Re: Python Unit Tests

2013-09-29 Thread Terry Reedy
On 9/30/2013 12:19 AM, melw...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Dave, Yeah I found the silly mistake lol thanks for that. making progress. Guess a number: 5 That's too high. Guess a number: 4 That's too high. Guess a number: 3 Traceback (most recent call last): File "guess.py", line 34, in main(ra

Tab completion in Python3.4

2013-09-29 Thread Steven D'Aprano
By default, Python 3.4 will ship with tab completion turned on. When you hit the tab key, Python will try to complete the current function, method, variable or other name, if necessary displaying the alternatives is there are more than one: py> d = {} py> d.pop d.pop( d.popitem( This

Re: Python Unit Tests

2013-09-29 Thread melwin9
Hi Dave, Yeah I found the silly mistake lol thanks for that. making progress. Guess a number: 5 That's too high. Guess a number: 4 That's too high. Guess a number: 3 Traceback (most recent call last): File "guess.py", line 34, in main(random.randint(1, 10)) File "guess.py", line 29, in

Re: Understanding how is a function evaluated using recursion

2013-09-29 Thread rusi
On Thursday, September 26, 2013 4:54:22 AM UTC+5:30, Arturo B wrote: > So I know what recursion is, but I don't know how is > >flatten(i) > > evaluated, what value does it returns? There is a folklore in CS that recursion is hard [To iterate is human, to recurse divine

Re: Barcode printing

2013-09-29 Thread Ben Finney
Ben Finney writes: > "Joseph L. Casale" writes: > > > I need to create some type of output, preferably pdf, which is an > > array of 2 across by 8 long of one custom barcode label with some > > other text components oriented around the barcode. > > The Reportlab library is a powerful PDF-creatio

Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte

2013-09-29 Thread Larry Hudson
On 09/29/2013 09:19 AM, Νίκος wrote: Στις 29/9/2013 7:14 μμ, ο/η Joel Goldstick έγραψε: asked and answered. Move on shut up. you are nothign but annoyance here. Thanks for the laugh. Absolutely the most hilarious thing you've ever posted!!! :-) (Ever hear about the pot and the kettle?)

Re: Python Unit Tests

2013-09-29 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Sun, 29 Sep 2013 18:46:30 -0700, melwin9 wrote: > Hi Terry & Dave, > > Thanks for the suggestions. I am running Python 2.7 and when I tried the > code above it said def main(target) <- invalid syntax. Did you fix the invalid syntax? Until you fix it, you're blocked. As a programmer, it is

Re: Python Unit Tests

2013-09-29 Thread melwin9
Hi Terry & Dave, Thanks for the suggestions. I am running Python 2.7 and when I tried the code above it said def main(target) <- invalid syntax. I was told to use pexpect by my professor which is why I started to use that for the tests. As for the test suggestions, I will try to come up wit tho

Re: Barcode printing

2013-09-29 Thread Ben Finney
"Joseph L. Casale" writes: > I need to create some type of output, preferably pdf, which is an > array of 2 across by 8 long of one custom barcode label with some > other text components oriented around the barcode. The Reportlab library is a powerful PDF-creation library for Python https://pypi

[RELEASED] Python 3.4.0a3

2013-09-29 Thread Larry Hastings
On behalf of the Python development team, I'm pleased to announce the third alpha release of Python 3.4. This is a preview release, and its use is not recommended for production settings. Python 3.4 includes a range of improvements of the 3.x series, including hundreds of small improvements and

Re: Barcode printing

2013-09-29 Thread Gary Herron
On 09/29/2013 02:54 PM, Joseph L. Casale wrote: I need to convert a proprietary MS Access based printing solution into something I can maintain. Seems there is plenty available for generating barcodes in Python, so for the persons who have been down this road I was hoping to get a pointer or tw

Barcode printing

2013-09-29 Thread Joseph L. Casale
I need to convert a proprietary MS Access based printing solution into something I can maintain. Seems there is plenty available for generating barcodes in Python, so for the persons who have been down this road I was hoping to get a pointer or two. I need to create some type of output, preferab

Re: Handling 3 operands in an expression without raising an exception

2013-09-29 Thread giacomo boffi
giacomo boffi writes: > it.comp.python oops, it.comp.LANG.python -- I do desire we may be better strangers. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Nosetests

