while var, but var ==16 != true

why does this work? "while p" = "while p != 0" ? 1 is True and 0 is false in python but other numbers have no boolean value so why doesnt it abort. >>> p=16 >>> p 16 >>> while p: print p p -= 1 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 >>> i can also do: >>> k=[] >>> while k:

Re: Malaysia python user group

Marcus, You should probably contact the Malaysian Public Sector Open Source Competency Centre (OSCC) in Cyberjaya. http://www.oscc.org.my HTH, Tim On Mon, 2008-07-14 at 10:57 +0800, Marcus.CM wrote: > Hi, > > I am thinking of promoting Python for the local developers here in > Malaysia, vi

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Re: socket.connect() hangs in SYN_SENT state.

On Jul 13, 6:31 pm, Miles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 8:35 PM, bukzor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The problem only manifests about 1 in 20 runs. Below there's code for > > a client that shows the problem 100% of the time. > > > The two URL's that I seem to be "confused"

Re: Dictionary bidirectional

On Jul 13, 6:53 pm, Larry Bates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > bukzor: > >> You need to use two dictionaries. Here's a class that someone's > >> written that wraps it up into a single dict-like object for you: > >>http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/4376 >

Re: while var, but var ==16 != true

maestro wrote: why does this work? "while p" = "while p != 0" ? 1 is True and 0 is false in python but other numbers have no boolean value so why doesnt it abort. p=16 p 16 while p: print p p -= 1 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 i can also do: k=[] while k:

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patrol wrote: > On 7月13日, 下午10时26分, Larry Bates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> patrol wrote: >>> I want to prevent some process from running. The code is in the >>> following. I encounter some unexpected troubles. >>> Probelm1: This program cannot terminate "scrcons.exe" and >>> "FNPLicensingServic

Re: iterator clone

On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:51:19 -0700, Yosifov Pavel wrote: >> Well, I think Python's iterators, especially the generators, are beautiful. >> More importantly, I think there is no general way to make iterators >> copyable, regardless of the programming language. The problem is that most >> of the use

Re: while var, but var ==16 != true

maestro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >why does this work? "while p" = "while p != 0" ? 1 is True and 0 is >false in python but other numbers have no boolean value so why doesnt >it abort. Because your statement is incorrect. Everything has a boolean value in Python. 0, None, False, '' (empty st

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Hi guys, My group and I will be working on our final year project, the scope to do a program/web-based application similar areas of functionalities like the PyLint and PyChecker; a Python syntax checker. We have no Python background, equipped only with some knowledge of Java and Dot net. We did s

Re: Newbie Threading Question

On Jul 13, 8:33 am, Sparky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It seems strange, but I can't find a list of operating systems which > support / don't support threading in Python. Can anyone point me in > the right direction? > > Thanks, > Sam Here is the list (from Python documentation of thread module):

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