<html><head><style type="text/css" media="screen">Body{font-family: Verdana;font-size:.75em;}h4{font-size:.9em;}a{color: #3a62a6;}.digest .toc {margin-bottom: 15px; padding-bottom:8px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc;}.digest .tocItem {margin-bottom: 15px;}.tocItem a{color:#000;text-decoration: none;}.tocItem a:hover{color: #3a62a6;text-decoration: underline;}.topic{padding-bottom: 8px;margin-bottom: 20px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc;}.topicHeader{margin-bottom:10px;}.topicTitle{font-weight: bold;}.replies p{margin:0;padding:0;}.replies hr{width: 15%;text-align: left;margin: 0 auto 5px 0;border: none 0;border-top: 1px solid #ccc;height: 1px;}.reply{margin-bottom: 6px;padding-bottom: 4px;}.anchorMarker{color: #3a62a6;}.footer{color: gray;}</style></head><body><div class="digest"><p>Hi ironpython,</p><p>Here's your Daily Digest of new issues for project "<a href="http://ironpython.codeplex.com/">IronPython</a>".</p><p>In today's digest:</p><h4>ISSUES</h4><div class="toc"><div class="tocItem"><a href="#toc_issue_1">1. <span class="tocTitle">[New issue] Automatically convert types that are implicitly convertible to System.Decimal/System.Int to decimal.Decimal</span> <span class="anchorMarker">↓</span></a></div><div class="tocItem"><a href="#toc_issue_2">2. <span class="tocTitle">[New issue] "platform" instructions on 2.7.2b2</span> <span class="anchorMarker">↓</span></a></div><div class="tocItem"><a href="#toc_issue_3">3. <span class="tocTitle">[New comment] Allow resources when compiling with pyc.py</span> <span class="anchorMarker">↓</span></a></div></div><h4>ISSUES</h4><div class="topic"><a name="toc_issue_1"></a><div class="topicHeader"><span class="topicTitle">1. [New issue] Automatically convert types that are implicitly convertible to System.Decimal/System.Int to decimal.Decimal</span> <a href="http://ironpython.codeplex.com/workitem/32324">view online</a></div><p>User jdhardy has proposed the issue:</p><p>"decimal.Decimal will automatically convert from System.Decimal; this should be extended to any type that is implicitly convertible to System.Decimal as well.<br /><br />Extending it to types convertible to System.Int may be necessary as well if they are not already handled."</p></div><div class="topic"><a name="toc_issue_2"></a><div class="topicHeader"><span class="topicTitle">2. [New issue] "platform" instructions on 2.7.2b2</span> <a href="http://ironpython.codeplex.com/workitem/32322">view online</a></div><p>User jimp02 has proposed the issue:</p><p>"Release 2.7.2b1 (beta)<br /><br />The python code:<br /><br /> print("ExampleExe",<br /> platform.python_implementation(),<br /> platform.python_version(),<br /> platform.architecture()[0])<br /><br />-------------------------------------------------<br />platform.python_version() which returns the Python version as string 'major.minor.patchlevel' aborts with the message:<br /><br />Traceback (most recent call last):<br /> File "C:\Users\jimp\Projects\AStyleDev\build\vs2010\ExamplePy\..\..\..\src-py\ExampleExe.py", line 90, in <module><br /> File "C:\Users\jimp\Projects\AStyleDev\build\vs2010\ExamplePy\..\..\..\src-py\ExampleExe.py", line 27, in process_files<br /> File "C:\Program Files (x86)\IronPython 2.7\Lib\platform.py", line 1468, in python_version<br /> File "C:\Program Files (x86)\IronPython 2.7\Lib\platform.py", line 1389, in _sys_version<br />ValueError: failed to parse IronPython sys.version: '2.7.2b1 (IronPython 2.7.2b1<br /> (2.7.0.40) on .NET 4.0.30319.261 (32-bit))'Press any key to continue . . .<br />-------------------------------------------------<br />platform.python_implementation() which returns a string identifying the Python implementation aborts with the SAME message:<br />Traceback (most recent call last):<br /> File "C:\Users\jimp\Projects\AStyleDev\build\vs2010\ExamplePy\..\..\..\src-py\ExampleExe.py", line 90, in <module><br /> File "C:\Users\jimp\Projects\AStyleDev\build\vs2010\ExamplePy\..\..\..\src-py\ExampleExe.py", line 27, in process_files<br /> File "C:\Program Files (x86)\IronPython 2.7\Lib\platform.py", line 1458, in python_implementation<br /> File "C:\Program Files (x86)\IronPython 2.7\Lib\platform.py", line 1389, in _sys_version<br />ValueError: failed to parse IronPython sys.version: '2.7.2b1 (IronPython 2.7.2b1<br /> (2.7.0.40) on .NET 4.0.30319.261 (32-bit))'Press any key to continue . . .<br />-------------------------------------------------<br /><br />Commenting out platform.python_implementation() and platform.python_version() fixes the problem.<br />The code worked on 2.7.1."</p></div><div class="topic"><a name="toc_issue_3"></a><div class="topicHeader"><span class="topicTitle">3. [New comment] Allow resources when compiling with pyc.py</span> <a href="http://ironpython.codeplex.com/workitem/32289">view online</a></div><p>User jdhardy has commented on the issue:</p><p>"Managed resources - stuff you would use from WinForms, loadable with Assembly.GetManifestResourceStream, etc.<br /><br />The script would have to take advantage of it, but it would be valuable to make completely standalone executables. I would say it's not a particularly high priority unless someone else requests it, though."</p></div><div class="footer"><p>You are receiving this email because you subscribed to notifications on CodePlex.</p><p>To report a bug, request a feature, or add a comment, visit <a href="http://ironpython.codeplex.com/workitem/list/basic">IronPython Issue Tracker</a>. You can <a href="https://ironpython.codeplex.com/subscriptions/workitem/project/edit">unsubscribe or change your issue notification settings</a> on CodePlex.com.</p></div></div></body></html>