Mailman 3 September 1999 - Python-announce-list

Apache: new release 1.3.9 and nice change for Windows CGI debugging
by Ivan Van Laningham Sept. 23, 1999

Sept. 23, 1999

Hi All-- I just received the email announcement for the release of Apache 1.3.9, and noticed this little announcement in the blurb for changes: > - Script errors on Windows are now copied to the server's error log > if the scripts fail; this is closer to the Unix behaviour. That should help debugging a little. The Apache team recommends that you upgrade to 1.3.9. I'll be doing it today sometime. <remember-python-is-a-scripting-language>-ly y'rs, Ivan;-) ---------------------------------------------- Ivan Van Laningham Callware Technologies, Inc. ivanlan(a)callware.com ivanlan(a)home.com http://www.pauahtun.org See also: http://www.foretec.com/python/workshops/1998-11/proceedings.html Army Signal Corps: Cu Chi, Class of '70 ---------------------------------------------- -- ----------- comp.lang.python.announce (moderated) ---------- Article Submission Address: python-announce(a)python.org Python Language Home Page: http://www.python.org/ Python Quick Help Index: http://www.python.org/Help.html ------------------------------------------------------------

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Python Extended Call Syntax Enhancement
by Greg Ewing Sept. 23, 1999

Sept. 23, 1999

I have implemented the suggestion I made a while back concerning an extended call syntax which would let you write class Foo(Blarg): def __init__(self, a, b, c, *args, **kw): Blarg.__init__(self, *args, **kw) You can get the patch from: http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~greg/python/extcall.html <P><A HREF="http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~greg/python/extcall.html"> Extended Call Syntax</A> - Greg Ewing's implementation of extended argument passing syntax (for use e.g. in class constructors). (29-Aug-99) == Greg Ewing, Computer Science Dept, | The address below is not spam- University of Canterbury, | protected, so as not to waste Christchurch, New Zealand | the time of Guido van Rossum. greg(a)cosc.canterbury.ac.nz -- ----------- comp.lang.python.announce (moderated) ---------- Article Submission Address: python-announce(a)python.org Python Language Home Page: http://www.python.org/ Python Quick Help Index: http://www.python.org/Help.html ------------------------------------------------------------

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DCOracle v1.3.0 Released
by Christopher Petrilli Sept. 23, 1999

Sept. 23, 1999

We are proud to announce the arrival of a new bouncy baby Oracle adapter for the Python community. This release fixes some outstanding bugs, as well as adding one new feature: statement handles. You can find it at: http://www.zope.org/Products/DCOracle Changes are as follows: Digital Creations Oracle Release Notes 1.3.0 This release adds support for statement handles using the db.prepare() syntax. Bugs fixed: - Various LONG/LONG RAW mishandlings in return machinery. 1.2.1 This is a bug fix release Bugs fixed: - When connecting to Oracle 8, connection strings with a server name were not parsed correctly. - Connection errors were reported incorrectly. 1.2.0 This release adds Oracle large object (LOB) support when used with Oracle 8. 1.1.0 The organization os the release has changed substantially to reflect the gact that it is an open source release. Bug Fixes - Connection to Oracle 7 databases failed due to details in passing unused arguments to the database logon call. - dbi.dbiDate did not handle time time and some string inputs to it's constructor properly. - Stored procedure support was completely broken. Features - Added two new database utility methods: objects(system=0) -- Get names and types for user or system objects. getSource(proc) -- Get the source for a named procedure or function. - When passing a single argument to a cursor (or database) execute method, the single argument need not be tuplated. For example:: c.execute('select from friends where name=:p1', 'Guido') is equivalent to:: c.execute('select from friends where name=:p1', ('Guido',)) - Now use defered parse mode which reduces communication with the database server by defering certain communication. This may speed things up quite a bit. 1.0 This is the first release of the Digital Creations Oracle Package. == | Christopher Petrilli Python Powered Digital Creations, Inc. | petrilli(a)digicool.com http://www.digicool.com <P><A HREF="http://www.zope.org/Products/DCOracle/">DCOracle 1.3.0</A> - a DBI-compliant extension module for Oracle. (27-Aug-99) -- ----------- comp.lang.python.announce (moderated) ---------- Article Submission Address: python-announce(a)python.org Python Language Home Page: http://www.python.org/ Python Quick Help Index: http://www.python.org/Help.html ------------------------------------------------------------

