Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Feb 3)

[Gabriel Genellina]

QOTW:  "I think, in the spirit of the topic, they should hold it at both
places at the same time." - Brian Blais, on whether the Python Concurrency
Workshop, v2.0, should be in Chicago or Denver (in January!)


    The fastest way to consume an iterable until exhaustion:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/c1ae3513a31eb63e/
    
    When inheriting from a built-in class, it isn't obvious which of
    __new__ / __init__ should be overriden:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/a453c65be4e0f355/
    
    When importing a module, Python may pick the wrong one due to name
    clashes -- is this avoidable?
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/fe6430e7980e2a96/
    
    Setting a default encoding for 'print' statements:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/2fb77c8989f63f9d/
    
    Despite its name, the iglob function (in module glob) isn't completely
    lazy:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/d9a8617ec85e926d/
    
    list.pop(0) has very poor performance; collections.deque works better
    in some cases; patch to allow lists to free elements from head (not just
    from tail):
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/9221d87f93748b3f/
    
    How to parse ill-formed postal addresses:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/76a4ab9fd7279a4e/
    
    The future of Python 3:
        Adoption by Linux distros and package maintainers:
            http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/69463c4b9b1ecd8f/
        Library support:
            http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/ae138cefffed0d6b/
        Myths and fallacies:
            http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/8b8f4a9f999e33e8/
    
    Why choose Python (and not Ruby) in an introductory course to programming:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/dfe4f6c60032755e/
    
    How an extension module (written in C) may perform cleaning tasks:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/fbcb22b4401eaef1/
    
    "Really, the built-in scope is just a built-in module called builtins,
    but you have to import builtins to query built-ins because the name
    builtins is not itself built-in..." (Lutz & Ascher, 'Programming Python')
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/dc719a4d922f2f87/
    
    A new implementation of the GIL allows for much better performance
    in multicore architectures:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/586ef2d3685fa7ea/
    
    After a year of work with relative success, Unladen Swallow (a
    Google sponsored CPython improvement project) asks to be officially
    recognized:
        http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.devel/109919

    
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Everything Python-related you want is probably one or two clicks away in
these pages:

    Python.org's Python Language Website is the traditional
    center of Pythonia
        http://www.python.org
    Notice especially the master FAQ
        http://www.python.org/doc/FAQ.html

    PythonWare complements the digest you're reading with the
    marvelous daily python url
         http://www.pythonware.com/daily

    Just beginning with Python?  This page is a great place to start:
	http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/Programmers

    The Python Papers aims to publish "the efforts of Python enthusiasts":
	http://pythonpapers.org/
    The Python Magazine is a technical monthly devoted to Python:
	http://pythonmagazine.com

    Readers have recommended the "Planet" site:
	http://planet.python.org

    comp.lang.python.announce announces new Python software.  Be
    sure to scan this newsgroup weekly.
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python.announce/topics

    Python411 indexes "podcasts ... to help people learn Python ..."
    Updates appear more-than-weekly:
        http://www.awaretek.com/python/index.html

    The Python Package Index catalogues packages.
        http://www.python.org/pypi/

    Much of Python's real work takes place on Special-Interest Group
    mailing lists
        http://www.python.org/sigs/

    Python Success Stories--from air-traffic control to on-line
    match-making--can inspire you or decision-makers to whom you're
    subject with a vision of what the language makes practical.
        http://www.pythonology.com/success

    The Python Software Foundation (PSF) has replaced the Python
    Consortium as an independent nexus of activity.  It has official
    responsibility for Python's development and maintenance.
        http://www.python.org/psf/
    Among the ways you can support PSF is with a donation.
        http://www.python.org/psf/donations/

    The Summary of Python Tracker Issues is an automatically generated
    report summarizing new bugs, closed ones, and patch submissions. 
        http://search.gmane.org/?author=status%40bugs.python.org&group=gmane.comp.python.devel&sort=date

    Although unmaintained since 2002, the Cetus collection of Python
    hyperlinks retains a few gems.
        http://www.cetus-links.org/oo_python.html

    Python FAQTS
        http://python.faqts.com/

    The Cookbook is a collaborative effort to capture useful and
    interesting recipes.
	http://code.activestate.com/recipes/langs/python/

    Many Python conferences around the world are in preparation.
    Watch this space for links to them.

    Among several Python-oriented RSS/RDF feeds available, see:
        http://www.python.org/channews.rdf
    For more, see:
        http://www.syndic8.com/feedlist.php?ShowMatch=python&ShowStatus=all
    The old Python "To-Do List" now lives principally in a
    SourceForge reincarnation.
        http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=355470&group_id=5470&func=browse
	http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0042/

    del.icio.us presents an intriguing approach to reference commentary.
    It already aggregates quite a bit of Python intelligence.
        http://del.icio.us/tag/python

    Enjoy the *Python Magazine*.
	http://pymag.phparch.com/

    *Py: the Journal of the Python Language*
        http://www.pyzine.com

    Dr.Dobb's Portal is another source of Python news and articles:
        http://www.ddj.com/TechSearch/searchResults.jhtml?queryText=python
    and Python articles regularly appear at IBM DeveloperWorks:
        http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/search/searchResults.jsp?searchSite=dW&searchScope=dW&encodedQuery=python&rankprofile=8

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