Mailman 3 December 2001 - Python-announce-list

ANN: Jython-2.1 released.
by bckfnn＠worldonline.dk Dec. 31, 2001

Dec. 31, 2001

I am happy to announce the release of Jython 2.1. Jython is a Java implementation of the Python programming language. It allows users to compile Python source code to Java byte codes, and run the resulting bytecodes on any Java Virtual Machine. It is a very seamless and smooth integration with Java: from Python you have complete access to all Java libraries, can build applets, can integrate with Java beans, and can subclass Java classes in Python and vice versa. Like Python, and unlike Java, Jython can also be used interactively: just type some Jython code at the prompt and see the results immediately. A java installer is available for download at the Jython website: http://www.jython.org/ Installation is started by running the installer class. Further information and tips on installation is available at: http://www.jython.org/install.html Jython 2.1 is feature compatible with Python 2.1.1 and among the new feature are: - Improve speed when indexing a string and iterating over a string in a for loop. - Reworked coercing model (pep-0208) - Added {}.popitem(). - Improved speed for python files by buffering the RandomAccessFile. - Added function attributes (pep-0232) - Rich comparison (pep-0207) - Updated cPickle to handle CPython compatible unicode strings. - Updated sre to CPython-2.1a1 - Added the "new" module - Added a PyServlet class to the util package. - Warning framework (pep-0230). - Added sys.add_classdir and sys.add_extdir. - Added nested scope to the interpreter (pep-0227). - Added ReadlineConsole class. This class will make it a lot easier to integrate Bablok's readline support. - Display Hook for Interactive Use (pep-0217) - Added zlib, gzip and zipfile modules. - Added nested scope to jythonc (pep-0227). - A settable console encoding will allow windows users to enter national characters at the command prompt. - Non-public classes are available when respectJavaAccessibility is false - The names of zip- and jarfiles can be added to sys.path. - The weakref module is now available. - The sys.exitfunc hook is called on exit and the sys.excepthook is called when an exception occur. - A CPython compatible xreadlines module. - Support for os.environ and os.system() on common platforms. - Includes zxJDBC for Python DB API 2.0 compatibility. - support for callproc() in zxJDBC is now available for most simple stored procedure calls. The list of bugs fixed since the previous beta2 release includes: - [ #493359 ] Installer should include <EXIT> button - [ #495602 ] os.path.dirname() can result in an NPE - [ #495604 ] imp.find_module fails when None is 2 arg A complete list of changes and differences are available here: http://www.jython.org/NEWS.html Bugs can be reported to the bug manager on SourceForge: http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=12867 Happy New Year, the jython-developers

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ANN: HappyDoc 2.0
by Doug Hellmann Dec. 30, 2001

Dec. 30, 2001

Announcing the latest version of HappyDoc, a Python documentation extraction tool. HappyDoc is a tool for extracting documentation from Python source code. It differs from other such applications by the fact that it uses the parse tree for a module to derive the information used in its output, rather that importing the module directly. This allows the user to generate documentation for modules which need special context to be imported. More details are available on the HappyDoc home page at http://happydoc.sourceforge.net. !!! NOTICE !!! Before installing HappyDoc 2.0+, any version earlier than 2.0 must be removed. This includes the file 'happydoc.pth' and directory 'happydoc' in site-packages, as well as the executable 'happydoc' in the 'bin' directory. Version 2.0 -- - **New Features** - Rearranged much of the code base to create 'happydoclib' package. This package protects the namespace for HappyDoc related code, and makes it easier to reuse HappyDoc components in other projects. - Package descriptions can now come from the docstring of the '__init__.py' module, instead of always having to be in a README file. - **Bug Fixes** - Fixed a problem with the HTMLTable formatter that caused pages to look odd in browsers which don't handle width attributes the same way as Netscape. - Upgraded to newer version of StructuredText package from Zope CVS, resolving several rendering issues for the HTML formatter. - **Other Changes** - Changed command line argument handling to use '-' character in names in addtition to underscore. That is, defining an optionHandler_long_opt will allow the app to accept '--long-opt' or '--long_opt'. The help text uses the '-' form, but both are allowed on the command line for backwards compatability. - Updated test cases to streamline regression testing. - Rearranged some of the documentation from the root 'README.txt' into sub-packages. Download Download the latest version of HappyDoc from the home page on SourceForge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/happydoc

