Mailman 3 March 2001 - Python-Dev

Who wants this GCC/Solaris bug report?
by Skip Montanaro March 5, 2001

March 5, 2001

I was assigned the following bug report: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=232787&group_id=5470&atid=1… I made a pass through the code in question, made one change to posixmodule.c that I thought appropriate (should squelch one warning) and some comments about the other warnings. I'm unable to actually test any changes since I don't run Solaris, so I don't feel comfortable doing anything more. Can someone else take this one over? In theory, my comments should … [View More]

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XML runtime errors?
by Fredrik Lundh March 5, 2001

March 5, 2001

stoopid question: why the heck is xmllib using "RuntimeError" to flag XML syntax errors? raise RuntimeError, 'Syntax error at line %d: %s' % (self.lineno, message) what's wrong with "SyntaxError"? </F>

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os module UserDict
by Jack Jansen March 5, 2001

March 5, 2001

Importing os has started failing on the Mac since the riscos mods are in there, it tries to use UserDict without having imported it first. I think that the problem is that the whole _Environ stuff should be inside the else part of the try/except, but I'm not sure I fully understand what goes on. Could whoever did these mods have a look? Also, it seems that the whole if name != "riscos" is a bit of a hack... -- Jack Jansen | ++++ stop the execution of Mumia Abu-Jamal ++++ Jack.… [View More]

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a small C style question
by Fredrik Lundh March 4, 2001

March 4, 2001

DEC's OpenVMS compiler are a bit pickier than most other compilers. among other things, it correctly notices that the "code" variable in this statement is an unsigned variable: UNICODEDATA: if (code < 0 || code >= 65536) ........^ %CC-I-QUESTCOMPARE, In this statement, the unsigned expression "code" is being compared with a relational operator to a constant whose value is not greater than zero. This might not be what you intended. at line number 285 … [View More]

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[development doc updates]
by fdrake＠cj42289-a.reston1.va.home.com March 3, 2001

March 3, 2001

The development version of the documentation has been updated: http://python.sourceforge.net/devel-docs/ Additional information on using non-Microsoft compilers on Windows when using the Distutils, contributed by Rene Liebscher.

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Python 2.1b1 released
by Guido van Rossum March 2, 2001

March 2, 2001

With great pleasure I announce the release of Python 2.1b1. This is a big step towards the release of Python 2.1; the final release is expected to take place in mid April. Find out all about 2.1b1, including docs and downloads (Windows installer and source tarball), at the 2.1 release page: http://www.python.org/2.1/ WHAT'S NEW? ----------- For the big picture, see Andrew Kuchling's What New in Python 2.1: http://www.amk.ca/python/2.1/ For more detailed release notes, see … [View More]

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Python 2.1 beta 1 documentation online
by Fred L. Drake, Jr. March 2, 2001

March 2, 2001

The documentation for Python 2.1 beta 1 is now online: http://python.sourceforge.net/devel-docs/ This is the same as the documentation that will ship with the Windows installer. This is the online location of the development version of the documentation. As I make updates to the documentation, this will be updated periodically; the "front page" will indicate the date of the most recent update. -Fred -- Fred L. Drake, Jr. <fdrake at acm.org> PythonLabs at Digital Creations

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doc tree frozen for 2.1b1
by Fred L. Drake, Jr. March 2, 2001

March 2, 2001

The documentation is frozen until the 2.1b1 annonucement goes out. I have a couple of checkins to make, but the formatted HTML for the Windows installer has already been cut & shipped. -Fred -- Fred L. Drake, Jr. <fdrake at acm.org> PythonLabs at Digital Creations

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Re: [Python-checkins] CVS: python/dist/src/Tools/scripts pydoc,NONE,1.1
by Michael Hudson March 2, 2001

