Mailman 3 April 2001 - Python-announce-list

ANNOUNCE: Python 2.1 final release
by Guido van Rossum April 17, 2001

April 17, 2001

Yes, the *final* release of Python 2.1 is now available. Thanks again for all who helped! Go here for downloads and information: http://www.python.org/2.1/ As a reminder, here's a list of some of the big new features in 2.1 (news since 2.0 was released in October 2000): - nested scopes and __future__ directives - rich comparisons and new coercion model - warnings framework - new build process (Unix) - weak references - function attributes - unittest and doctest modules for automated testing - ports to several new platforms, including Cygwin and RISCOS --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)

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[Application] Decision_Analysis
by Ron Stephens April 17, 2001

April 17, 2001

Decision_Analysis ----------------- A program to help you make decisions. Decision_Analysis is a mini-Expert System or AI application. It helps a user rank and analyze various alternatives in making decisions. It includes a general sub-program to use on any question, big or small, and four sub-programs to illustrate the application of the program to specific areas. This code is expected to be under continuous development and all inputs are welcome and appreciated! URL: http://www.awaretek.com/python.html Download: http://www.awaretek.com/Decision_Analysis_Beta27.py License: GPL Platform: all platforms Categories: Miscellany, Expert Systems or AI Ron Stephens (rdsteph(a)earthlink.net) http://www.awaretek.com -- <a href="http://www.awaretek.com/python.html">Decision_Analysis</a> -- A program to help you make decisions.

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Re: QuakeWorld Python 1.1
by Barry Pederson April 17, 2001

April 17, 2001

QuakeWorld Python 1.1 is now available at http://qwpython.sourceforge.net This Python-powered version of QuakeWorld should now compile cleanly and run under Linux, and also includes sample code for running games as WinNT/Win2k services. The translated version of CTF (Capture the Flag) has been gone over by hand and cleaned up a bit. Barry

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[ANN] Chinese translation of "Dive Into Python"
by Mark Pilgrim April 16, 2001

April 16, 2001

"Dive Into Python", a free Python tutorial for experienced programmers, has been translated into Chinese by limodou. You can read it online here: http://diveintopython.org/cn/ Or you can download it here: http://diveintopython.org/download/cn/diveintopython.zip The translator's home page is here: http://www.phprecord.com/bin/index1.php3 Thanks and congratulations all around! -M -- You're smart; why haven't you learned Python yet? http://diveintopython.org/

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ANNOUNCE: A *second* Python 2.1 release candidate!
by Guido van Rossum April 16, 2001

April 16, 2001

We found and fixed a rare but serious bug in the dictionary code, and fixed enough small nits to warrant a second release candidate for Python 2.1 -- the final release is still planned for Tuesday, April 17. Please download the release candidate and try it on your favorite platform. For more info: http://www.python.org/2.1/ Enjoy! --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)

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2.1c1 RPMs (was: Re: ANNOUNCE: A Python 2.1 release candidate!)
by Sean Reifschneider April 16, 2001

April 16, 2001

On Fri, Apr 13, 2001 at 05:18:40PM -0500, Guido van Rossum wrote: >Python 2.1 is almost ready. We've built a release candidate -- a >version that should become the final version, barring any last-minute I've built a set of RPMs against 2.1c1, they're available at the same bat-place: ftp://ftp.tummy.com/pub/tummy/RPMS/SRPMS/python2-2.1c1-1tummy.src.rpm and binaries for RedHat/KRUD 7.0 under: ftp://ftp.tummy.com/pub/tummy/RPMS/binaries-KRUD-7.0-i386 python2-2.1c1-1tummy.i386.rpm python2-devel-2.1c1-1tummy.i386.rpm python2-tkinter-2.1c1-1tummy.i386.rpm Enjoy, Sean -- Program *INTO* a language, not *IN* it. -- David Gries Sean Reifschneider, Inimitably Superfluous <jafo(a)tummy.com> tummy.com - Linux Consulting since 1995. Qmail, KRUD, Firewalls, Python

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ANNOUNCE: A Python 2.1 release candidate!
by Guido van Rossum April 13, 2001

April 13, 2001

Python 2.1 is almost ready. We've built a release candidate -- a version that should become the final version, barring any last-minute showstopper bugs (which will of course be fixed before releasing the final version). Thanks to all who helped! Please download the release candidate and use it on your favorite platform. For more info: http://www.python.org/2.1/ There's not much new since 2.1b2: we mostly fixed bugs and added documentation. Some things that *did* change visibly: - Ping added an interactive help browser to pydoc. (Very cool! Try it!) - Eric Raymond extended the pstats module with a simple interactive statistics browser, invoked when the module is run as a script. - An updated python-mode.el version 4.0 which integrates Ken Manheimer's pdbtrack.el. This makes debugging Python code via pdb much nicer in XEmacs and Emacs. When stepping through your program with pdb, in either the shell window or the *Python* window, the source file and line will be tracked by an arrow. - After a public outcry, assignment to __debug__ is no longer illegal; instead, a warning is issued. It will become illegal in 2.2. - New port: SCO Unixware 7, by Billy G. Allie. - Updated the RISCOS port. We expect to release the final version on Tuesday morning, April 17. Enjoy! --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)

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[Module] PyWISARD
by Parnassus Submission April 13, 2001

April 13, 2001

PyWISARD -------- A WISARD weightless neural network implementation. PyWISARD is a WISARD implementation suitable to work with binary images (PPM format). It contains a wisard neural network module in python, a simple Tkinter GUI and a HTML presentation. URL: www.geocities.com/iwickert/pywisard.html License: GPL Gui: Tkinter Categories: Math, Misc Iuri Wickert www.geocities.com/iwickert -- <a href="www.geocities.com/iwickert/pywisard.html">PyWISARD</a> -- A WISARD weightless neural network implementation.