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PyXML 0.7 is released
by martin＠v.loewis.de Dec. 30, 2001

Dec. 30, 2001

Version 0.7 of the Python/XML distribution is now available. It should be considered a beta release, and can be downloaded from the following URLs: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/pyxml/PyXML-0.7.tar.gz http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/pyxml/PyXML-0.7.win32-py1.5.exe http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/pyxml/PyXML-0.7.win32-py2.0.exe http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/pyxml/PyXML-0.7.win32-py2.1.exe http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/pyxml/PyXML-0.7-1.5.2.i386.rpm http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/pyxml/PyXML-0.7-2.1.i386.rpm Changes in this version, compared to 0.6.6: * Expat 1.95.2 has been integrated. * James Tauber has contributed an implementation of TREX, in the xml.schema.trex module. * xmlproc has been updated to produce Unicode strings in Python 2.x using the Python codecs to convert the input. * 4XPath and 4XSLT from the 4Suite package have been integrated as xml.xpath and xml.xslt. Both packages are a few releases behind 4Suite. In case of conflicts with a 4Suite installation, passing --without-{xpath,xslt} to setup.py is recommended. * XBEL has been updated to revision 1.1. * The C14N code in xml.dom.ext.c14n was completely rewritten. * Swedish and French messages have been added to xmlproc. * New SAX2 drivers have been added for htmllib, sgmllib, sgmlop, and sgmlop_html. The Python/XML distribution contains the basic tools required for processing XML data using the Python programming language, assembled into one easy-to-install package. The distribution includes parsers and standard interfaces such as SAX and DOM, along with various other useful modules. The package currently contains: * XML parsers: Pyexpat (Jack Jansen), xmlproc (Lars Marius Garshol), sgmlop (Fredrik Lundh). * SAX interface (Lars Marius Garshol) * minidom DOM implementation (Paul Prescod) * 4DOM and 4XPath from Fourthought (Uche Ogbuji, Mike Olson) * Schema implementations: TREX (James Tauber) * Various utility modules and functions (various people) * Documentation and example programs (various people) The code is being developed bazaar-style by contributors from the Python XML Special Interest Group, so please send comments, questions, or bug reports to <xml-sig(a)python.org>. For more information about Python and XML, see: http://www.python.org/topics/xml/ -- Martin v. Löwis http://www.informatik.hu-berlin.de/~loewis

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ANN: Python 2.2 OS/2+EMX port - additional extensions available
by Andrew MacIntyre Dec. 30, 2001

Dec. 30, 2001

I have uploaded two additional extension packages for my port of Python 2.2 to the incoming directory of the Hobbes (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/) OS/2 software archive, from whence they should be relocated to /pub/os2/dev/python. The distributed archives are: pil-1.1.2-emx-py22.zip (Python Imaging Library, 387kB) egenix-mx-base-2.0.3-emx-py22.zip (M-A Lemburg's mx base extensions, 660kB) More information about the port is available at http://www.andymac.org/python.html, along with the above archives if you can't find them at Hobbes. Please retrieve the archives from Hobbes where possible. OS/2 users enjoy! -- Andrew I MacIntyre "These thoughts are mine alone..." E-mail: andymac(a)bullseye.apana.org.au | Snail: PO Box 370 andymac(a)pcug.org.au | Belconnen ACT 2616 Web: http://www.andymac.org/ | Australia

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[ANN] Pyro 2.3 available
by Irmen de Jong Dec. 28, 2001