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Article: Writing CGI Programs in Python
by Markus Fleck Sept. 23, 1999

Sept. 23, 1999

Developer Shed: Writing CGI Programs in Python Aug 27, 1999, 00:10 UTC (0 Talkbacks) [ Thanks to Matt Maxwell for this link. ] "Python is a powerful, free, open source, general purpose, interpreted programming language. Python runs on a wide variety of platforms including Linux..." "Python is roughly comparable to Perl or Java, though it has several significant strengths (and a few disadvantages) over each. Python makes it very easy to write clean, maintainable, and powerful programs for a variety of tasks with minimum hassle." "... an old-time Perl hacker will usually tell you that Perl really shines in one-person 'quickie' jobs that will never have to be maintained by another human being. The combination of Perl's line-noise-like syntax and "There's More Than One Way To Do It" philosophy often results in an unmaintainable mess of a program." "... if you are starting a brand new web application, you should consider Python and its "There Should Be One Obvious Way To Do It" philosophy. "Python has a much cleaner syntax than most languages and object orientation is built right into the core." Complete story: http://www.devshed.com/Server_Side/Python/CGI/ Related Stories: - CNET Builder.com: The Most Elegant Scripting Language You'll Probably Never Use (Aug 22, 1999) http://linuxtoday.com/story.php3?sn=9043 - DevShed: Introduction to Zope (Aug 10, 1999) http://linuxtoday.com/story.php3?sn=8549 All times are recorded in UTC. Copyright (c)1999 by Linux Today (webmaster(a)linuxtoday.com) Linux Today is a corporate member of Linux International. Original URL: http://linuxtoday.com/cgi-bin/printstory.cgi?sn=9247 <P><A HREF="http://www.devshed.com/Server_Side/Python/CGI/">Writing CGI Programs in Python</A> - article at devshed.com. (27-Aug-99) -- ----------- comp.lang.python.announce (moderated) ---------- Article Submission Address: python-announce(a)python.org Python Language Home Page: http://www.python.org/ Python Quick Help Index: http://www.python.org/Help.html ------------------------------------------------------------

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[fm] qtime-collection 1.6.1
by Markus Fleck Sept. 23, 1999

Sept. 23, 1999

qtime-collection 1.6.1 Klaus Alexander Seistrup - August 22nd 1999, 17:37 EST qtime is a small and simple program that pronounces the time in English. This collection consists of qtime written in AWK, C, ICI, Icon, JavaScript, Lite/mSQL, PHP3, Pike, Python, REBOL, Rexx, Ruby, SLang and Spanner. Changes: This is the first public announcement. Download: http://www.magnetic-ink.dk/download/qtime.html Alternate Download: ftp://magnetic-ink.dk/pub/ Author: Klaus Alexander Seistrup License: GPL Category: Development/Languages copyright (c) 1999 scoop(a)freshmeat.net <P><A HREF="http://www.magnetic-ink.dk/download/qtime.html">qtime-collection 1.6.1</A> - simple program telling the time, written in various programming languages, including Python. (22-Aug-99) -- ----------- comp.lang.python.announce (moderated) ---------- Article Submission Address: python-announce(a)python.org Python Language Home Page: http://www.python.org/ Python Quick Help Index: http://www.python.org/Help.html ------------------------------------------------------------

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README: Python-URL! - the weekly guide to Python resources (Sep 20)
by David Ascher Sept. 21, 1999

