Mailman 3 November 2005 - Python-announce-list

ANN: eric3 3.8.0 released
by Detlev Offenbach 07 Nov '05

07 Nov '05

Hi, this is to inform you about the release of eric3 3.8.0. It is available via http://www.die-offenbachs.de/detlev/eric3.html The list below summarizes the difference between eric3 3.7.x and 3.8.x - too long list of bugfixes to mention here - these usability enhancements DEBUGGER -- added possibility for path translation for passive debugging and remote debugging (Configuration Dialog -> Debugger -> General) -- added support for project specific debugger settings (see Project menu -> Debugger) -- added support for special watchpoint conditions (variable is created, variable is changed) DOCUMENTATION GENERATOR: -- added capability to generate source documentation using CSS style sheets to the eric3-doc utility (including the default style and a style with reversed headers) (Note: eric3-helpviewer cannot show the styles due to the limited HTML support in QTextBrowser) -- added the flag '-t' to eric-doc and eric-api to tell them to look for additional files EDITOR: -- added additional lexers (CSS files, TeX files, Diff files, Make Files, Properties Files and Batch Files) (QScintilla > 1.5.x is required) GENERAL: -- some interface cleanups and little reorganization of the configuration dialog -- added action to open multiple files -- added the capability to use %-codes for entering command line arguments. Supported codes are: %D directory of the current editor %F filename of the current editor %H home directory of the current user %U user name of the current user %% the percent sign This functionality is available in the following dialogs: configuration dialog, Debugger->General page version control system, Command Options cvs, Execute Command subversion, Execute Command mercurial, Execute command Tools Configuration -- added a configuration option to set the default encoding for files, that don't contain an encoding marker GRAPHICS: -- added the capability to delete shapes to the graphics dialogs PROJECT MANAGEMENT -- some optimisations and additions in the project browsers -- added configurable filetype associations for projects -- changed "Add file dialog" to allow the addition of multiple files to the project RUBY: -- enhanced Ruby support (thanks to Richard Dale) SHELL: -- changed the shell completion to use the Scintilla userlist. It is activated by pressing the TAB key and deactivated by pressing the ESC key (without selection) or the TAB or ENTER key (with selection). TASKS -- extended task management with categorization and a colorized display TEMPLATES: -- added a templates system TOOLS: -- added support for cx_Freeze (FreezePython) -- added support for PyLint USER INTERFACE: -- added the commandline option "--nokde" to disable usage of the KDE dialogs -- switching the editor will highlight the current file in the project browser -- added a context menu for the "Listspace" view manager -- added an incremental quicksearch to the search toolbar VERSION CONTROL: -- added support for Mercurial VCS What is it? ----------- eric3 is a Python and Ruby IDE with batteries included. For details see the eric3 home page. Regards, Detlev -- Detlev Offenbach detlev(a)die-offenbachs.de

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ANN: Circe 0.0.3b1 released
by Nick 07 Nov '05

07 Nov '05

=== Announcing Circe 0.0.3b1 === Circe Mainpage: http://circe.nick125.com/ Circe Download Page: http://circe.nick125.com/node/2 === New features/bug fixes === We have added several bug fixes, and new features, such as unicode, into the 0.0.3 beta 1 release. === Whats Circe? === Circe is a multiplatform IRC client written in the Python language that utilizes the wxpython library for the graphical interface. Circe features Unicode, Scripting, and many other features.

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ANN: Karrigell-2.2 beta released
by Pierre Quentel 07 Nov '05

07 Nov '05

A new beta version of release 2.2 is available on sourceforge (http://karrigell.sourceforge.net). It fixes the bugs that have been mentioned : - management of global scripts - incorrect options in the default configuration file - bug in mod_py, it didn't manage the line separator on Unix / Linux Thanks to all who have reported bugs. I plan to release the final 2.2 version within 2 weeks Regards, Pierre

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ANN: PyJudy 1.0
by Andrew Dalke 07 Nov '05

