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I'm always disappointed when I find something that Python doesn't handle
in a platform independent way. It seems to me that file locking is in
that boat.
1. I don't see a way to atomically open a file for writing if and only
if it doesn't exist without resorting to os.open and specialized
platfo
On Mon, 12 Mar 2007, J Greg wrote:
> Perhaps I don't understand. In the example below, the
> first instance correctly creates a fresh dictionary.
> But the second instance seems to inherit the now dirty
> dictionary from the first instance.
>
> What am I missing?
This is a very common Python "g
J Greg wrote:
> I want my object to create a fresh dictionary if its
> not passed one.
>
> Perhaps I don't understand. In the example below, the
> first instance correctly creates a fresh dictionary.
> But the second instance seems to inherit the now dirty
> dictionary from the first instance.
>
I want my object to create a fresh dictionary if its
not passed one.
Perhaps I don't understand. In the example below, the
first instance correctly creates a fresh dictionary.
But the second instance seems to inherit the now dirty
dictionary from the first instance.
What am I missing?
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"John Fouhy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> On 12/03/07, Alan Gilfoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> My question here boils down to, "Is there a way to remove certain
>> characters from a string?"
> In this case, it looks like you're after "string slicing". The
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