Mailman 3 December 2000 - Python-Dev

Re: [Python-checkins] CVS: python/dist/src/Objects dictobject.c,2.68,2.69
by Greg Stein Dec. 13, 2000

Dec. 13, 2000

On Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 05:02:49PM -0800, Tim Peters wrote: > Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Objects > In directory slayer.i.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv31776/python/dist/src/objects > > Modified Files: > dictobject.c > Log Message: > Bring comments up to date (e.g., they still said the table had to be > a prime size, which is in fact never true anymore ...). >... > --- 55,78 ---- > > /* > ! There are three kinds of slots in the table: … [View More]

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FW: [Python-Dev] SourceForge: PROJECT DOWNTIME NOTICE
by Tim Peters Dec. 13, 2000

Dec. 13, 2000

FYI, looks like SourceForge is scheduled to be unusable in a span covering late Friday thru early Saturday (OTT -- One True Time, defined by the clocks in Guido's house). -----Original Message----- From: python-dev-admin(a)python.org [mailto:python-dev-admin@python.org]On Behalf Of Guido van Rossum Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 3:46 PM To: python-dev(a)python.org Subject: [Python-Dev] SourceForge: PROJECT DOWNTIME NOTICE ------- Forwarded Message Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 12:38:20 -0800 … [View More]

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RE: [Python-Dev] {}.popitem() (was Re: {}.first[key,value,item] ...)
by Moshe Zadka Dec. 13, 2000

Dec. 13, 2000

On Mon, 11 Dec 2000 15:22:55 -0500, "Tim Peters" <tim.one(a)home.com> wrote: > Well, anyone can play. When keys collide, what we need is a function f(i) > such that repeating > i = f(i) > visits every int in (0, 2**N) exactly once before setting i back to its > initial value, for a fixed N and where the first i is in (0, 2**N). OK, maybe this is me being *real* stupid, but why? Why not [0, 2**n)? Did 0 harm you in your childhood, and you're trying to get back? <… [View More]

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Two new PEPs, 232 & 233
by barry＠digicool.com Dec. 13, 2000

Dec. 13, 2000

I've just uploaded two new PEPs. 232 is a revision of my pre-PEP era function attribute proposal. 233 is Paul Prescod's proposal for an on-line help facility. http://python.sourceforge.net/peps/pep-0232.html http://python.sourceforge.net/peps/pep-0233.html Let the games begin, -Barry

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SourceForge: PROJECT DOWNTIME NOTICE
by Guido van Rossum Dec. 12, 2000

Dec. 12, 2000

------- Forwarded Message Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 12:38:20 -0800 From: noreply(a)sourceforge.net To: noreply(a)sourceforge.net Subject: SourceForge: PROJECT DOWNTIME NOTICE ATTENTION SOURCEFORGE PROJECT ADMINISTRATORS This update is being sent to project administrators only and contains important information regarding your project. Please read it in its entirety. INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADE, EXPANSION AND RELOCATION As noted in the sitewide email sent this week, the SourceForge.net … [View More]

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Codec aliasing and naming
by M.-A. Lemburg Dec. 12, 2000

Dec. 12, 2000

I just wanted to inform you of a change I plan for the standard encodings search function to enable better support for aliasing of encoding names. The current implementation caches the aliases returned from the codecs .getaliases() function in the encodings lookup cache rather than in the alias cache. As a consequence, the hyphen to underscore mapping is not applied to the aliases. A codec would have to return a list of all combinations of names with hyphens and underscores in order to emulate … [View More]

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Request review of gdbm patch
by Guido van Rossum Dec. 12, 2000

Dec. 12, 2000

I'm asking for a review of the patch to gdbm at http://sourceforge.net/patch/?func=detailpatch&patch_id=102638&group_id=5470 I asked the author for clarification and this is what I got. Can anybody suggest what to do? His mail doesn't give me much confidence in the patch. :-( --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) ------- Forwarded Message Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 13:24:13 +0100 From: Damjan <arhiv(a)freemail.org.mk> To: Guido van Rossum … [View More]

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FW: [Python-Help] indentation
by Tim Peters Dec. 11, 2000

Dec. 11, 2000

While we're talking about pluggable CLIs, I share this fellow's confusion over IDLE's CLI variant: block code doesn't "look right" under IDLE because sys.ps2 doesn't exist under IDLE. Some days you can't make *anybody* happy <wink>. -----Original Message----- ... Subject: [Python-Help] indentation Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2000 7:32 AM ... My Problem has to do with identation: I put the following to idle: >>> if not 1: print 'Hallo' else: SyntaxError: invalid syntax … [View More]

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PEP 217 - Display Hook for Interactive Use
by Guido van Rossum Dec. 11, 2000

Dec. 11, 2000

Moshe proposes to add an overridable function sys.displayhook(obj) which will be called by the interpreter for the PRINT_EXPR opcode, instead of hardcoding the behavior. The default implementation will of course have the current behavior, but this makes it much simpler to experiment with alternatives, e.g. using str() instead of repr() (or to choose between str() and repr() based on the type). Moshe has asked me to pronounce on this PEP. I've thought about it, and I'm now all for it. Moshe (… [View More]

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re: So You Want to Write About Python?
by Greg Wilson Dec. 10, 2000

Dec. 10, 2000

Hi, folks. Jon Erickson (Doctor Dobb's Journal), Frank Willison (O'Reilly), and I (professional loose cannon) are doing a workshop at IPC on writing books and magazine articles about Python. It would be great to have a few articles (in various stages of their lives) and/or book proposals from people on this list to use as examples. So, if you think the world oughta know about the things you're doing, and would like to use this to help get yourself motivated to start writing, please drop me a … [View More]

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