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python-dev summary, 2001-03-19 - 2001-04-12
by Michael Hudson April 12, 2001

April 12, 2001

This is a summary of traffic on the python-dev mailing list between Mar 29 and Apr 11 (inclusive) 2001. It is intended to inform the wider Python community of ongoing developments. To comment, just post to python-list(a)python.org or comp.lang.python in the usual way. Give your posting a meaningful subject line, and if it's about a PEP, include the PEP number (e.g. Subject: PEP 201 - Lockstep iteration) All python-dev members are interested in seeing ideas discussed by the community, so don't hesitate to take a stance on a PEP if you have an opinion. This is the fifth summary written by Michael Hudson. Summaries are archived at: <http://starship.python.net/crew/mwh/summaries/> Posting distribution (with apologies to mbm) Number of articles in summary: 166 25 | [|] | [|] [|] | [|] [|] | [|] [|] 20 | [|] [|] [|] | [|] [|] [|] | [|] [|] [|] | [|] [|] [|] 15 | [|] [|] [|] [|] | [|] [|] [|] [|] | [|] [|] [|] [|] | [|] [|] [|] [|] [|] [|] 10 | [|] [|] [|] [|] [|] [|] [|] | [|] [|] [|] [|] [|] [|] [|] | [|] [|] [|] [|] [|] [|] [|] | [|] [|] [|] [|] [|] [|] [|] [|] [|] 5 | [|] [|] [|] [|] [|] [|] [|] [|] [|] [|] [|] | [|] [|] [|] [|] [|] [|] [|] [|] [|] [|] [|] [|] | [|] [|] [|] [|] [|] [|] [|] [|] [|] [|] [|] [|] [|] | [|] [|] [|] [|] [|] [|] [|] [|] [|] [|] [|] [|] [|] [|] 0 +-003-022-002-006-005-013-007-013-026-012-006-017-027-007 Thu 29| Sat 31| Mon 02| Wed 04| Fri 06| Sun 08| Tue 10| Fri 30 Sun 01 Tue 03 Thu 05 Sat 07 Mon 09 Wed 11 Not much traffic this fortnight. As ever, lots of bug-fixing for 2.1. If all goes to plan, I won't be able to say that in the next summary! * Assigning to __debug__ * About 2 weeks ago, changes were checked in that made assignments to the magic variable __debug__ SyntaxErrors. Martin von Loewis pointed out that this would probably break code, and thus not be well received: <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2001-March/013995.html> There was general agreement, and it was decided that the error would be reduced to a warning. Code to this effect has now been checked in. * Inverse string interpolation * Peter Funk posted a proposal for using the "/" operator on strings as a kind of dual to "%", i.e. be to "%" what "scanf" is to "printf" in C: <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2001-April/014027.html> There was muted approval for the idea, but less so for the spelling. Of course "scanf" isn't much better unless you've programmed in C... It's possible that this functionality will be somewhere in Python 2.2 (though builtin, module, infix operator or string method is still to be decided, and it might be conditional on someone coming up with a good name!). * Line endings * A recurring theme (with a pretty long period) cropped up again: that of line endings in Python source code. The thread stars here: <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2001-April/014090.html> At present, one cannot import a file with Unix line endings on the Macintosh. While it would be relatively straightforward to bodge the compiler into accepting any of \n, \r or \r\n as a line terminator, this would not entirely solve the problem; for instance linecache.py in the standard library would need to be fixed. One option would be to implement a wrapper around file objects that would make .readline() work with all line endings. However, this would be entertainingly difficult to get right on all platforms... You author hopes resolution is near, but admits to being slightly confused about the details! * Release schedule * A release candidate for Python 2.1 should be released tomorrow (the 13th), and if all goes well, the final release will be on Monday (the 16th). Fingers crossed everyone! Cheers, M.

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[Module] pyEggUtils v1.0
by Ray Van Dolson April 10, 2001

April 10, 2001

pyEggUtils v1.0 --------------- Blowfish encryption and interface to the Eggdrop userfile This module was written specifically to aid in webpage authentication to a Eggdrop userfile. Eventually it will be a full-fledged interface with support for modifying the user file and possibly the Eggdrop configuration file. URL: http://www.bludgeon.org/~rayvd/source/pyEggUtils/ Download: ftp://ftp.bludgeon.org/pub/pyEggUtils/pyEggUtils-1.0.tar.gz License: GPL Platform: Unix Requires: SWIG Binaries: Linux Categories: Miscellany Ray Van Dolson (rayvd(a)bludgeon.org) http://www.bludgeon.org/~rayvd/ -- <a href="http://www.bludgeon.org/~rayvd/source/pyEggUtils/">pyEggUtils v1.0</a> -- Blowfish encryption and interface to the Eggdrop userfile

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