2013-09-29 Thread Terry Reedy
On 9/29/2013 5:28 PM, melw...@gmail.com wrote: I was actually able to fix the code and run it, now i need to run tests but idk what tests to write or how to even write it. Two of us already gave you suggestions. I gave you a detailed re-write. [snip hard to test code] -- Terry Jan Reedy --

Re: Handling 3 operands in an expression without raising an exception

2013-09-29 Thread giacomo boffi
Joel Goldstick writes: > On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 11:28 AM, giacomo boffi wrote: > > Νίκος writes: > > > IF it can also be written in one-line > > def f(x,n,w):return(lambda y=f(x[::2],n/2,w[::2]),z=f(x[1::2],n/2,w > [::2]):reduce(lambda x,y:x+y,zip(*[(y[k]+w[k]*z[k],y[k]-w[k]*z[

Re: Nosetests

2013-09-29 Thread melwin9
I was actually able to fix the code and run it, now i need to run tests but idk what tests to write or how to even write it. [code] import random intro = 'I have chosen a number from 1-10' request = 'Guess a number: ' responseHigh = "That's too high." responseLow = "That's too low." responseCo

Re: Handling 3 operands in an expression without raising an exception

2013-09-29 Thread Denis McMahon
On Sun, 29 Sep 2013 14:34:02 +0300, Νίκος wrote: > Στις 29/9/2013 2:27 μμ, ο/η Dave Angel έγραψε: >> On 29/9/2013 07:14, Νίκος wrote: >> >> >>> Dave's way though seems better. >>> Assign the vars default string and if they get re-assinged correctly >>> that would be ideal, otherwise we have alread

Re: Handling 3 operands in an expression without raising an exception

2013-09-29 Thread Denis McMahon
On Sun, 29 Sep 2013 13:17:36 +0300, Νίκος wrote: > Στις 29/9/2013 12:50 μμ, ο/η Dave Angel έγραψε: >> ipval = ( os.environ.get('HTTP_CF_CONNECTING_IP') or >> os.environ.get('REMOTE_ADDR', "Cannot Resolve") ) >> try: >> gi = pygeoip.GeoIP('/usr/local/share/GeoIPCity.dat') >> city = gi.tim

Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte

2013-09-29 Thread Ned Batchelder
On 9/29/13 1:30 PM, Terry Reedy wrote: On 9/29/2013 6:53 AM, Ned Batchelder wrote: This is the nature of Unicode pain in Python 2 (Python 3 has a different kind!). This may help you understand what's going on: http://nedbatchelder.com/text/unipain.html This is really excellent and I bookmark

Re: Handling 3 operands in an expression without raising an exception

2013-09-29 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 29 September 2013 13:03:17 Chris Angelico did opine: > On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 2:07 AM, Joel Goldstick > > wrote: > > Here's my question: I wonder if Nikos has ever been employed to write > > software. If so, I wonder how long he lasted before he was let go. > > Unfortunately that p

Re: Handling 3 operands in an expression without raising an exception

2013-09-29 Thread Joel Goldstick
On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 1:44 PM, MRAB wrote: > On 29/09/2013 18:24, Piet van Oostrum wrote: > >> Antoon Pardon writes: >> >> Why? What is so important about this particular way, that you are >>> willing to spend/waste so much time on it? You act like someone >>> who want to get from Brussels to

[ANN] ftputil 3.0a1 released

2013-09-29 Thread Stefan Schwarzer
ftputil 3.0a1 is now available from http://ftputil.sschwarzer.net/download . Changes since version 2.8 - Note: This version of ftputil is _not_ backward-compatible with earlier versions.See the links below for information on adapting existing client code. - This version a

Re: Handling 3 operands in an expression without raising an exception

2013-09-29 Thread MRAB
On 29/09/2013 18:24, Piet van Oostrum wrote: Antoon Pardon writes: Why? What is so important about this particular way, that you are willing to spend/waste so much time on it? You act like someone who want to get from Brussels to London and when asked how to do that gets advise on how to take

Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte

2013-09-29 Thread Terry Reedy
On 9/29/2013 6:53 AM, Ned Batchelder wrote: This is the nature of Unicode pain in Python 2 (Python 3 has a different kind!). This may help you understand what's going on: http://nedbatchelder.com/text/unipain.html This is really excellent and I bookmarked it. There is one minor error: "the c

Re: Handling 3 operands in an expression without raising an exception

2013-09-29 Thread Piet van Oostrum
Antoon Pardon writes: > Why? What is so important about this particular way, that you are > willing to spend/waste so much time on it? You act like someone > who want to get from Brussels to London and when asked how to > do that gets advise on how to take the boat or plane at which > point you r

Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte

2013-09-29 Thread Νίκος
Στις 29/9/2013 7:14 μμ, ο/η Joel Goldstick έγραψε: asked and answered. Move on shut up. you are nothign but annoyance here. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Handling 3 operands in an expression without raising an exception

2013-09-29 Thread Chris Angelico
On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 2:07 AM, Joel Goldstick wrote: > Here's my question: I wonder if Nikos has ever been employed to write > software. If so, I wonder how long he lasted before he was let go. Unfortunately that proves nothing. My boss used to have another employee besides me - he lasted for

Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte

2013-09-29 Thread Joel Goldstick
asked and answered. Move on -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte

2013-09-29 Thread Νίκος
Στις 29/9/2013 5:19 μμ, ο/η Chris Angelico έγραψε: On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 9:25 PM, Νίκος wrote: superhost.gr. 14400 IN MX 0 superhost.gr. mail14400 IN CNAME superhost.gr. As for the mail iam afrid it outputs this: Code: Warning MX CNAME Check WARNING: CNAME

Re: Handling 3 operands in an expression without raising an exception

2013-09-29 Thread Joel Goldstick
On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 11:28 AM, giacomo boffi wrote: > Νίκος writes: > > > IF it can also be written in one-line > > def f(x,n,w):return(lambda > y=f(x[::2],n/2,w[::2]),z=f(x[1::2],n/2,w[::2]):reduce(lambda > x,y:x+y,zip(*[(y[k]+w[k]*z[k],y[k]-w[k]*z[k]) for k in range(n/2)])))()if > n>1 else

Re: Handling 3 operands in an expression without raising an exception

2013-09-29 Thread giacomo boffi
Νίκος writes: > IF it can also be written in one-line def f(x,n,w):return(lambda y=f(x[::2],n/2,w[::2]),z=f(x[1::2],n/2,w[::2]):reduce(lambda x,y:x+y,zip(*[(y[k]+w[k]*z[k],y[k]-w[k]*z[k]) for k in range(n/2)])))()if n>1 else x -- anch'io la penso come me, ma -- SteO153,

Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte

2013-09-29 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 9:25 PM, Νίκος wrote: > superhost.gr. 14400 IN MX 0 superhost.gr. > > mail14400 IN CNAME superhost.gr. > > As for the mail iam afrid it outputs this: > Code: > Warning MX CNAME Check WARNING: CNAME was returned for the following MX > record

Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte

2013-09-29 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Sun, 29 Sep 2013 06:53:27 -0400, Ned Batchelder wrote: > This is the nature of Unicode pain in Python 2 (Python 3 has a different > kind!). This may help you understand what's going on: > http://nedbatchelder.com/text/unipain.html That's a fantastic explanation, and I have pointed Nikos at th

Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte

2013-09-29 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 10:38 PM, Chris “Kwpolska” Warrick wrote: > I can point you to “find a sysadmin that will work for you and fix > your problems for money”. Where can you find one? That’s not a > question for me. I suggest looking around Greek websites, as someone > speaking the same lang

Re: Handling 3 operands in an expression without raising an exception

2013-09-29 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 8:57 PM, Dave Angel wrote: > Try help(globals()) at the interpreter prompt. > > Help on built-in function globals in module builtins: > > globals(...) > globals() -> dictionary > > Return the dictionary containing the current scope's global variables. Insignificant

Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte

2013-09-29 Thread Chris “Kwpolska” Warrick
On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 1:51 PM, Νίκος wrote: > Στις 29/9/2013 2:46 μμ, ο/η Dave Angel έγραψε: >> >> On 29/9/2013 07:25, Νίκος wrote: >> >> >>> >>> Thank you for being willing to look this further. >> >> >> Willing, but probably not able. I think I know a lot about the >> language, and less about

