Re: a more precise distance algorithm

On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 11:11 PM, Steven D'Aprano st...@pearwood.info wrote: Let's compare three methods. def naive(a, b): return math.sqrt(a**2 + b**2) def alternate(a, b): a, b = min(a, b), max(a, b) if a == 0: return b if b == 0: return a return a * math.sqrt(1

Re: 3 Suggestions to Make Python Easier For Children

On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 2:45 AM, Mark Summerfield l...@qtrac.plus.com wrote: Last week I spent a couple of days teaching two children (10 and 13 -- too big an age gap!) how to do some turtle graphics with Python. Neither had programmed Python before -- one is a Minecraft ace and the other had

paper submission and versioning system - advice?

tools like this, but I am not even sure what such a system is called. Is there anything like this, in python preferably? thanks, Brian Blais -- Brian Blais bbl...@gmail.com http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais http://brianblais.wordpress.com/ -- http

Re: What is xrange?

? bb -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais http://bblais.blogspot.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: What is xrange?

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Re: TextWrangler run command not working properly

the former, as it will work even as you change versions, etc... You should avoid using the shebang with a *specific* python version. just use #!/usr/bin/env python bb -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais http://bblais.blogspot.com

Re: May I discuss here issues on Machine Learning?

these sorts of models. bb -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais http://bblais.blogspot.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: writing command-line options into file

') bb -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais http://bblais.blogspot.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: packaging and installing

On Dec 13, 2010, at 12:30 PM, Godson Gera wrote: On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 10:46 PM, Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu wrote: Hello, I was wondering if there is any standard or suggested way of installing packages *without* going to the commandline. I often have students who, from

packaging and installing

) .bat file, but I didn't want to reinvent the wheel. Perhaps there is a better way for me to do this, ideally in a platform independent way. thanks, Brian Blais -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais http://bblais.blogspot.com

Re: Some syntactic sugar proposals

! output: yay! yay too! yay too! bb -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais http://bblais.blogspot.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: drawing with the mouse with turtle

On Nov 13, 2010, at 1:31 AM, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: On Fri, 12 Nov 2010 20:48:34 -0500, Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu declaimed the following in gmane.comp.python.general: turtle.ondrag(turtle.goto) turtle.pendown() I'm not familiar with the turtle module but... would it make

Re: drawing with the mouse with turtle...solved?

On Nov 12, 2010, at 8:48 PM, Brian Blais wrote: On Nov 12, 2010, at 8:05 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: On Fri, 12 Nov 2010 19:24:50 -0500, Brian Blais wrote: I'd like to draw on a turtle canvas, but use the mouse to direct the turtle. I don't see a good way of getting the mouse

drawing with the mouse with turtle

) turtle.reset() turtle.speed(0) c=turtle.getcanvas() c.bind(Button-1, gothere) turtle.pendown() but this seemed to draw in the wrong place (like the coordinates were wrong). Is there a good way to do this? thanks, bb -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http

Re: drawing with the mouse with turtle

On Nov 12, 2010, at 8:05 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: On Fri, 12 Nov 2010 19:24:50 -0500, Brian Blais wrote: I'd like to draw on a turtle canvas, but use the mouse to direct the turtle. I don't see a good way of getting the mouse coordinates and the button state. I think the right way

unicode problem?

0xc2 in position 0: ordinal not in range(128) am I doing something stupid here? of course, as a workaround, I can do: ''.join([c for c in s if ord(c)128]) but I thought the encode call should work. thanks, bb -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http

Re: Save/load like matlab?

for two open source projects that I own: http://code.google.com/p/ssdf/ this is fantastic! what a great format! I've been looking for something like this for quite some time. thanks! bb -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais http

Re: random number generation

. bb -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais http://bblais.blogspot.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: I strongly dislike Python 3

are a bit more irritating than just a print 2) in my quick-and-dirty scripts, I often want to get rid of all of the prints after it works. 3) being able to redefine print vastly outweighs the irritation caused by the extra parens bb -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http

Re: dynamically modify help text

On Jun 27, 2010, at 22:37 , Red Forks wrote: Read you doc file and set the __doc__ attr of the object you want to change. On Monday, June 28, 2010, Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu wrote: I know that the help text for an object will give a description of every method based on the doc string

Re: dynamically modify help text

, Chris so that gets back to my original question: can I change this text at runtime. Doesn't look like I can, because it is defined for classes rather than instances. Am I thinking about this correctly? bb -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais

dynamically modify help text

to be shown if one does: help(myobject) thanks, Brian Blais -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais http://bblais.blogspot.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: GUIs - A Modest Proposal