Dec. 28, 2001

You can get the latest Pyro version (2.3) at http://pyro.sourceforge.net What's new: Event server fixes (not all problems yet, but many) Speed improvements. Documentation updates. Name Server resolving by hostname config item. What is Pyro? Pyro is an acronym for PYthon Remote Objects. It is a basic Distributed Object Technology system written entirely in Python. It is extremely easy to implement a distributed system with Pyro, because all network communication code is abstracted and hidden from your application. You just get a remote Python object and invoke methods on the object on the other machine. Pyro offers you a Name Server, an Event Service, mobile objects, remote exceptions, dynamic proxies, remote attribute access, automatic reconnection, a detailed manual, and many examples to get you started right away. Irmen de Jong

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REPOST: [ANN] Pyro 2.3 available
by Irmen de Jong Dec. 28, 2001

Dec. 28, 2001

You can get the latest Pyro version (2.3) at http://pyro.sourceforge.net What's new: Event server fixes (not all problems yet, but many) Speed improvements. Documentation updates. Name Server resolving by hostname config item. What is Pyro? Pyro is an acronym for PYthon Remote Objects. It is a basic Distributed Object Technology system written entirely in Python. It is extremely easy to implement a distributed system with Pyro, because all network communication code is abstracted and hidden from your application. You just get a remote Python object and invoke methods on the object on the other machine. Pyro offers you a Name Server, an Event Service, mobile objects, remote exceptions, dynamic proxies, remote attribute access, automatic reconnection, a detailed manual, and many examples to get you started right away. Irmen de Jong ========= WAS CANCELLED BY =======: Path: news.sol.net!spool0-nwblwi.newsops.execpc.com!newsfeeds.sol.net!newspump.sol.net!newsfeed.cwix.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!feeder.kornet.net!news1.kornet.net!ua4canc3ll3r From: "Irmen de Jong" <usenet(a)NOSPAM-irmen.cjb.net> Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: cmsg cancel <mailman.1009707903.17187.clpa-moderators(a)python.org> Control: cancel <mailman.1009707903.17187.clpa-moderators(a)python.org> Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 03:41:26 GMT Organization: A poorly-installed InterNetNews site Lines: 2 Message-ID: <cancel.mailman.1009707903.17187.clpa-moderators(a)python.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: 211.57.49.2 X-Trace: news2.kornet.net 1009774269 27193 211.57.49.2 (31 Dec 2001 04:51:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet(a)news2.kornet.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 04:51:09 +0000 (UTC) X-No-Archive: yes X-Unac4ncel: yes X-Commentary: I love NewsAgent 1.10 and the Sandblaster Cancel Engine Build 74 (19 March 1999) This message was cancelled from within Mozilla.

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ANN: mkpythonproj 1.4
by Harry George Dec. 28, 2001

Dec. 28, 2001

mkpythonproj generates full GNU-style projects, with setup,py, unittest-style tests, pydoc-compliant modules, and additional documentation. Individual modules can also be generated (e.g., after a project has been started). The structure of the modules is driven by templates. See: http://www.seanet.com/~hgg9140/comp/mkpythonproj-1.4/doc/index.html Download from: http://www.seanet.com/~hgg9140/comp/ Recent changes: 2001-12-28: v1.4 - Converted basic documentation to GNU style text files (CHANGES, README, etc.). 2001-10-30: v1.3 - Seperated "BODY" template, so other bodies can be used. - Provide for alternative #!commands -- Harry George hgg9140(a)seanet.com

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REPOST: ANN: mkpythonproj 1.4
by Harry George Dec. 28, 2001