Re: Handling 3 operands in an expression without raising an exception

2013-09-29 Thread Jussi Piitulainen
Νίκος writes: > Σ�ις 29/9/2013 2:04 μμ, ο/η Jussi Piitulainen > έγ�α�ε: > > > Let's see. The task is to assign a default value to city and host, > > if they haven't a value yet; on one line (which I take to mean one > > statement); in an "except" block where we may not know which > > assignment fai

Re: Aide pour bien démarrer en Python

2013-09-29 Thread Laurent Pointal
note pour les francophones il existe le newsgroup fr.comp.lang.python ainsi que la liste Python de l'AFUL https://listes.aful.org/wws/info/python et l'AFPY... jonathan.corriv...@gmail.com wrote: > Je sais qu'il y a plein d'information à lire un peu partout, mais j'ai > vraiment du mal à voir pour

Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte

2013-09-29 Thread Νίκος
Στις 29/9/2013 2:46 μμ, ο/η Dave Angel έγραψε: On 29/9/2013 07:25, Νίκος wrote: Thank you for being willing to look this further. Willing, but probably not able. I think I know a lot about the language, and less about the libraries. I know very little about the administration side of inte

Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte

2013-09-29 Thread Dave Angel
On 29/9/2013 07:25, Νίκος wrote: > > Thank you for being willing to look this further. Willing, but probably not able. I think I know a lot about the language, and less about the libraries. I know very little about the administration side of internet use. The reference to /etc/hosts is only a

Re: Handling 3 operands in an expression without raising an exception

2013-09-29 Thread Νίκος
Στις 29/9/2013 2:27 μμ, ο/η Dave Angel έγραψε: On 29/9/2013 07:14, Νίκος wrote: Dave's way though seems better. Assign the vars default string and if they get re-assinged correctly that would be ideal, otherwise we have already given them the defaults. ipval = ( os.environ.get('HTTP_CF_CONNEC

Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte

2013-09-29 Thread Νίκος
Στις 29/9/2013 2:11 μμ, ο/η Dave Angel έγραψε: On 29/9/2013 06:24, Νίκος wrote: except Exception as e: ===> except socket.gaierror as e: which cannot handle unicore realted errors and the exact same error appeared with my ip address involved at the error log. so, the question that aris

Re: Handling 3 operands in an expression without raising an exception

2013-09-29 Thread Dave Angel
On 29/9/2013 07:14, Νίκος wrote: > Dave's way though seems better. > Assign the vars default string and if they get re-assinged correctly > that would be ideal, otherwise we have already given them the defaults. > > ipval = ( os.environ.get('HTTP_CF_CONNECTING_IP') or > os.environ.get('REMOTE_A

Re: Handling 3 operands in an expression without raising an exception

2013-09-29 Thread Νίκος
Στις 29/9/2013 2:04 μμ, ο/η Jussi Piitulainen έγραψε: Steven D'Aprano writes: On Sun, 29 Sep 2013 12:35:17 +0300, Jussi Piitulainen wrote: try: ... except socket.gaierror as e: # watch out, a composition of bad advice (on demand) city, host = ( ('city' in locals() or "blabla"),

Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte

2013-09-29 Thread Dave Angel
On 29/9/2013 06:24, Νίκος wrote: > > except Exception as e: ===> except socket.gaierror as e: > which cannot handle unicore realted errors and the exact same error > appeared with my ip address involved at the error log. > > so, the question that arises again and reamins is how come 'host'

Re: Handling 3 operands in an expression without raising an exception

2013-09-29 Thread Νίκος
Στις 29/9/2013 12:50 μμ, ο/η Dave Angel έγραψε: ipval = ( os.environ.get('HTTP_CF_CONNECTING_IP') or os.environ.get('REMOTE_ADDR', "Cannot Resolve") ) try: gi = pygeoip.GeoIP('/usr/local/share/GeoIPCity.dat') city = gi.time_zone_by_addr( ipval ) host = socket.gethostbyaddr

Re: Handling 3 operands in an expression without raising an exception

2013-09-29 Thread Jussi Piitulainen
Steven D'Aprano writes: > On Sun, 29 Sep 2013 12:35:17 +0300, Jussi Piitulainen wrote: > > > try: > > ... > > except socket.gaierror as e: > > # watch out, a composition of bad advice (on demand) city, host = ( > > ('city' in locals() or "blabla"), > > ('host' in locals() o