On Jun 10, 2010, at 4:28 , Gregory Ewing wrote: Brian Blais wrote: In this whole discussion, I haven't seen anyone mention wax (http:// zephyrfalcon.org/labs/wax_primer.html) Just had a quick look at that. In the third example code box: def Body(self): self.textbox

Re: GUIs - A Modest Proposal

guess that answers that one! :) bb -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais http://bblais.blogspot.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Download Visual Studio Express 2008 now

Studio to do it? bb -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais http://bblais.blogspot.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Incorrect scope of list comprehension variables

://docs.python.org/tutorial/datastructures.html which describes list comps, and didn't see any mention of this behavior. it's probably there, but it certainly doesn't jump out. bb -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais http://bblais.blogspot.com

multiprocessing and games

to other examples of using multiprocessing, especially with games, would be fantastic. thanks, Brian Blais -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais http://bblais.blogspot.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python

Re: multiprocessing and games

On Feb 13, 2010, at 12:54 , MRAB wrote: Brian Blais wrote: I've been thinking about implementing some simple games Forget about global variables, they're not worth it! :-) Think in terms of messages, sent via pipes, sockets or multiprocessing queues. okay...let's make this concrete

mouse input in turtle module

a button=-1 or something. thanks, Brian Blais -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais http://bblais.blogspot.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: [Edu-sig] odd drawing problem with turtle.py

, Jan 31, 2010 at 4:27 PM, Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu wrote: I'm on Python 2.5, but using the updated turtle.py Version 1.0.1 - 24. 9. 2009. The following script draws 5 circles, which it is supposed to, but then doesn't draw the second turtle which is supposed to simply move forward. Any

odd drawing problem with turtle.py

) self.turtle.fill(False) self.turtle.penup() for i in range(5): c=Circle(randint(-350,350),randint(-250,250),10,red) T=Turtle() T.forward(100) T.forward(100) thanks, bb -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http

some turtle questions

the turtle can travel? it seems I can keep moving off of the screen. Is there a way to make it so that a forward(50) command, at the edge, either raises an exception (at the wall) or simply doesn't move the turtle because of the limit? thanks! bb -- Brian Blais bbl

turtle, ipython, and pylab don't mix

for my students. thanks, Brian Blais -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais http://bblais.blogspot.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python Concurrency Workshop, Jan 14-15, 2010

places at the same time. bb -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais http://bblais.blogspot.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

teaching python using turtle module

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Re: [Edu-sig] teaching python using turtle module

could possibly be used with some sort of random behavior (if rand()0.5 ...). Drunkard's Walk. yes, that was the kind of thing I was thinking about. thanks! bb -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman

Re: xmlrpc idea for getting around the GIL

? bb -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

sympy returns a dictionary sometimes, and sometimes a list of tuples...why?

something wrong? thanks, Brian Blais -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: easy question, how to double a variable

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Re: easiest way to plot x,y graphically during run-time?

*cos(t) y=y0+0.1*sin(t) if t==0: # first time calling h=plot(x,y,'o') else: h[0].set_data(x,y) draw() bb -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

. Jean-Michel I've heard notepad is pretty good. http://www.notepad.org/ I'm sorry, but ed is the standard editor[1]. :) bb [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_(text_editor) -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http

Re: What text editor is everyone using for Python

://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonEditors and see how it works for you. Depending on what you need, and how they feel, you may find what you want with a free editor. bb -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http

Re: Is there a programming language that is combination of PythonandBasic?

On Apr 19, 2009, at 4:35 , Hendrik van Rooyen wrote: Brian Blais wrote: On Apr 18, 2009, at 5:44 , Hendrik van Rooyen wrote: to untangle some spaghetti code. He did not mention if the spaghetti was actually doing it's job, bug free, which IMO is the only rational test for the quality

Re: Is there a programming language that is combination of Python andBasic?

, because the flow jumps around. It's not just about aesthetics, but about being able to work with a piece of code. bb -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Is there a programming language that is combination of Python and Basic?

. bb -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Reference or Value?

won't work: it doesn't mutate the objects at all. In the case of a list or a dict, then one can mutate them, and the changes are seen in the caller. In both cases, the object itself is passed the same way. bb -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu

Re: Keeping the Console Open with IDLE

already posted, by running it directly from the commandline. Another hack is to put: x=raw_input(pausing...) at the end of your script, but this is really a hack and it would be better to use a different solution. bb -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http

Re: MacPython 2.5 IDLE font size

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Re: simple web app, where to start

with it. bb -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Recommendation for a small web framework like Perl's CGI::Application to run as CGI?

to Perl's CGI::Application? Or would it just be better to roll my own? I'd strongly suggest webpy (http://webpy.org/). It is easy, works with CGI, FastCGI, etc... or you can run its own built-in server. It's very nice! bb -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http

modify IDLE?

around with the IDLE code something easy, or a bit of a challenge? thanks, Brian Blais -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: multiply each element of a list by a number

to www.enthought.com and they have a single-download package geared specifically for scientists. bb -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Mathematica 7 compares to other languages

normal(x): return x/sqrt(x.sum()) or something like that. bb -- Brian Blais bbl...@bryant.edu http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Guido's new method definition idea

. bb -- Brian Blais [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python for kids?