Dec. 28, 2001

mkpythonproj generates full GNU-style projects, with setup,py, unittest-style tests, pydoc-compliant modules, and additional documentation. Individual modules can also be generated (e.g., after a project has been started). The structure of the modules is driven by templates. See: http://www.seanet.com/~hgg9140/comp/mkpythonproj-1.4/doc/index.html Download from: http://www.seanet.com/~hgg9140/comp/ Recent changes: 2001-12-28: v1.4 - Converted basic documentation to GNU style text files (CHANGES, README, etc.). 2001-10-30: v1.3 - Seperated "BODY" template, so other bodies can be used. - Provide for alternative #!commands -- Harry George hgg9140(a)seanet.com ========= WAS CANCELLED BY =======: Path: news.sol.net!spool0-nwblwi.newsops.execpc.com!newsfeeds.sol.net!newspump.sol.net!newsfeed.cwix.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!feeder.kornet.net!news1.kornet.net!ua4canc3ll3r From: Harry George <hgg9140(a)seanet.com> Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: cmsg cancel <mailman.1009707902.17186.clpa-moderators(a)python.org> Control: cancel <mailman.1009707902.17186.clpa-moderators(a)python.org> Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 02:42:00 GMT Organization: A poorly-installed InterNetNews site Lines: 2 Message-ID: <cancel.mailman.1009707902.17186.clpa-moderators(a)python.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: 211.57.49.2 X-Trace: news2.kornet.net 1009774278 27193 211.57.49.2 (31 Dec 2001 04:51:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet(a)news2.kornet.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 04:51:18 +0000 (UTC) X-No-Archive: yes X-Unac4ncel: yes X-Commentary: I love NewsAgent 1.10 and the Sandblaster Cancel Engine Build 74 (19 March 1999) This message was cancelled from within Mozilla.

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ANN: pyperlish 1.4
by Harry George Dec. 28, 2001

Dec. 28, 2001

pyperlish is a python emulation of essential perl mechnaisms, allowing use of perl-based idioms. particularly useful for perl-ists considering using python (or attempting to port code to python). Originally named "pyperl", but that name was usurped by Zope, so we gone to pyperlish. See: http://www.seanet.com/~hgg9140/comp/pyperlish-1.2/doc/index.html Download at: http://www.seanet.com/~hgg9140/comp Recent changes: 2001-12-28: 1.2 Converted tests to uniuttest style. Converted docstring to pydoc style. Fixed "split" to properly detect no maxcnt. 2001-09-29: 1.1 Renamed from pyperl to pyperlish, to avoid conflict with Zope's new pyperl. -- Harry George hgg9140(a)seanet.com

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REPOST: ANN: pyperlish 1.4
by Harry George Dec. 28, 2001

Dec. 28, 2001

pyperlish is a python emulation of essential perl mechnaisms, allowing use of perl-based idioms. particularly useful for perl-ists considering using python (or attempting to port code to python). Originally named "pyperl", but that name was usurped by Zope, so we gone to pyperlish. See: http://www.seanet.com/~hgg9140/comp/pyperlish-1.2/doc/index.html Download at: http://www.seanet.com/~hgg9140/comp Recent changes: 2001-12-28: 1.2 Converted tests to uniuttest style. Converted docstring to pydoc style. Fixed "split" to properly detect no maxcnt. 2001-09-29: 1.1 Renamed from pyperl to pyperlish, to avoid conflict with Zope's new pyperl. -- Harry George hgg9140(a)seanet.com ========= WAS CANCELLED BY =======: Path: news.sol.net!spool1-nwblwi.newsops.execpc.com!newsfeeds.sol.net!news-out.visi.com!hermes.visi.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!feeder.kornet.net!news1.kornet.net!ua4canc3ll3r From: Harry George <hgg9140(a)seanet.com> Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: cmsg cancel <mailman.1009707902.17185.clpa-moderators(a)python.org> Control: cancel <mailman.1009707902.17185.clpa-moderators(a)python.org> Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 02:34:42 GMT Organization: A poorly-installed InterNetNews site Lines: 2 Message-ID: <cancel.mailman.1009707902.17185.clpa-moderators(a)python.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: 211.57.49.2 X-Trace: news2.kornet.net 1009774275 27193 211.57.49.2 (31 Dec 2001 04:51:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet(a)news2.kornet.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 04:51:15 +0000 (UTC) X-No-Archive: yes X-Unac4ncel: yes X-Commentary: I love NewsAgent 1.10 and the Sandblaster Cancel Engine Build 74 (19 March 1999) This message was cancelled from within Mozilla.

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