there anything like script(1) for python interactive sessions.
$ script transcript.txt
Script started, file is transcript.txt
$ python
...
Not sure if there's a way to shut off readline...
--
Grant Edwards
drife wrote:
Hello,
Making the transition from Perl to Python, and have a
question about constructing a loop that uses an iterator
of type float. How does one do this in Python?
In Perl this construct quite easy:
for (my $i=0.25; $i=2.25; $i+=0.25) {
printf %9.2f\n, $i;
}
=Py2.3:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
In my case I wouldn't like to use it as a proof of anything, but I want
to get a script accessing a library system in my school -- it means
many attempts to play with urllib. I would prefer to do it in an
interactive session, but then I would love to have a record of
Mark McEahern wrote:
drife wrote:
Hello,
Making the transition from Perl to Python, and have a
question about constructing a loop that uses an iterator
of type float. How does one do this in Python?
Use a generator:
def iterfloat(start, stop, inc):
... f = start
... while f = stop:
Steve Holden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...
And you'd create an anonymous type how, exactly?
type('',(),{})
...
Indeed. And then you'd insert all the methods as lambdas by
We both know that the Python language framework has enough introspection
capabilities to do this, but I'm
Sean wrote:
My problem is that many of the example scripts are run on Linux
machines and I am using Win XP Pro. Here is a specific example of what
is confusing me. If I want to open a file from the dos prompt in some
script do I just write the name of the file I want to open (assuming it
is in
Beginners question, but really what can you do with it ?
How hard is Python to learn compared with other languages
(let's say C#). Can you make fullscreen game with it (for example) ?
I've looked at http://www.python.org but nothing concrete there
--
In the darkest hour on Sat, 25 Dec 2004 09:41:54 +1030,
Ishwor [EMAIL PROTECTED] screamed:
def cls():
for i in range(1,40):
print ;
Slightly ot, but perhaps this'll work for you:
def cls():
print \033[2J
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Bo Peng wrote:
Dear list,
I am writing a Python extension module that needs a way to expose pieces
of a big C array to python. Currently, I [use] NumPy Users ... actually
change the underlying C array.
Python's array module is built-in, easy to use, but *without* a
FromLenAndData function!
Mike Meyer wrote:
Or - and much safer when dealing with floating point numbers - iterate
over integers and generate your float values:
for j in range(1, 9):
i = j * .25
print %9.2f % i
There's a glitch there, though - should be range(1, 10).
Reinhold
PS: I'm wondering whether my
Doug Holton [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Steven Bethard wrote:
Simo Melenius wrote:
map (def x:
Oops, I found a typo alreay. I meant to write def (x): -- no name
for anonymous functions but just the argument list, please :)
Right the comma plus other things make this difficult for a parser
Ken Godee wrote:
I believe the book C++ GUI programming Qt3 comes
with a windows Qt gpl 3.x version. Just have to buy
the book. No PyQt version to match thou.
No, Sir. It's a non-commercial edition. At the request from Trolltech,
there's no PyQt-nc available for this version of Qt.
Blackadder
Uwe Mayer wrote:
Why is the UserDict module is deprecated after Python 2.2. The application
of it I have in mind is, i.e. multiple inheritance from file and dic -
which is not possible.
I am curious, what would you do with a class that derives from both file
and dict?
--
Hans Nowak
Uwe Mayer wrote:
Why is the UserDict module is deprecated after Python 2.2. The
application of it I have in mind is, i.e. multiple inheritance from
file and dic - which is not possible.
[...]
I was writing a class that read /writes some binary file format. I
implemented the functions from the file
I've been looking for some way to approximate scattered 3D data
points in Python. The data doesn't seem to be amenable to
fitting functions like polymials, so I may have to use
something more like a spline surface.
However, I can't find anything usable from Python, and my
Fortram skills are
Steve Holden [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
It seems to me
that IDLE and a lot of the rest of Python are examples of someone
having a cool idea and writing a demo, then releasing it with a lot of
missing components and rough edges, without realizing that it can't
reasonably be called complete
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cameron Laird) writes:
That is, while I have a LOT of respect for Paul's programming
and judgment, and question myself when I'm on the side opposite
him, I ultimately value type declarations in languages such as
Java as more cost than benefit.