/writing/snake-wrangling-for-kids/ it's specifically for Python, and geared for the age of your son. bb -- Brian Blais [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Can I load a python program at the interactive prompt?

. Not too convenient, but I think it works. bb -- Brian Blais [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: plot for sale

details. bb -- Brian Blais [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Sorting a list

= unsortedList.sort() In [3]:print sortedList None In [4]:print unsortedList ['ABC', 'XYZ'] or, better, just: In [5]:unsortedList = list([XYZ,ABC]) In [6]:unsortedList.sort() In [7]:print unsortedList ['ABC', 'XYZ'] bb -- Brian Blais [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Pointers/References in Python?

more, but no copy after this, my python process takes about 80 meg. names like big_object are just names, and they reference an object in memory. if you say a=big_object, you are saying that the name a should also reference that same object. bb -- Brian

Re: Pointers/References in Python?

more, but no copy after this, my python process takes about 80 meg. names like big_object are just names, and they reference an object in memory. if you say a=big_object, you are saying that the name a should also reference that same object. bb -- Brian

Re: a simple 'for' question

do mean the relative path my/path/way/... # in current folder as opposed to the absolute path: /my/path/way # in root folder bb -- Brian Blais [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python

Re: Python is slow

Matlab. I haven't regretted it since. bb -- Brian Blais [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

framework build question for mac

also had to manually re-point python, pydoc, idle, etc... in /usr/local/bin Is there a reason for this, or is it just a small oversight on the install script? thanks, Brian Blais -- Brian Blais [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.bryant.edu

Re: simple chemistry in python

it into a python dict. It misses anything not a scalar, but you can easily modify it to include arrays, etc... in the xml. hope it's useful. certainly a neat site! bb -- Brian Blais [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais from __future__ import

Re: Frame work for simple physics web applications

matplotlib for the plots? bb -- Brian Blais [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

read large zip file

Is there a way to stream an unzip, so it behaves more like a file? thanks, Brian Blais -- Brian Blais [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Joseph Weizenbaum

? You: What is Eliza? Eliza: Does that question interest you? (http://www-ai.ijs.si/eliza/eliza.html) bb -- Brian Blais [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

load movie frames in python?

would be avi, mov, and flv (for youtube videos). thanks, Brian Blais -- Brian Blais [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

problem building simple package with extensions in Windows, but not OS X

, author=Brian Blais, ext_modules=[ Extension(myproject/train,[myproject/train.pyx]), ], packages=['myproject'], cmdclass = {'build_ext': build_ext} ) and my project has one directory, myproject, with two files. train.pyx is: def func(blah): print blah and an __init__.py

packaging questions

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Re: pass 3D Matrix from matlab to C mex- file

out the mex documentation. Or, you can use Python with numpy for matrices, and use Pyrex for the c-extensions and make your life a *lot* easier. bb -- Brian Blais [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: do as a keyword

the point of the while: all that power to check for conditions, and you just use it to check True, and then use a break inside. It's readable, I guess, but not a programming construct I am immediately drawn to. Brian Blais -- Brian Blais [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: How to Teach Python Variables

say: a=1 it is *really* a pointer to a 1-object, and that b=1 points to the same 1-object. In [4]:id(a) Out[4]:25180552 In [5]:b=1 In [6]:id(b) Out[6]:25180552 bb -- Brian Blais [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http

which tool to use?

customizable in Python? I can be more specific about my requirements if that would help. thanks, Brian Blais -- Brian Blais [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

advice for threaded/parallel application

into the development. Any advice for this sort of thing? Brian Blais -- Brian Blais [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

compiler module bug?

(): a=10 # comment at the end of the file it seems like a comment at the end breaks the parse command, but not parseFile. Is this reproducible by others? am I doing something wrong? thanks, Brian Blais -- Brian Blais [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: compiler module bug?

On Oct 21, 2007, at Oct 21:1:15 PM, Gabriel Genellina wrote: En Sun, 21 Oct 2007 13:36:46 -0300, Brian Blais [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribi�: I am experiencing a problem with the compiler module. Is this a bug, or am I doing something wrong? I think it's a well-known fact... it seems like

Re: compiler module bug?