Re: Handling 3 operands in an expression without raising an exception

2013-09-29 Thread Antoon Pardon
Op 29-09-13 09:35, Νίκος schreef: Στις 29/9/2013 2:04 πμ, ο/η Chris Angelico έγραψε: On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 4:45 AM, Mark Lawrence wrote: Not tortured, simply murdered so we don't have to put up with his completely unacceptable behaviour, which sadly is thriving owing to so many people ignori

Re: Handling 3 operands in an expression without raising an exception

2013-09-29 Thread Dave Angel
On 29/9/2013 06:17, Νίκος wrote: > Στις 29/9/2013 12:50 μμ, ο/η Dave Angel έγραψε: >> ipval = ( os.environ.get('HTTP_CF_CONNECTING_IP') or >> os.environ.get('REMOTE_ADDR', "Cannot Resolve") ) >> try: >> gi = pygeoip.GeoIP('/usr/local/share/GeoIPCity.dat') >> city = gi.time_zone_by_addr(

Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte

2013-09-29 Thread Ned Batchelder
On 9/29/13 4:04 AM, Νίκος wrote: Στις 29/9/2013 11:00 πμ, ο/η Chris Angelico έγραψε: On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 5:53 PM, Νίκος wrote: Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Something's trying to decode a stream of bytes as UTF-8, and it's

Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte

2013-09-29 Thread Νίκος
Στις 29/9/2013 12:45 μμ, ο/η Steven D'Aprano έγραψε: On Sun, 29 Sep 2013 11:37:14 +0300, Νίκος wrote: Στις 29/9/2013 11:30 πμ, ο/η Νίκος έγραψε: Στις 29/9/2013 11:23 πμ, ο/η Chris Angelico έγραψε: On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 6:19 PM, Νίκος wrote: ipval is suposed to get just an ip address. ip a

Re: Handling 3 operands in an expression without raising an exception

2013-09-29 Thread Νίκος
Στις 29/9/2013 12:50 μμ, ο/η Dave Angel έγραψε: ipval = ( os.environ.get('HTTP_CF_CONNECTING_IP') or os.environ.get('REMOTE_ADDR', "Cannot Resolve") ) try: gi = pygeoip.GeoIP('/usr/local/share/GeoIPCity.dat') city = gi.time_zone_by_addr( ipval ) host = socket.gethostbyaddr

Re: Handling 3 operands in an expression without raising an exception

2013-09-29 Thread Dave Angel
On 29/9/2013 03:35, Νίκος wrote: > > ipval = ( os.environ.get('HTTP_CF_CONNECTING_IP') or > os.environ.get('REMOTE_ADDR', "Cannot Resolve") ) > > try: > gi = pygeoip.GeoIP('/usr/local/share/GeoIPCity.dat') > city = gi.time_zone_by_addr( ipval ) > host = socket.gethostbyaddr( ipv

Re: Handling 3 operands in an expression without raising an exception

2013-09-29 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Sun, 29 Sep 2013 12:35:17 +0300, Jussi Piitulainen wrote: > try: > ... > except socket.gaierror as e: > # watch out, a composition of bad advice (on demand) city, host = ( > ('city' in locals() or "blabla"), > ('host' in locals() or "blablabla") ) Bad advice, and buggy a

Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte

2013-09-29 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Sun, 29 Sep 2013 11:37:14 +0300, Νίκος wrote: > Στις 29/9/2013 11:30 πμ, ο/η Νίκος έγραψε: >> Στις 29/9/2013 11:23 πμ, ο/η Chris Angelico έγραψε: >>> On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 6:19 PM, Νίκος wrote: ipval is suposed to get just an ip address. ip addresses doesnt change its just number s

Re: Handling 3 operands in an expression without raising an exception

2013-09-29 Thread Jussi Piitulainen
Νίκος writes: > And i don't mean like this: > > if not city: > city ="blabla" > if not host: > host="blablabla" > > > Can thes be witten without and if perhaps with the use of 'or' > operator in 1-line within the except clause? try: ... except socket.gaierror as e: # watch out,

Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte

2013-09-29 Thread Νίκος
Στις 29/9/2013 11:30 πμ, ο/η Νίκος έγραψε: Στις 29/9/2013 11:23 πμ, ο/η Chris Angelico έγραψε: On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 6:19 PM, Νίκος wrote: ipval is suposed to get just an ip address. ip addresses doesnt change its just number seperated by dots. That's one way an IP address can be rendered.

Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte

2013-09-29 Thread Νίκος
Στις 29/9/2013 11:23 πμ, ο/η Chris Angelico έγραψε: On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 6:19 PM, Νίκος wrote: ipval is suposed to get just an ip address. ip addresses doesnt change its just number seperated by dots. That's one way an IP address can be rendered. It's not the only one. There's an entire ca

Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte

2013-09-29 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 6:19 PM, Νίκος wrote: > ipval is suposed to get just an ip address. > ip addresses doesnt change its just number seperated by dots. That's one way an IP address can be rendered. It's not the only one. There's an entire category of IP addresses that's usually written with c

Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte

2013-09-29 Thread Νίκος
Στις 29/9/2013 11:07 πμ, ο/η Chris Angelico έγραψε: On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 6:04 PM, Νίκος wrote: How come all these daysthe followinf line work as expected: host = socket.gethostbyaddr( ipval ) [0] and only just today just happened to output: Maybe the ipval is different. Maybe something

Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte

2013-09-29 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 6:04 PM, Νίκος wrote: > How come all these daysthe followinf line work as expected: > > > host = socket.gethostbyaddr( ipval ) [0] > > and only just today just happened to output: Maybe the ipval is different. Maybe something else is causing the error. I wonder how, in Pyt

Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte

2013-09-29 Thread Νίκος
Στις 29/9/2013 11:00 πμ, ο/η Chris Angelico έγραψε: On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 5:53 PM, Νίκος wrote: Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte Something's trying to decode a stream of bytes as UTF-8, and it's not UTF-8. Work out what in your c

Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte

2013-09-29 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 5:53 PM, Νίκος wrote: > Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: > invalid start byte Something's trying to decode a stream of bytes as UTF-8, and it's not UTF-8. Work out what in your code is bytes and what is strings, and do your own co

Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte

2013-09-29 Thread Νίκος
Στις 29/9/2013 10:53 πμ, ο/η Chris Angelico έγραψε: On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 5:49 PM, Νίκος wrote: Hello although my code is correct just today i saw this in the error_log You retain this ridiculous arrogance that your code is somehow "correct", despite the problems you continually face. Do no

Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte

2013-09-29 Thread Νίκος
Στις 29/9/2013 10:49 πμ, ο/η Νίκος έγραψε: Hello although my code is correct just today i saw this in the error_log [Sun Sep 29 07:44:43 2013] [error] [client 173.245.49.126] Traceback (most recent call last): [Sun Sep 29 07:44:43 2013] [error] [client 173.245.49.126] File "/home/nikos/public_

Re: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte

2013-09-29 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 5:49 PM, Νίκος wrote: > Hello although my code is correct just today i saw this in the error_log You retain this ridiculous arrogance that your code is somehow "correct", despite the problems you continually face. Do not these problems prove that your code is NOT correct?

UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 0: invalid start byte

2013-09-29 Thread Νίκος
Hello although my code is correct just today i saw this in the error_log [Sun Sep 29 07:44:43 2013] [error] [client 173.245.49.126] Traceback (most recent call last): [Sun Sep 29 07:44:43 2013] [error] [client 173.245.49.126] File "/home/nikos/public_html/cgi-bin/metrites.py", line 30, in [S

Re: Handling 3 operands in an expression without raising an exception

2013-09-29 Thread Νίκος
Στις 29/9/2013 2:04 πμ, ο/η Chris Angelico έγραψε: On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 4:45 AM, Mark Lawrence wrote: Not tortured, simply murdered so we don't have to put up with his completely unacceptable behaviour, which sadly is thriving owing to so many people ignoring the "do not feed this moron" sig

Re: Help me with Python please (picture)

2013-09-29 Thread Bob Martin
in 706312 20130928 175017 Joel Goldstick wrote: >--047d7bf0f67adc8dbc04e7746532 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > Please don't post HTML. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list