Sept. 21, 1999

Almost lost in a sea of messages about programming in the dark ages, we find some gems in this week's Python universe: g.j. andruk (a.k.a. Meow) releases a module to speed up reading from files, using some of Rich $alz's INN code. Expect 2x-5x speedup on standard line-at-a-time usage. http://members.xoom.com/meowing/python/ An interesting discussion on the topic of making translatable strings emerges. Thread starts at: http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=525858204 Christian Tismer makes a binary installer of the XML-SIG package for Windows users: http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=526763176 BioPython.org is announced: an effort devoted to facilitating and promoting the use of Python in bioinformatics http://www.biopython.org Damien Norton provides generic code to deal with the pesky problem of timeouts on sockets without using select(): http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=526840052 Paul Dubois announces version 2 of PyFort, a tool to interface Python and Fortran. http://xfiles.llnl.gov/python.htm Reminder: The Python Conference is accepting paper submissions until the end of the month (with special interest in Zope and finance expressed from various quarters): http://www.python.org/workshops/2000-01/cfp.html http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=525600398 ========================================================================= Everything you want is probably one or two clicks away in these pages: Python.org's Python Language Website is the center of Pythonia http://www.python.org Much of Python's real work takes place on Special-Interest Group mailing lists http://www.python.org/sigs/ Python Consortium emerges as an independent nexus of activity http://www.python.org/consortium Python To-Do List anticipates some of Python's future direction http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/todo.py Python Journal is at work on its second issue http://www.pythonjournal.com Links2Go is a new semi-automated link collection; it's impressive what AI can generate http://www.links2go.com/search?search=python Archive probing trick of the trade: http://www.dejanews.com/dnquery.xp?QRY=&DBS=2&ST=PS&defaultOp=AND&LNG=ALL&f… Previous - (U)se the (R)esource, (L)uke! - messages are listed here: http://purl.org/thecliff/python/url.html or http://www.dejanews.com/dnquery.xp?QRY=~g%20comp.lang.python%20Python-URL%21 Suggestions/corrections for next week's posting are always welcome. http://www.egroups.com/list/python-url-leads/ To receive a new issue of this posting in e-mail each Monday morning, ask <claird(a)neosoft.com> to subscribe. -- The Python-URL! Team-- == Cameron Laird http://starbase.neosoft.com/~claird/home.html claird(a)NeoSoft.com +1 281 996 8546 FAX -- ----------- comp.lang.python.announce (moderated) ---------- Article Submission Address: python-announce(a)python.org Python Language Home Page: http://www.python.org/ Python Quick Help Index: http://www.python.org/Help.html ------------------------------------------------------------

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Reminder: Python Conference papers due soon!
by Guido van Rossum Sept. 21, 1999

Sept. 21, 1999

The deadline for paper submissions for the next Python conference is nearing! Make sure that if you are considering submitting a paper, the program chair sees your paper by SEPTEMBER 30. Papers can be on any Python, JPython or Zope related subject. Papers will be reviewed and the best papers will be selected for presentation. You will hear about selection by October 22. For more information, see the official call for papers: http://www.python.org/workshops/2000-01/cfp.html ** We are planning a significant Zope presence at this conference! ** The conference will be held from January 24-27 in Alexandria, VA (just across the Potomac from DC). Make Python the first conference in the new millennium you visit! For more info, see the conference home page: http://www.python.org/workshops/2000-01/ Send all email questions about papers to: ipc8papers(a)cs.uchicago.edu --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) (And sorry for the broad spamming.) -- ----------- comp.lang.python.announce (moderated) ---------- Article Submission Address: python-announce(a)python.org Python Language Home Page: http://www.python.org/ Python Quick Help Index: http://www.python.org/Help.html ------------------------------------------------------------

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Zope Weekly News - Wed, 15 Sep 1999
by Amos Latteier Sept. 21, 1999

