Re: ANN: dbf.py 0.94

2012-08-03 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 21/07/2012 00:59, Ethan Furman wrote: Getting closer to a stable release. Latest version has a simpler, cleaner API, and works on PyPy (and hopefully the other implementations as well ;), as well as CPython. Get your copy at http://python.org/pypi/dbf. Bug reports, comments, and kudos

Re: ANN: dbf.py 0.94

2012-08-03 Thread Alex Strickland
On 2012/07/21 11:49 PM, Mark Lawrence wrote: and PS is spelt p.s. :) Ahem, the absolutely authoritative reference on the subject: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postscript says PS or P.S. -- Regards Alex -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: ANN: dbf.py 0.94

2012-08-03 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 03/08/2012 13:50, Alex Strickland wrote: On 2012/07/21 11:49 PM, Mark Lawrence wrote: and PS is spelt p.s. :) Ahem, the absolutely authoritative reference on the subject: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postscript says PS or P.S. I'm sorry but you can't read my writing[1]. [1] another

Re: ANN: dbf.py 0.94

2012-08-03 Thread Ethan Furman
Mark Lawrence wrote: On 21/07/2012 00:59, Ethan Furman wrote: Getting closer to a stable release. Latest version has a simpler, cleaner API, and works on PyPy (and hopefully the other implementations as well ;), as well as CPython. Get your copy at http://python.org/pypi/dbf. Bug reports,

Re: ANN: dbf.py 0.94

2012-07-23 Thread Ethan Furman
Ethan Furman wrote: Alex Strickland wrote: Not supported: index files: I have been using http://sourceforge.net/projects/harbour-project/ for years where a guy called Przemyslaw Czerpak has written an absolutely bullet proof implementation of NTX and CDX for DBF. Maybe it will interest you.

Re: ANN: dbf.py 0.94

2012-07-23 Thread Ethan Furman
Chris Angelico wrote: On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 4:15 AM, Ethan Furman et...@stoneleaf.us wrote: I'll support 3.3+, but not with the same code base: I want to use all the cool features that 3.3 has! :) The trouble with double-codebasing is that you have double maintenance. But sure. So long as

Re: ANN: dbf.py 0.94

2012-07-21 Thread Ethan Furman
Steven D'Aprano wrote: This mailing list is about helping our fellow Python developers improve their skills and solve problems. That doesn't just mean *coding* problems, it also means helping them to write better documentation and promote their software better. Indeed it is, and your

Re: ANN: dbf.py 0.94

2012-07-21 Thread Ethan Furman
Simon Cropper wrote: Question 1 - What version of VFP will dbf work with? Is VFP9 OK? As long as you don't use auto-incrementing fields nor varchar fields you'll be fine. Question 2 - You statement of compatibility is unclear. Works with CPython 2.4 - 2.7. (Tested) Works with PyPy

Re: ANN: dbf.py 0.94

2012-07-21 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 6:02 PM, Ethan Furman et...@stoneleaf.us wrote: Works with CPython 2.4 - 2.7. (Tested) Have you considered supporting 3.2/3.3 at all? It's often not difficult to make your code compatible with both. Or is there some dependency that is locked to 2.X? ChrisA --

Re: ANN: dbf.py 0.94

2012-07-21 Thread Ethan Furman
Chris Angelico wrote: On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 6:02 PM, Ethan Furman et...@stoneleaf.us wrote: Works with CPython 2.4 - 2.7. (Tested) Have you considered supporting 3.2/3.3 at all? It's often not difficult to make your code compatible with both. Or is there some dependency that is locked to

Re: ANN: dbf.py 0.94

2012-07-21 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 4:15 AM, Ethan Furman et...@stoneleaf.us wrote: I'll support 3.3+, but not with the same code base: I want to use all the cool features that 3.3 has! :) The trouble with double-codebasing is that you have double maintenance. But sure. So long as your time isn't under

Re: ANN: dbf.py 0.94

2012-07-21 Thread Matej Cepl
On 21/07/12 05:26, Ethan Furman wrote: dbf (also known as python dbase) is a module for reading/writing dBase III, FP, VFP, and soon Clipper, .dbf database files. It's an ancient format that still finds lots of use. Other than the caring for the ancient legacy data, it is still widely used in

Re: ANN: dbf.py 0.94

2012-07-21 Thread Alex Strickland
Hi Getting closer to a stable release. Latest version has a simpler, cleaner API, and works on PyPy (and hopefully the other implementations as well ;), as well as CPython. Get your copy at http://python.org/pypi/dbf. Bug reports, comments, and kudos welcome! ;) Not supported: index

