Mailman 3 February 2001 - Python-Dev

Perverse nesting bug
by Tim Peters Feb. 3, 2001

Feb. 3, 2001

SF bug reporting is still impossible. Little program: def f(): print "outer f.a is", f.a def f(): print "inner f.a is", f.a f.a = 666 f() f.a = 42 f() I'm not sure what I expected it to do, but most likely an UnboundLocalError (the local f hasn't been bound to yet at the time "print outer" executes). In reality it prints: outer f.a is and then blows up with a null-pointer dereference, here: case LOAD_DEREF: x = freevars[oparg]; w = PyCell_Get(x); … [View More]

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Generalized "from M. import X" was RE: Python 2.1 alpha 2 released)
by Tim Peters Feb. 3, 2001

Feb. 3, 2001

I'm trying to *use* each new feature at least once. It looks like a multiday project <wink/sigh>. I remember reading the discussion about this one: [from (old!) NEWS] > ... > - Two changes to from...import: > > 1) "from M import X" now works even if M is not a real module; it's > basically a getattr() operation with AttributeError exceptions > changed into ImportError. but in practice it turns out I have no idea what it means. For example, >>> … [View More]

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2.1a2 released
by Guido van Rossum Feb. 2, 2001

Feb. 2, 2001

I noticed that the source tarball and Windows installer were in place on SF and ftp.python.org, so I've updated the webpages python.org and python.org/2.1/. Seems email is wedged again so I don't know when people will get this email and if there was something to wait for -- I presume not. I'll mail an official announcement out tomorrow. Going to bed now...! --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)

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Setup.local is getting zapped
by Skip Montanaro Feb. 2, 2001

Feb. 2, 2001

Modules/Setup.local is getting zapped by some aspect of the build process. Not sure by what step, but mine had lines I added to it a few days ago, and nothing now. It should be treated as Modules/Setup used to be: initialize it if it's absent, don't touch it if it's there. The distclean target looks like the culprit: distclean: clobber -rm -f Makefile Makefile.pre buildno config.status config.log \ config.cache config.h setup.cfg Modules/config.c \ Modules/Setup Modules/… [View More]

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linuxaudiodev crashes
by Skip Montanaro Feb. 2, 2001

Feb. 2, 2001

I've been getting this for awhile on my laptop (Mandrake 7.1): test test_linuxaudiodev crashed -- linuxaudiodev.error: (11, 'Resource temporarily unavailable') RealPlayer works fine so I suspect the infrastructure is there and functioning. Anyone else seeing this? Skip

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Diamond x Jungle Carpet Python
by Rod Feb. 2, 2001

Feb. 2, 2001

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Python 2.1 alpha 2 docs released
by Fred L. Drake, Jr. Feb. 2, 2001

Feb. 2, 2001

The documentation for the Python 2.1 alpha 2 release is now available. View it online at: http://python.sourceforge.net/devel-docs/ (This version will be updated as the documentation evolves, so will be updated beyond what's in the downloadable packages.) Downloadable packages in many formats are also available at: ftp://ftp.python.org/pub/python/doc/2.1a2/ Please avoid printing this documentation -- it's for the alpha, and could waste entire forests! Thanks to everyone who has … [View More]

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Re: [Python-Dev] Benchmarking "fun" (was Re: Python 2.1 slower than 2.0)
by Michael Hudson Feb. 2, 2001

Feb. 2, 2001

"M.-A. Lemburg" <mal(a)lemburg.com> writes: > > My conclusion? Python 2.1 is slower than Python 2.0, but not by > > enough to care about. > > What compiler did you use and on which platform ? Argh, sorry; I meant to put this in! $ uname -a Linux atrus.jesus.cam.ac.uk 2.2.14-1.1.0 #1 Thu Jan 6 05:12:58 EST 2000 i686 unknown $ gcc --version 2.95.1 It's a Dell Dimension XPS D233 (a 233MHz PII) with a reasonably fast hard drive (two year old 10G IBM 7200rpm thingy) and … [View More]

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Showstopper in import?
by Tim Peters Feb. 2, 2001

Feb. 2, 2001

Turns out IDLE no longer runs. Starting at line 88 of Tools/idle/EditorWindow.py we have this class defn: class EditorWindow: from Percolator import Percolator from ColorDelegator import ColorDelegator from UndoDelegator import UndoDelegator from IOBinding import IOBinding import Bindings from Tkinter import Toplevel from MultiStatusBar import MultiStatusBar about_title = about_title ... This leads to what looks like a bug (if we're to believe the error … [View More]

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Doc tree frozen for 2.1a2
by Fred L. Drake, Jr. Feb. 2, 2001

Feb. 2, 2001

The Doc/ tree in the Python CVS is frozen until Python 2.1a2 has been released. No further changes should be made in that part of the tree. -Fred -- Fred L. Drake, Jr. <fdrake at acm.org> PythonLabs at Digital Creations

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