I don't find static type
Uwe Mayer wrote:
Saturday 01 January 2005 22:48 pm Hans Nowak wrote:
I am curious, what would you do with a class that derives from both file
and dict?
I was writing a class that read /writes some binary file format. I
implemented the functions from the file interface such that they are
refering
Uwe Mayer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...
If I used UserDict I would not need to specify all methods UserDict provides
alreay, anyway.
The DictMixin class from the UserDict module is *not* deprecated -- only
the UserDict class from the same module. (If you found info saying
otherwise pls
Mike Meyer wrote:
Or - and much safer when dealing with floating point numbers - iterate
over integers and generate your float values:
for j in range(1, 9):
i = j * .25
print %9.2f % i
I agree with this suggestion. As an historical aside, Fortran had loops
with floating point variables
BOOGIEMAN [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Beginners question, but really what can you do with it ?
You can write application programs, big or small, of just about any kind
you may imagine, on just about any platform you may imagine (from
mainframes and supercomputers down to powerful cellphones such
Bo Peng wrote:
Scott David Daniels wrote:
I wrote blocks and views to overcome this problem.
I was too impatient to wait for your reply. :-)
I call 21-hour turnaround over New Year's Eve pretty good. Clearly I
will never be quick enough for you ;-). Since I presented this at
the Vancouver Python
On Sat, 1 Jan 2005 21:57:32 +0100, BOOGIEMAN
(let's say C#). Can you make fullscreen game with it (for example) ?
RANT
You can but please don't! Make your game run fast in a window.
I hate fascist games programmers who insist on monopolising a 21
inch 1600x1200 display and assuming I have
Grant Edwards wrote:
I've been looking for some way to approximate scattered 3D data
points in Python. The data doesn't seem to be amenable to
fitting functions like polymials, so I may have to use
something more like a spline surface.
However, I can't find anything usable from Python, and my
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Overall I agree with you and would like to have OPTIONAL static type
declarations in Python, as has often been discussed. But without
facilities for generic programming, such as templates in C++, static
type declarations can force one to duplicate a LOT of code, with
Henri Sivonen a écrit :
I am trying to set up the Red Robin Jython Development Tools for
Eclipse. It finds the Python libraries of Jython and my own jars. It
does not find the JDK classes. If I try to add classes.jar from the JDK
to the Jython Class Path of the project, the plug-in no longer
PEP 288 was mentioned in one of the lambda threads and so I ended up
reading it for the first time recently. I definitely don't like the
idea of a magical __self__ variable that isn't declared anywhere. It
also seemed to me like generator attributes don't really solve the
problem very
Well, I took a short excursion into xml for a different part of the
program, but the class is now finished!! (source below) I have a few
more questions for you guys.
1)If I set
self.serverConfig = file(os.path.join('configuration','score.conf'),
'w')
and then go self.serverConfig.close(), is
On Sat, 01 Jan 2005 16:03:08 -0500, Mark Nenadov wrote:
What can you do with Python? Just about anything your heart desires.
Thanks everybody, I downloaded latest windows version and
Python-Docs-2.4 archive. Is that enough for absolute beginner.
Is there any e-book, step by step guide ... etc
BOOGIEMAN wrote:
Thanks everybody, I downloaded latest windows version and
Python-Docs-2.4 archive. Is that enough for absolute beginner.
Is there any e-book, step by step guide ... etc for download,
or anything else important what I have to know before I start
learning Python ?
The main thing I
Paul Rubin wrote:
John Fabiani [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I'm wondering if there is a module available that will open a dbf
So far (more than a minute) I have discovered a reader only. So if you
have
a URL or a search string it would be very helpful.
TIA
John
Yes, dBase Python
On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 01:04:06 GMT, Steven Bethard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
PEP 288 was mentioned in one of the lambda threads and so I ended up
reading it for the first time recently. I definitely don't like the
idea of a magical __self__ variable that isn't declared anywhere. It
also
Is there a command in Python to clear the screen? That is without writing
multiple blank lines.
Thanks.
Jim C
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PyXR 0.9.4 - Cross-Referenced HTML from Python Source
PyXR generates pretty-printed HTML pages from python source files to make
source browsing easier. It provides extensive cross-referencenced hyperlinks
that integrate with the Python Library Reference as well as other python source
files.