On Oct 21, 2007, at Oct 21:2:05 PM, Gabriel Genellina wrote: The parseFile function does exactly that, along with this comment: thanks! bb -- Brian Blais [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Best way to generate alternate toggling values in a loop?

, (id,name) in enumerate(result): stringBuffer.write(''' tr class=%s td%d/td td%s/td /tr ''' % (value,id,name) value,other_value=other_value,value # swap the value bb -- Brian Blais [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais

where to put application-specific data files?

- configuration files, is there a recommended procedure/place for these? thanks, Brian Blais -- Brian Blais [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

distutils and development workflow

, so I'd like to learn how I am supposed to do it. thanks, Brian Blais -- Brian Blais [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Tix not properly installed on OS X?

help me? thanks, Brian Blais -- Brian Blais [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Tix not properly installed on OS X?

to have the headers from the source of tcl? I just don't want to break something that is already there. thanks! bb -- Brian Blais [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: good matlab interface

On Jun 30, 2007, at 2:31 AM, felix seltzer wrote: Does any one know of a good matlab interface? I would just use scipy or numpy, but i also need to use the matlab neural network functions. I have tried PyMat, but am having a hard time getting it to install correctly. What problems are

database design help

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pickling problem

, and take out all of the non-pickleable objects? I could replace them with something else (a tag of some sort, for me to reconstruct things later). thanks, Brian Blais -- - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.bryant.edu

Re: Python and GUI

such a wrapper. I wish I were more clever, and had more time, to take over the maintenance of wax because I think it is the most straightforward, practical, and pythonic solution out there. Do others think like me here? thanks, Brian Blais

Re: Cherrypy setup questions

fumanchu wrote: On May 22, 6:38 pm, Brian Blais [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd like to start trying out some cherrypy apps, but I've been having some setup problems. I think I need some bone-head simple example to clear my understanding. :) 1) can I configure cherrypy to look at requests

Re: Cherrypy setup questions

fumanchu wrote: No, you're not missing anything; my fault. I wasn't very awake when I wrote that, I guess. Don't include the hostname, just write: sn = '/~myusername/apps' cherrypy.quickstart(Root(), sn, config) yay! Thanks, that works perfectly. bb

Cherrypy setup questions

, and the two apps share it? Are there any examples that show such a setup? I didn't see a CherryPy mailing list, so I'm posting here, but if there is somewhere else better I'd be glad to know! thanks, Brian Blais

Organizing code - import question

two directories, and making a link to the Part1 directory in the Part2 so I can import it. There must be a better way, yes? thanks, Brian Blais -- - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.bryant.edu

Re: Organizing code - import question

Carlos Hanson wrote: It looks like you need __init__.py in MyPackage. Then you can import starting with MyPackage. For example, you might use one of the following: import MyPackage from MyPackage.Common import * etc that means that MyPackage must be in the sys path too? It

python and COM

to a python function, so I can make the AdxList.OnUpdate call python code. Is there a tutorial somewhere about this stuff, or is there a proper place to ask such questions? thanks, Brian Blais -- - [EMAIL PROTECTED

minimum age to learn python (a.k.a graphical vs text languages)

people who have experience teaching programming in elementary/middle (or even high) school. Do graphical languages make a big difference? Do text-based languages put up barriers to young learners? Is it no big deal either way? thanks, Brian Blais

CherryPy + Database questions

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Re: CherryPy/Turbogears on server not controlled by me

Jorge Vargas wrote: On 2/20/07, Brian Blais [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was wondering if there is a way to run CherryPy/Turbogears on a server that I don't have root access to. I have never run ANY webapp as root. you should follow that advice. in fact don't run any server as root. Oh

CherryPy/Turbogears on server not controlled by me

to make changes...it took me a couple months to get them to upgrade to 2.4 from 2.3 last year, even when 2.5 was out. thanks, Brian Blais -- - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://web.bryant.edu/~bblais -- http

Re: huge amounts of pure Python code broken by Python 2.5?

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Re: Need better run/edit method. I have to restart the shell after every script change.

, because then IDLE will not recognize it is python you are writing, and the right-click trick probably won't work either. You should never use Notepad, because it is just icky, and doesn't know about any programming languages. :) Hope this helps, Brian Blais

Re: automatically grading small programming assignments

Dan Bishop wrote: On Dec 14, 8:36 pm, Brian Blais [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Then on your PC you can run a script that loads each of such programs, and runs a good series of tests, to test their quality... What happens if someone-- perhaps

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