On 14 August 2013 02:20, Gregory Ewing greg.ew...@canterbury.ac.nz wrote:
Ned Batchelder wrote:
Everyone: this program seems to be a direct and misguided transliteration
from a bash script.
Not a particularly well-written bash script, either --
it's full of superfluous uses of 'cat'.
On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 7:59 AM, Joshua Landau jos...@landau.ws wrote:
On 14 August 2013 02:20, Gregory Ewing greg.ew...@canterbury.ac.nz wrote:
Ned Batchelder wrote:
Everyone: this program seems to be a direct and misguided transliteration
from a bash script.
Not a particularly
On 14 August 2013 13:07, Chris Angelico ros...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 7:59 AM, Joshua Landau jos...@landau.ws wrote:
What's wrong with cat? Sure it's superfluous but what makes it *bad*?
Personally I often prefer the pipe cat x | y form to x y... or
y x.
What's the use
In article mailman.573.1376482061.1251.python-l...@python.org,
Chris Angelico ros...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 7:59 AM, Joshua Landau jos...@landau.ws wrote:
On 14 August 2013 02:20, Gregory Ewing greg.ew...@canterbury.ac.nz wrote:
Ned Batchelder wrote:
Everyone: this
On 12 August 2013 16:47, Roy Smith r...@panix.com wrote:
I can't quite sort out the multiple quoting levels, but somebody said:
Programming like that is called trolling. A programmer that uses
trolling is called a troll. A troll can also refer to such a line
of code itself. My scripts contain
On Tue, 13 Aug 2013 09:19:07 +0100, Joshua Landau wrote:
On 12 August 2013 16:47, Roy Smith r...@panix.com wrote:
I can't quite sort out the multiple quoting levels, but somebody said:
Programming like that is called trolling. A programmer that uses
trolling is called a troll. A troll can
On 08/13/2013 04:50 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
On Tue, 13 Aug 2013 09:19:07 +0100, Joshua Landau wrote:
On 12 August 2013 16:47, Roy Smith r...@panix.com wrote:
I can't quite sort out the multiple quoting levels, but somebody said:
Programming like that is called trolling. A programmer
On 2013-08-13 11:31, Devyn Collier Johnson wrote:
I now see why this programming style is called trolling.
This programming style is not called trolling. It does not have a name. It's
just your particular style. I think you misinterpreted someone who accused you
of deliberately coding in
On 2013-08-13, Joshua Landau jos...@landau.ws wrote:
On 12 August 2013 16:47, Roy Smith r...@panix.com wrote:
I can't quite sort out the multiple quoting levels, but somebody said:
Programming like that is called trolling. A programmer that uses
trolling is called a troll. A troll can also
On 8/13/2013 6:31 AM, Devyn Collier Johnson wrote:
I now see why this programming style is called trolling.
'Trolling' is a posting style.
Your initial post was legitimate. When the first three respondents
missed the syntax error, ';' instead of ',' within function() calls, I
reported it.
On Sat, 10 Aug 2013 22:19:23 -0400, Devyn Collier Johnson wrote:
I am checking my 1292-line script for syntax errors. I ran the following
commands in a terminal to check for errors, but I do not see the error.
JOB_WRITEURGFILES =
multiprocessing.Process(write2file('./mem/ENGINE_PID',
Denis McMahon wrote:
On Sat, 10 Aug 2013 22:19:23 -0400, Devyn Collier Johnson wrote:
I am checking my 1292-line script for syntax errors. I ran the following
commands in a terminal to check for errors, but I do not see the error.
JOB_WRITEURGFILES =
On 13/08/2013 21:28, Denis McMahon wrote:
On Sat, 10 Aug 2013 22:19:23 -0400, Devyn Collier Johnson wrote:
I am checking my 1292-line script for syntax errors. I ran the following
commands in a terminal to check for errors, but I do not see the error.
JOB_WRITEURGFILES =
On 8/13/13 5:16 PM, Dave Angel wrote:
Denis McMahon wrote:
On Sat, 10 Aug 2013 22:19:23 -0400, Devyn Collier Johnson wrote:
I am checking my 1292-line script for syntax errors. I ran the following
commands in a terminal to check for errors, but I do not see the error.
JOB_WRITEURGFILES =
Ned Batchelder wrote:
Everyone: this program seems to be a direct and misguided
transliteration from a bash script.
Not a particularly well-written bash script, either --
it's full of superfluous uses of 'cat'.
--
Greg
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On 08/13/2013 04:31 AM, Devyn Collier Johnson wrote:
For me, this style is easier to read. I have tried the typical style,
but I find this one to be easier.