07 Nov '05

Over the last three weeks of on-and-off work I've developed and have just released PyJudy 1.0, a wrapper to the Judy sparse dynamic array library. It is available for download at http://dalkescientific.com/Python/PyJudy.html Judy, from http://judy.sourceforge.net/ , is ... a C library that provides a state-of-the-art core technology that implements a sparse dynamic array. Judy arrays are declared simply with a null pointer. A Judy array consumes memory only when it is populated, yet can grow to take advantage of all available memory if desired. Judy's key benefits are scalability, high performance, and memory efficiency. A Judy array is extensible and can scale up to a very large number of elements, bounded only by machine memory. Since Judy is designed as an unbounded array, the size of a Judy array is not pre-allocated but grows and shrinks dynamically with the array population. Continuing from the PyJudy page at http://dalkescientific.com/Python/PyJudy.html PyJudy arrays are similar to Python dictionaries and sets. The primary difference is that PyJudy keys are sorted; by unsigned value if an integer, byte ordering if a string and object id if a Python object. In addition to wrapping the underlying Judy functions, PyJudy implements a subset of the Python dictionary interface for the JudyL and JudySL API and a subset of the set interface for the Judy1 API, along with some extensions for iterating a subrange of the sorted keys, values and items. In my performance tests I found that overall JudyL arrays were a bit slower than Python dictionaries. Part of that might be my inexperience with the details of writing Python extensions. Part might be that JudyL arrays are sorted. I found that the Judy1 arrays were faster than the set class in Python 2.4. It'll be interesting to see how Raymond's new set implementation affects that. I did not do any memory comparisons. PyJudy is distributed under the MIT license because that has few upper-case letters than the BSD one. Andrew Dalke dalke(a)dalkescientific.com Andrew dalke(a)dalkescientific.com

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Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Nov 6)
by Cameron Laird 06 Nov '05

06 Nov '05

QOTW: "- don't use SAX unless your document is huge - don't use DOM unless someone is putting a gun to your head" - Istvan Albert "I wouldn't fret too much about a sharp remark from Fredrik Lundh. They're pretty much all that way. ;) It looks like you already did the right thing - read past the insults, and gleaned the useful information that he included in between. It takes a little training to get used to him, but if you can look past the nasty bite, he's really a valuable resource." - Steven Bethard Alex Martelli and Bengt Richter rely on the galilean property and set function to compute whether a list is duplicate-free: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/4b1da7… You needn't just pine for syntax from other languages missing in Python, such as Perl's "start..end"; if you're Peter Otten, you can add it to Python: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/506412… Python as podcast! You might have *thought* you knew about the language, but it's a big Python world. http://www.awaretek.com/python/index.html Similarly, yes, Python can do what strtok() does in C, although it's expressed more readably: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/5e71a1… Larry Bates demonstrates how simple use of ConfigParser can be: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/321ec0… With the new-style object model, type() is a stylish indirection: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/f0fbfa… Enthusiastic Alex accuses Van Roy and Hariri of having written the 21st century SICP, and more. Much more. With references. Yet he (and Magnus Lycka and others) remain faithful: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/77c203… Python's a great general-purpose language. It can address storage devices directly: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.misc/browse_thread/thread/28eb… it can operate at high level, and 'most everything in between. ======================================================================== 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 Mygale is a news-gathering webcrawler that specializes in (new) World-Wide Web articles related to Python. http://www.awaretek.com/nowak/mygale.html While cosmetically similar, Mygale and the Daily Python-URL are utterly different in their technologies and generally in their results. For far, FAR more Python reading than any one mind should absorb, much of it quite interesting, several pages index much of the universe of Pybloggers. http://lowlife.jp/cgi-bin/moin.cgi/PythonProgrammersWeblog http://www.planetpython.org/ http://mechanicalcat.net/pyblagg.html comp.lang.python.announce announces new Python software. Be sure to scan this newsgroup weekly. http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&as_ugroup=comp.lang.python.announce Steve Bethard, Tim Lesher, and Tony Meyer continue the marvelous tradition early borne by Andrew Kuchling, Michael Hudson and Brett Cannon of intelligently summarizing action on the python-dev mailing list once every other week. http://www.python.org/dev/summary/ The Python Package Index catalogues packages. http://www.python.org/pypi/ The somewhat older Vaults of Parnassus ambitiously collects references to all sorts of Python resources. http://www.vex.net/~x/parnassus/ 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/donate.html Kurt B. Kaiser publishes a weekly report on faults and patches. http://www.google.com/groups?as_usubject=weekly%20python%20patch Cetus collects Python hyperlinks. 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://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python Among several Python-oriented RSS/RDF feeds available are http://www.python.org/channews.rdf http://bootleg-rss.g-blog.net/pythonware_com_daily.pcgi http://python.de/backend.php 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://python.sourceforge.net/peps/pep-0042.html The online Python Journal is posted at pythonjournal.cognizor.com. editor(a)pythonjournal.com and editor(a)pythonjournal.cognizor.com welcome submission of material that helps people's understanding of Python use, and offer Web presentation of your work. 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 *Py: the Journal of the Python Language* http://www.pyzine.com Archive probing tricks of the trade: http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&as_ugroup=comp.lang.python&num=100 http://groups.google.com/groups?meta=site%3Dgroups%26group%3Dcomp.lang.pyth… Previous - (U)se the (R)esource, (L)uke! - messages are listed here: http://www.ddj.com/topics/pythonurl/ (requires subscription) http://groups-beta.google.com/groups?q=python-url+group:comp.lang.python*&s… http://purl.org/thecliff/python/url.html (dormant) or http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&as_q=+Python-URL!&as_ugroup=comp.lan… There is *not* an RSS for "Python-URL!"--at least not yet. Arguments for and against are occasionally entertained. Suggestions/corrections for next week's posting are always welcome. E-mail to <Python-URL(a)phaseit.net> should get through. To receive a new issue of this posting in e-mail each Monday morning (approximately), ask <claird(a)phaseit.net> to subscribe. Mention "Python-URL!". -- The Python-URL! Team-- Dr. Dobb's Journal (http://www.ddj.com) is pleased to participate in and sponsor the "Python-URL!" project.