Sept. 21, 1999

Hello, The new Zope.org community portal site went live this week. http://www.zope.org/ Currently there are over 600 Members. The new site is focused on providing a framework for the Zope community to develop and share on-line resources. The new Zope.org site is running Zope 2 and makes heavy use of the Portal Toolkit, the Catalog and ZClasses. * Evan Simpson's Python Methods product which allows editing of Python methods through the web got a lot of attention this week. Version 0.1.1 was announced and lots of discussion ensued on the Zope and Zope-dev lists. http://www.zope.org/Members/4am/PythonMethod * Dan York posted a note about having a Zope "Birds of a Feather" session at the Atlanta Linux Showcase. http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope/1999-September/009984.html * Andrew Kuchling asked about forming a Zope calendar SIG, and some interesting ideas were posted. http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope/1999-September/010016.html * Paul Everitt posted about a Bruce Perens interview in Upside that mentions Zope. http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope/1999-September/010071.html http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=37d5a4590 * Chris McDonough announced a smbUserFolder product to allow Zope to authenticate users based on their Windows NT domain credentials. http://www.zope.org/Members/mcdonc/smbUserFolder http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope/1999-September/010116.html * Lots of discussion on various types of caching came up this week. Here are some highlights. http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope/1999-September/010346.html http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope/1999-September/010372.html * Andy Dustman announced MySQLdb-0.1.0 which includes a patch for ZMySQLDA. http://starship.python.net/crew/adustman http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope/1999-September/010393.html * Ross Lazarus announced a LDAPAdapter product. http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope/1999-September/010416.html http://www.zope.org/Members/rossl/LDAPAdapter See you next week. -Amos == Amos Latteier mailto:amos@digicool.com Digital Creations http://www.digicool.com -- ----------- comp.lang.python.announce (moderated) ---------- Article Submission Address: python-announce(a)python.org Python Language Home Page: http://www.python.org/ Python Quick Help Index: http://www.python.org/Help.html ------------------------------------------------------------

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README: Python-URL! - the weekly guide to Python resources (Sep 13)
by David Ascher Sept. 21, 1999

Sept. 21, 1999

This week's dispatch from the world of spam, spam and spam 'n eggs: Frank Willison, O'Reilly's editor in chief, muses about the open source communities in his column, and wears a subversive t-shirt when he talks to TechNetCast: http://www.oreilly.com/frank/ http://www.technetcast.com/tnc_program.html?program_id=38 Mike Olson gives a one-page (well, one HTML page!) introduction to CORBA, ORBs, etc. in LinuxWorld: http://www.linuxworld.com/linuxworld/lw-1999-09/lw-09-corba_1.htmlc Remco Gerlich reveals how to use Python's underappreciated line-completion tool automatically: http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=522511625 Jeffrey Kunce gives some sample code to interface to Novell's Groupwise mailboxes: http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=522571735 In a continuing heroic effort to answer as many questions as the bots, Robert Kern points out the best resources for folks wishing to learn how to program using Python: http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=523189453 The regularly expressed problem of finding strings is match()'ed by, naturally speaking, Tim Peters: http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=523934915 Once again, Greg Ewing discreetly throws a grenade into the jello bowl. This time, it's an implementation of a perennial favorite topic from the functional subspace, list comprehensions: http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=523672423 ========================================================================= Everything you want is probably one or two clicks away in these pages: Python.org's Python Language Website is the center of Pythonia http://www.python.org Much of Python's real work takes place on Special-Interest Group mailing lists http://www.python.org/sigs/ Python Consortium emerges as an independent nexus of activity http://www.python.org/consortium Python To-Do List anticipates some of Python's future direction http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/todo.py Python Journal is at work on its second issue http://www.pythonjournal.com Links2Go is a new semi-automated link collection; it's impressive what AI can generate http://www.links2go.com/search?search=python Archive probing trick of the trade: http://www.dejanews.com/dnquery.xp?QRY=&DBS=2&ST=PS&defaultOp=AND&LNG=ALL&f… Previous - (U)se the (R)esource, (L)uke! - messages are listed here: http://purl.org/thecliff/python/url.html or http://www.dejanews.com/dnquery.xp?QRY=~g%20comp.lang.python%20Python-URL%21 Suggestions/corrections for next week's posting are always welcome. http://www.egroups.com/list/python-url-leads/ To receive a new issue of this posting in e-mail each Monday morning, ask <claird(a)neosoft.com> to subscribe. -- The Python-URL! Team-- == Cameron Laird http://starbase.neosoft.com/~claird/home.html claird(a)NeoSoft.com +1 281 996 8546 FAX -- ----------- comp.lang.python.announce (moderated) ---------- Article Submission Address: python-announce(a)python.org Python Language Home Page: http://www.python.org/ Python Quick Help Index: http://www.python.org/Help.html ------------------------------------------------------------

