Kind of a slow week -- maybe everybody is paying too much attention to Florida. Keep watching comp.lan.python.announce, though. Steve Holden points out the "dtuple" package for turning tuples/lists into objects or dictionaries with named attributes. http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=691663734 Bernhard Reiter publishes wxPython article (German) in magzine "sw-development". http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=694747967 Andrew Dalke politely explains the convention of a "main" function and associated textual formatting http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=695235053 Alex Martelli writes wisely and comprehensively. This time his subject is run-time type calculation http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=695348220 While thinking about list comprehensions, he ventures perilously near the land of over-refined arcana, before emerging with a lovely example of correct and meaningful usage http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=695705631 jepler epler correctly promotes os.path as a superior alternative to RE-slinging http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=695477505 A loooong thread on "Ruby and Python" includes highlights which not only sagely contrast those two, but also examine several interesting tangents http://deja.com/=dnc/viewthread.xp?AN=694317151 ======================================================================== Everything 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 although PythonLabs.com bills itself as "The Python Source", which is becoming increasingly true in 2000 http://www.pythonlabs.com/ PythonWare complements the digest you're reading with the daily python url http://www.pythonware.com/daily comp.lang.python.announce announces new Python software. Be sure to scan this newly-revitalized newsgroup at least weekly. http://deja.com/group/comp.lang.python.announce Andrew Kuchling writes marvelous summaries twice a month of the action on the python-dev mailing list, where the future of Python is truly determined http://www.kuchling.com/python/dev/ The Vaults of Parnassus ambitiously collects 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 Consortium emerges as an independent nexus of activity http://www.python.org/consortium Cetus does much of the same http://www.cetus-links.de/oo_python.html Python FAQTS http://python.faqts.com/ 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&format=threaded&showsort=date&maxhits=100&groups=comp.lang.python 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/ is hibernating. Just e-mail us ideas directly.] To receive a new issue of this posting in e-mail each Monday morning, ask <claird@neosoft.com> 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. -- Cameron Laird <claird@NeoSoft.com> Business: http://www.Phaseit.net Personal: http://starbase.neosoft.com/~claird/home.html