Re: ANN: dbf.py 0.94

2012-07-21 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 21/07/2012 21:57, Alex Strickland wrote: Hi Getting closer to a stable release. Latest version has a simpler, cleaner API, and works on PyPy (and hopefully the other implementations as well ;), as well as CPython. Get your copy at http://python.org/pypi/dbf. Bug reports, comments, and

Re: ANN: dbf.py 0.94

2012-07-21 Thread Ethan Furman
Alex Strickland wrote: Hi Getting closer to a stable release. Latest version has a simpler, cleaner API, and works on PyPy (and hopefully the other implementations as well ;), as well as CPython. Get your copy at http://python.org/pypi/dbf. Bug reports, comments, and kudos welcome! ;)

ANN: dbf.py 0.94

2012-07-20 Thread Ethan Furman
Getting closer to a stable release. Latest version has a simpler, cleaner API, and works on PyPy (and hopefully the other implementations as well ;), as well as CPython. Get your copy at http://python.org/pypi/dbf. Bug reports, comments, and kudos welcome! ;) ~Ethan~ --

Re: ANN: dbf.py 0.94

2012-07-20 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Fri, 20 Jul 2012 16:59:21 -0700, Ethan Furman wrote: Getting closer to a stable release. Excellent! That's fantastic news! I've been waiting for a stable release of dbf for months! I just have one question. What is dbf? Latest version has a simpler, cleaner API, and works on PyPy (and

Re: ANN: dbf.py 0.94

2012-07-20 Thread Temia Eszteri
On 21 Jul 2012 00:50:13 GMT, Steven D'Aprano steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info wrote: Latest version has a simpler, cleaner API, and works on PyPy (and hopefully the other implementations as well ;), as well as CPython. Get your copy at http://python.org/pypi/dbf. I don't generally click

Re: ANN: dbf.py 0.94

2012-07-20 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 12:56 PM, Temia Eszteri lamial...@cleverpun.com wrote: On 21 Jul 2012 00:50:13 GMT, Steven D'Aprano steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info wrote: Latest version has a simpler, cleaner API, and works on PyPy (and hopefully the other implementations as well ;), as well as

Re: ANN: dbf.py 0.94

2012-07-20 Thread Simon Cropper
On 21/07/12 09:59, Ethan Furman wrote: Getting closer to a stable release. Latest version has a simpler, cleaner API, and works on PyPy (and hopefully the other implementations as well ;), as well as CPython. Get your copy at http://python.org/pypi/dbf. Bug reports, comments, and kudos

Re: ANN: dbf.py 0.94

2012-07-20 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Fri, 20 Jul 2012 19:56:59 -0700, Temia Eszteri wrote: I don't generally click on arbitrary links to find out whether or not the link is something that interests me enough to click on it. Can't really call a cheese shop link arbitrary. It's in the best place it could be for providing info

Re: ANN: dbf.py 0.94

2012-07-20 Thread Temia Eszteri
On Sat, 21 Jul 2012 13:02:55 +1000, Chris Angelico ros...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 12:56 PM, Temia Eszteri lamial...@cleverpun.com wrote: On 21 Jul 2012 00:50:13 GMT, Steven D'Aprano steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info wrote: Latest version has a simpler, cleaner API, and

Re: ANN: dbf.py 0.94

2012-07-20 Thread Ethan Furman
Steven D'Aprano wrote: On Fri, 20 Jul 2012 16:59:21 -0700, Ethan Furman wrote: Getting closer to a stable release. Excellent! That's fantastic news! I've been waiting for a stable release of dbf for months! I just have one question. What is dbf? :) dbf (also known as python dbase) is a

Re: ANN: dbf.py 0.94

2012-07-20 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Sat, 21 Jul 2012 13:30:40 +1000, Simon Cropper wrote: Works with PyPy, OK. Hopefully works with other implementations, Hm, what does this mean? I guess that Ethan means that his library definitely works with PyPy and CPython, because he has tested it on those, and that he expects that it

Re: ANN: dbf.py 0.94

2012-07-20 Thread Temia Eszteri
On 21 Jul 2012 03:34:44 GMT, Steven D'Aprano steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info wrote: tl;dr Easy there, tiger. No need to get riled up over a single nitpick over phrasing. ~Temia -- Invective! Verb your expletive nouns! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: ANN: dbf.py 0.94

2012-07-20 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 1:34 PM, Steven D'Aprano steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info wrote: Unless the software is so well-known that everybody knows what it is... I've yet to meet ANY piece of software that's like that. Even with releases of CPython (arguably the primary point of this list) it