Re: Paid Python work for 30mins - 1 hour

2012-11-19 Thread Mark Adam
On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 10:14 AM, wrote: > I have three scripts that I would like written, they are designed to do the > following: > > Backup.py – Zip a folder and store it on amazon S3 using BOTO with the date > and time as the folder name. > > Restore.py – Grab a file from S3 and download it

Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails

2012-10-27 Thread Mark Adam
On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 9:04 PM, Terry Reedy wrote: > On 10/25/2012 9:46 PM, mambokn...@gmail.com wrote: > > a = [float('nan'), 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10] > a >> >> [nan, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10] > > a.index(float('nan')) >> >> Traceback (most recent call last):

Re: Emulating C++ namespaces with ChainMap and metaclass trickery

2012-10-03 Thread Mark Adam
On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 1:26 PM, Steven D'Aprano < steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: > C++ namespaces are useful for encapsulating related objects within a > single file, subdividing the global namespace without using classes. > Python has modules, but they come in separate files. > > Us

Re: Are ABCs an anti-pattern?

2012-10-02 Thread Mark Adam
On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 9:23 AM, Demian Brecht wrote: > I don't use them anymore, but I'm curious about others opinions on this > list... > Interesting question. I think they haven't been useful for representing the real world as everyone hoped, but are pretty good for organizing structures withi

Re: python file API

2012-09-24 Thread Mark Adam
On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 5:55 PM, Oscar Benjamin wrote: > There are many situations where a little bit of attribute access magic is a > good thing. However, operations that involve the underlying OS and that are > prone to raising exceptions even in bug free code should not be performed > implicitl