One thing I do know is that your style makes it very hard to find
errors, even when the parser flags them. And the fact that you posted
On 08/10/2013 10:47 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 3:43 AM, Roy Smith r...@panix.com wrote:
In article mailman.452.1376188442.1251.python-l...@python.org,
Chris Angelico ros...@gmail.com wrote:
When you get a syntax error you can't understand, look at the previous
line
On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 7:33 AM, Devyn Collier Johnson
devyncjohn...@gmail.com wrote:
On 08/10/2013 10:47 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 3:43 AM, Roy Smith r...@panix.com wrote:
In article mailman.452.1376188442.1251.python-l...@python.org,
Chris Angelico
On 8/12/13 8:33 AM, Devyn Collier Johnson wrote:
On 08/10/2013 10:47 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 3:43 AM, Roy Smith r...@panix.com wrote:
In article mailman.452.1376188442.1251.python-l...@python.org,
Chris Angelico ros...@gmail.com wrote:
When you get a syntax
On 08/12/2013 09:20 AM, Zachary Ware wrote:
On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 7:33 AM, Devyn Collier Johnson
devyncjohn...@gmail.com wrote:
On 08/10/2013 10:47 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 3:43 AM, Roy Smith r...@panix.com wrote:
In article
In mailman.451.1376187574.1251.python-l...@python.org Devyn Collier Johnson
devyncjohn...@gmail.com writes:
I am checking my 1292-line script for syntax errors. I ran the following
commands in a terminal to check for errors, but I do not see the error.
File ./beta_engine, line 344
On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 9:04 AM, Devyn Collier Johnson
devyncjohn...@gmail.com wrote:
Zachary, are you, Ned, and Terry trying to say the syntax should be
job = multiprocessing.Process(func1(), func2())
not
job = multiprocessing.Process(func1(); func2())
Basically, yes. The first option
On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 10:37 AM, Zachary Ware
zachary.ware+pyl...@gmail.com wrote:
[snip my last reply with a few code samples]
My apologies for Gmail's mangling of my samples. Any code that is not
indented should be on the previous line.
--
Zach
--
I can't quite sort out the multiple quoting levels, but somebody said:
Programming like that is called trolling. A programmer that uses
trolling is called a troll. A troll can also refer to such a line
of code itself. My scripts contain a lot of trolls. It is easier
for me to read trolls
On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 11:47 AM, Roy Smith r...@panix.com wrote:
I can't quite sort out the multiple quoting levels, but somebody said:
Programming like that is called trolling. A programmer that uses
trolling is called a troll. A troll can also refer to such a line
of code itself. My
On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 5:56 PM, Joel Goldstick
joel.goldst...@gmail.com wrote:
If you like semicolons, use another language that needs them.
I think you think it is some version of premature optimization. Since
you are a novice at the language, stick with the standards, and learn
to embrace
On 08/12/2013 12:56 PM, Joel Goldstick wrote:
On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 11:47 AM, Roy Smith r...@panix.com wrote:
I can't quite sort out the multiple quoting levels, but somebody said:
Programming like that is called trolling. A programmer that uses
trolling is called a troll. A troll can also
On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 4:16 PM, Devyn Collier Johnson
devyncjohn...@gmail.com wrote:
On 08/12/2013 12:56 PM, Joel Goldstick wrote:
On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 11:47 AM, Roy Smith r...@panix.com wrote:
I can't quite sort out the multiple quoting levels, but somebody said:
Programming like that
On 8/12/13 4:16 PM, Devyn Collier Johnson wrote:
On 08/12/2013 12:56 PM, Joel Goldstick wrote:
On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 11:47 AM, Roy Smith r...@panix.com wrote:
I can't quite sort out the multiple quoting levels, but somebody said:
Programming like that is called trolling. A programmer
On Sun, 11 Aug 2013 03:33:52 +0100, Chris Angelico wrote:
Next thing to do is split it into more lines. Why is all that in a
single line?
The only good excuse for writing multiple statements on a single line
separated by semi-colons is if the Enter key on your keyboard is broken.
:-)
--
On 11 August 2013 09:28, Steven D'Aprano
steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info wrote:
into more lines. Why is all that in a
single line?
The only good excuse for writing multiple statements on a single line
separated by semi-colons is if the Enter key on your keyboard is broken.
That's not a
In article 52074b43$0$3$c3e8da3$54964...@news.astraweb.com,
Steven D'Aprano steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info wrote:
On Sun, 11 Aug 2013 03:33:52 +0100, Chris Angelico wrote:
Next thing to do is split it into more lines. Why is all that in a
single line?
The only good excuse for
I am checking my 1292-line script for syntax errors. I ran the following
commands in a terminal to check for errors, but I do not see the error.
collier@Nacho-Laptop:/media/collier/AI/Pysh$ python3 -m py_compile
./beta_engine
File ./beta_engine, line 344
JOB_WRITEURGFILES =
On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 3:19 AM, Devyn Collier Johnson
devyncjohn...@gmail.com wrote:
am checking my 1292-line script for syntax errors. I ran the following
commands in a terminal to check for errors, but I do not see the error.
collier@Nacho-Laptop:/media/collier/AI/Pysh$ python3 -m
In article mailman.452.1376188442.1251.python-l...@python.org,
Chris Angelico ros...@gmail.com wrote:
When you get a syntax error you can't understand, look at the previous
line of code. Perhaps something there is incomplete; maybe you have
mismatched parentheses, so this line is considered
On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 3:43 AM, Roy Smith r...@panix.com wrote:
In article mailman.452.1376188442.1251.python-l...@python.org,
Chris Angelico ros...@gmail.com wrote:
When you get a syntax error you can't understand, look at the previous
line of code. Perhaps something there is incomplete;
On 8/10/2013 10:19 PM, Devyn Collier Johnson wrote:
I am checking my 1292-line script for syntax errors. I ran the following
commands in a terminal to check for errors, but I do not see the error.
collier@Nacho-Laptop:/media/collier/AI/Pysh$ python3 -m py_compile
./beta_engine
File
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