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ANN: Speedometer 2.1 - bandwidth and download monitor
by Ian Ward 06 Nov '05

06 Nov '05

Announcing Speedometer 2.1 -------------------------- Speedometer home page: http://excess.org/speedometer/ Download: http://excess.org/speedometer/speedometer.py New in this release: ==================== - New simultaneous display of multiple graphs with options for stacking graphs vertically or horizontally - New labels to differentiate each graph - Removed 0-32 B/s from display to make more room for higher speeds - Fixed a wait_creation bug About Speedometer ================= Speedometer is a console bandwidth and file download progress monitor with a logarithmic bandwidth display and a simple command-line interface. Speedometer requires Python 2.1 or later and Urwid 0.8.9 or later for full-console bar graph display. Urwid may be downloaded from: http://excess.org/urwid/ Speedometer is released under the GNU LGPL.

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ANN: atomixlib 0.3.0
by Sylvain Hellegouarch 06 Nov '05

06 Nov '05

================ atomixlib 0.3.0 ================ Available at : http://www.defuze.org/oss/atomixlib/ What's new? ================ * It breaks the compatibility with previous version. Mainly you do not need to pass the current atom element being constructed to the Atomix methods. Instead the Atomix class keeps an handle to that element internally. * It adds a lot more documentation via docstrings and an epydoc version of the API. * It fixes some issues with XHTML content * It is more flexible for creating the atom document (feed or entry based). * It improves performances of atomixlib since 0.2.0 Get atomixlib ================ http://www.defuze.org/oss/atomixlib/download/atomixlib-0.3.0.tgz What's atomixlib? ================ A Python module to facilitate Atom 1.0 documents generation. License ================ BSD Credits ================ I would like to thank Uche Ogbuji for discussing atomixlib so much and giving me some very neat ideas. Enjoy! - Sylvain Hellegouarch sh defuze.org ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.

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Leo 4.4a2 withdrawn
by Edward K. Ream 05 Nov '05

05 Nov '05

Leo 4.4a2 has been withdrawn due to problems that can cause Leo to lose what you have recently typed. Leo 4.4a3 will be released in about a week. Edward -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward K. Ream email: edreamleo(a)charter.net Leo: http://webpages.charter.net/edreamleo/front.html --------------------------------------------------------------------

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MMA - Musical MIDI Accompaniment 0.18 now available
by Bob van der Poel 04 Nov '05