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Zope Weekly News - Wed, 8 Sep 1999
by Amos Latteier Sept. 21, 1999

Sept. 21, 1999

Hi, Now that Zope 2.0 final is out, it's time to start trying to understand and put to use all the cool new stuff in Zope 2. The new Zope.org website, while still in beta, is starting to become a great source of information for Zope users. There are already 37 How-Tos on the site, all searchable. The new site will soon replace the existing Zope.org site. * Chris Petrilli updated the Oracle and ODBC Database Adapters. http://www.zope.org:18200/Products/DA/ZOracleDA http://www.zope.org:18200/Products/DA/ZODBCDA http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope-announce/1999-September/000031.html * Amos Latteier released Alpha 2 of XML Document http://www.zope.org:18200/Products/XMLDocument http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope-announce/1999-September/000028.html * Brian Lloyd posted an informative How-To on External Methods http://www.zope.org:18200/Documentation/How-To/ExternalMethods * Work continues on the new Zope.org site. Mike Pelletier has been hardening the cataloging and reviewing facilities and sprucing up the existing ZClasses. Amos Latteier posted a proposal for Topic objects to help with organizing and browsing content. Currently there are 537 Members of Zope.org! http://www.zope.org:18200 http://www.zope.org:18200/Members/Amos/TopicProposal * The 5th Berlin BBQ hosted by beehive happens Friday, September 17 at 16:00. Be there if you can make it to Berlin! http://www.zope.org:18200/Members/webman/berlinBBQ5 * The Portland Oregon Python Interest Group had it's first meeting on 9/6/1999. Amos Latteier gave a talk on Zope and XML. The slides are on-line. http://www.zope.org:18200/Members/Amos/XMLSlides/PORPIGgies * Evan Simpson released version 0.0.1 of his very cool Python Method Product. This product promises to allow safe Python programming through the web! http://www.zope.org:18200/Members/4am/pm0-0-1 * Andreas Kostyrka posted a fix for using Confera 1.3.1 with Zope 2.0 final. http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope/1999-September/009411.html * Zope t-shirts were discussed. It turns out that some already exist, and that the have a dangerous logo on the back. http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope/1999-September/009479.html http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope/1999-September/009526.html * Janko Hauser posted about CIS (Community Information System) a very impressive looking Zope project. http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope/1999-September/009641.html http://www.bionode.com/cis/ * If you haven't already seen it, check out the ZDP's awesome Zope Quick Reference. http://www.zope.org/pipermail/zope/1999-September/009899.html http://www.zope.org:18200/Members/ZQR/ See you next week. -Amos == Amos Latteier mailto:amos@digicool.com Digital Creations http://www.digicool.com -- ----------- comp.lang.python.announce (moderated) ---------- Article Submission Address: python-announce(a)python.org Python Language Home Page: http://www.python.org/ Python Quick Help Index: http://www.python.org/Help.html ------------------------------------------------------------

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