How do I do this using httplib.HTTPConnection and
httplib.HTTPConnection.request()? The library reference only gives a
simple GET example with no header stuff. I tried this, but it didn't work:
conn.request(GET, /somepage.html, None, {AUTHORIZATION: Basic
username:password})
Thanks for the
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Terry Reedy schreef:
JanC [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I don't know if gmane keeps formating of messages intact when
posting? That could be an alternative too...
Reading posts via gmane with Outlook Express preserves leading spaces
just fine. However, OE
Hi,
There are great Python Web Application Framework. But most of them are
meant for content oriented web apps.
Is there something that can ease the development of application that
are not content oriented(I call them NON CONTENT-ORIENTED WEB
APPLICATIONS because I don't know what else to call
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
There are great Python Web Application Framework. But most of them are
meant for content oriented web apps.
Is there something that can ease the development of application that
are not content oriented(I call them NON CONTENT-ORIENTED WEB
APPLICATIONS because I don't
Tim Churches [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Can you give some URL for publicly accessible examples of what you
mean by a NON CONTENT-ORIENTED WEB APPLICATIONS, so we can get a
better idea of what you mean?
I don't think there was anything unclear about it. A spreadsheet
might be a good example.
--
alang_yl wrote:
i can't wait.
wxPython 2.5 already has a version which works with Python 2.4 (grab it from
www.wxpython.org).
For the wxPython 2.4 series, I understand Robin is planning a release which will
both integrate the 2.4 series into the new wxPython versioning scheme, and also
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
But is there some sort of framework or something that is actually meant
for such web apps,application that make heavy use of forms, have very
high amount of user interaction etc.
Hmm, PJE's PEAK might be worth having a look at:
http://peak.telecommunity.com/
However, I'm
Paul Rubin wrote:
I don't see that big a problem. The current Python sorting routine
operates on instances of class object and calls the __cmp__ method
to do comparisons. Every class of sortable objects either defines a
__cmp__ method or inherits one from some superclass, and sort calls
those
On Sun, 2005-01-02 at 11:31, jcollins wrote:
Is there a command in Python to clear the screen? That is without writing
multiple blank lines.
Without knowing what 'screen' you're talking about, it's hard to say. If
you mean clearing a terminal, you can call 'tput clear' or
'/usr/bin/clear' on
Steven Bethard wrote:
PEP 288 was mentioned in one of the lambda threads and so I ended up
reading it for the first time recently. I definitely don't like the
idea of a magical __self__ variable that isn't declared anywhere. It
also seemed to me like generator attributes don't really solve
Quoth Paul Rubin http://[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
| [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
| Overall I agree with you and would like to have OPTIONAL static type
| declarations in Python, as has often been discussed. But without
| facilities for generic programming, such as templates in C++, static
| type
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There are great Python Web Application Framework. But most of them are
meant for content oriented web apps.
Is there something that can ease the development of application that
are not content oriented(I call them NON CONTENT-ORIENTED WEB
APPLICATIONS because I don't know
Sounds like generateDS is closest to what you want:
http://www.rexx.com/~dkuhlman/generateDS.html
If you can bind from instances only and don't need schema, see Amara
Bindery:
http://uche.ogbuji.net/tech/4Suite/amara/
Also consider Gnosis Utilities and ElementTree.
--
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import os
# windows
os.system(cls)
# bash ( mac, linux )
os.system(clear)
That's all I can account for.
Daniel Bickett
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On 1 Jan 2005 20:51:06 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
But is there some sort of framework or something that is actually meant
for such web apps,application that make heavy use of forms, have very
high amount of user interaction etc.
etc
Yeah, nevow, by those crazy twisted
Donn Cave [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Yes, it would be really weird if Python went that way, and the
sort of idle speculations we were reading recently from Guido
sure sounded like he knows better. But it's not like there aren't
some interesting issues farther on downstream there, in the
Ian Bicking wrote:
Using a one-element list is kind of annoying, because it isn't clear out
of context that it's just a way of creating shared state. But it's
okay, work right now, and provides the exact same functionality.
Uh, isn't shared state what classes were invented for?
Py class
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