March 2, 2001

"A.M. Kuchling" <akuchling(a)users.sourceforge.net> writes: > --- NEW FILE: pydoc --- > #!/usr/bin/env python > Could I make a request that this gets munged to point to the python that's being installed at build time? I've just built from CVS, installed in /usr/local, and: $ pydoc -g Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/bin/pydoc", line 3, in ? import pydoc ImportError: No module named pydoc because the /usr/bin/env python thing hits the older python in … [View More]

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python-dev summary, 2001-02-15 - 2001-03-01
by Michael Hudson March 2, 2001

March 2, 2001

Thanks for all the positive feedback for the last summary! This is a summary of traffic on the python-dev mailing list between Feb 15 and Feb 28 (inclusive) 2001. It is intended to inform the wider Python community of ongoing developments. To comment, just post to python-list(a)python.org or comp.lang.python in the usual way. Give your posting a meaningful subject line, and if it's about a PEP, include the PEP number (e.g. Subject: PEP 201 - Lockstep iteration) All python-dev members … [View More]are interested in seeing ideas discussed by the community, so don't hesitate to take a stance on a PEP if you have an opinion. This is the second python-dev summary written by Michael Hudson. Previous summaries were written by Andrew Kuchling and can be found at: <http://www.amk.ca/python/dev/> New summaries will appear at: <http://starship.python.net/crew/mwh/summaries/> and will continue to be archived at Andrew's site. Posting distribution (with apologies to mbm) Number of articles in summary: 400 | ]|[ | ]|[ 60 | ]|[ | ]|[ | ]|[ | ]|[ ]|[ | ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ | ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ 40 | ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ | ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ | ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ | ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ | ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ | ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ 20 | ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ | ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ | ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ | ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ | ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ | ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ ]|[ 0 +-033-037-002-008-006-021-071-037-051-012-002-021-054-045 Thu 15| Sat 17| Mon 19| Wed 21| Fri 23| Sun 25| Tue 27| Fri 16 Sun 18 Tue 20 Thu 22 Sat 24 Mon 26 Wed 28 A slightly quieter week on python-dev. As you can see, most Python developers are too well-adjusted to post much on weekends. Or Mondays. There was a lot of traffic on the bugs, patches and checkins lists in preparation for the upcoming 2.1b1 release. * backwards incompatibility * Most of the posts in the large spike in the middle of the posting distribution were on the subject of backward compatibility. On of the unexpected (by those of us that hadn't thought too hard about it) consequences of nested scopes was that some code using the dreaded "from-module-import-*" code inside functions became ambiguous, and the plan was to ban such code in Python 2.1. This provoked a storm of protest from many quarters, including python-dev and comp.lang.python. If you really want to read all of this, start here: <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2001-February/013003.html> However, as you will know if you read comp.lang.python, PythonLabs took note, and in: <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2001-February/013125.html> Guido announced that the new nested scopes behaviour would be opt-in in 2.1, but code that will break in python 2.2 when nested scopes become the default will produce a warning in 2.1. To get the new behaviour in a module, one will need to put from __future__ import nested_scopes at the top of the module. It is possible this gimmick will be used to introduce further backwards compatible features in the future. * obmalloc * After some more discussion, including Neil Schemenauer pointing out that obmalloc might enable him to make the cycle GC faster, obmalloc was finally checked in. There's a second patch from Vladimir Marangoz implementing a memory profiler. (sorry for the long line) <http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=401229&group_id=54…> Opinion was muted about this; as Neil summed up in: <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2001-February/013205.html> noone cares enough to put the time into it and review this patch. Sufficiently violently wielded opnions may swing the day... * pydoc * Ka-Ping Yee checked in his amazing pydoc. pydoc was described in <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2001-January/011538.html> It gives command line and web browser access to Python's documentation, and will be installed as a separate script in 2.1. * other stuff * It is believed that the case-sensitive import issues mentioned in the last summary have been sorted out, although it will be hard to be sure until the beta. The unit-test discussion petered out. Nothing has been checked in yet. The iteraators discussion seems to have disappeared. At least, your author can't find it! Cheers, M. [View Less]

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