Mailman 3 June 2000 - Python-Dev

Re: [Python-Dev] SIG: python-lang
by Andy Robinson 01 Jun '00

01 Jun '00

It seems to me that the main problem is that comp.lang.python is too big to follow. So why not split it? I don't know the right subgroups, but if (say) comp.lang.python.language focusses on the core language, it might enable people to start reading it again. I asked this twice on c.l.p, one year ago and two years ago, and the answer was always "the traffic is too low". I used to subscribe to the NeXTSteap groups, and splitting worked really well there. - Andy Robinson

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Re: [Python-checkins] CVS: python/dist/src/Objects listobject.c,2.69,2.70 stringobject.c,2.65,2.66 tupleobject.c,2.33,2.34
by Skip Montanaro 01 Jun '00

01 Jun '00

Fred> Log Message: Fred> Michael Hudson <mwh21(a)cam.ac.uk>: Fred> Removed PyErr_BadArgument() calls and replaced them with more Fred> useful error messages. ... Fred> --- 389,395 ---- Fred> PyListObject *np; Fred> if (!PyList_Check(bb)) { Fred> ! PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError, Fred> ! "can only append list (not \"%.200s\") to list", Fred> ! bb->ob_type->tp_name); Fred> return NULL; Fred> } Fred> *************** ... I've seen this new error message cross my mailbox a few times. On the face of it, it's incorrect, because you can append any sort of object to a list, right? This message appears in the list_concat method. Shouldn't it be something like can't concatenate \"%.200s\" object with list ? I would consider this change very picky except for the fact that it's making a statement about the properties of lists that is clearly not true. -- Skip Montanaro, skip(a)mojam.com, http://www.mojam.com/, http://www.musi-cal.com/ "We have become ... the stewards of life's continuity on earth. We did not ask for this role... We may not be suited to it, but here we are." - Stephen Jay Gould

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Adding LDAP to the Python core... ?!
by M.-A. Lemburg 01 Jun '00

01 Jun '00

Would there be interest in adding the python-ldap module (http://sourceforge.net/project/?group_id=2072) to the core distribution ? If yes, I think we should approach David Leonard and ask him if he is willing to donate the lib (which is in the public domain) to the core. FYI, LDAP is a well accepted standard network protocol for querying address and user information. An older web page with more background is available at: http://www.it.uq.edu.au/~leonard/dc-prj/ldapmodule/ -- Marc-Andre Lemburg ______________________________________________________________________ Business: http://www.lemburg.com/ Python Pages: http://www.lemburg.com/python/

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