04 Nov '05

Beta 0.18 of MMA - Musical MIDI Accompaniment - is now available for downloading. Included in this release: Enhancements to lyrics, macros, command line macro define, various bug fixes, and minor syntax changes. MMA is a accompaniment generator -- it creates midi tracks for a soloist to perform with. User supplied files contain pattern selections, chords, and MMA directives. For full details please visit: http://mypage.uniserve.com/~bvdp/mma/ If you have any questions or comments, please send them to: bvdp(a)uniserve.com -- Bob van der Poel ** Wynndel, British Columbia, CANADA ** EMAIL: bvdp(a)uniserve.com WWW: http://mypage.uniserve.com/~bvdp

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pypy 0.8.0 released
by holger krekel 03 Nov '05

03 Nov '05

pypy-0.8.0: Translatable compiler/parser and some more speed ============================================================== The PyPy development team has been busy working and we've now packaged our latest improvements, completed work and new experiments as version 0.8.0, our third public release. The highlights of this third release of PyPy are: - Translatable parser and AST compiler. PyPy now integrates its own compiler based on Python own 'compiler' package but with a number of fixes and code simplifications in order to get it translated with the rest of PyPy. This makes using the translated pypy interactively much more pleasant, as compilation is considerably faster than in 0.7.0. - Some Speed enhancements. Translated PyPy is now about 10 times faster than 0.7 but still 10-20 times slower than CPython on pystones and other benchmarks. At the same time, language compliancy has been slightly increased compared to 0.7 which had already reached major CPython compliancy goals. - Some experimental features are now translateable. Since 0.6.0, PyPy shipped with an experimental Object Space (the part of PyPy implementing Python object operations and manipulation) implementing lazily computed objects, the "Thunk" object space. With 0.8.0 this object space can also be translated preserving its feature additions. What is PyPy (about)? ------------------------------------------------ PyPy is a MIT-licensed research-oriented reimplementation of Python written in Python itself, flexible and easy to experiment with. It translates itself to lower level languages. Our goals are to target a large variety of platforms, small and large, by providing a compilation toolsuite that can produce custom Python versions. Platform, Memory and Threading models are to become aspects of the translation process - as opposed to encoding low level details into a language implementation itself. Eventually, dynamic optimization techniques - implemented as another translation aspect - should become robust against language changes. Note that PyPy is mainly a research and development project and does not by itself focus on getting a production-ready Python implementation although we do hope and expect it to become a viable contender in that area sometime next year. PyPy is partially funded as a research project under the European Union's IST programme. Where to start? ----------------------------- Getting started: http://codespeak.net/pypy/dist/pypy/doc/getting-started.html PyPy Documentation: http://codespeak.net/pypy/dist/pypy/doc/ PyPy Homepage: http://codespeak.net/pypy/ The interpreter and object model implementations shipped with the 0.8 version can run on their own and implement the core language features of Python as of CPython 2.4. However, we still do not recommend using PyPy for anything else than for education, playing or research purposes. Ongoing work and near term goals --------------------------------- At the last sprint in Paris we started exploring the new directions of our work, in terms of extending and optimising PyPy further. We started to scratch the surface of Just-In-Time compiler related work, which we still expect will be the major source of our future speed improvements and some successful amount of work has been done on the support needed for stackless-like features. This release also includes the snapshots in preliminary or embryonic form of the following interesting but yet not completed sub projects: - The OOtyper, a RTyper variation for higher-level backends (Squeak, ...) - A JavaScript backend - A limited (PPC) assembler backend (this related to the JIT) - some bits for a socket module PyPy has been developed during approximately 16 coding sprints across Europe and the US. It continues to be a very dynamically and incrementally evolving project with many of these one-week workshops to follow. PyPy has been a community effort from the start and it would not have got that far without the coding and feedback support from numerous people. Please feel free to give feedback and raise questions. contact points: http://codespeak.net/pypy/dist/pypy/doc/contact.html have fun, the pypy team, (Armin Rigo, Samuele Pedroni, Holger Krekel, Christian Tismer, Carl Friedrich Bolz, Michael Hudson, and many others: http://codespeak.net/pypy/dist/pypy/doc/contributor.html) PyPy development and activities happen as an open source project and with the support of a consortium partially funded by a two year European Union IST research grant. The full partners of that consortium are: Heinrich-Heine University (Germany), AB Strakt (Sweden) merlinux GmbH (Germany), tismerysoft GmbH (Germany) Logilab Paris (France), DFKI GmbH (Germany) ChangeMaker (Sweden), Impara (Germany)

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