Mailman 3 July 2004 - Python-Dev

Re: [Python-Dev] VC 7.1 maintenance?
by Jack Jansen July 4, 2004

July 4, 2004

On 16 Jun 2004, at 22:46, Tim Peters wrote: > [M.-A. Lemburg] >> Are we going to have a VC7.1 binary of Python 2.4 for Windows ? > > That's indeed my understanding of The Plan today. More, we will not > have a > VC6 binary for Python 2.4. That may be controversial, but nobody has > volunteered to produce an installer for a VC6 version. Does this mean that the final answer to the question of whether VC7 was GPL-compatible was "yes"? -- Jack Jansen, <Jack.Jansen(a)… [View More]

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Leading whitespace in Mac IDE script name
by Nick Coghlan July 4, 2004

July 4, 2004

Hi, I'm trying to fetch Python from CVS using Eclipse, and it's choking on a file with leading whitespace in its name: /python/dist/src/Mac/IDE scripts/Widget demos/ separator --- There's an identical file in the same directory, but without the leading whitespace in the name. So is this 'leading whitespace' version actually needed, or is it something historical? Regards, Nick P.S. I also sent a question to the Eclipse folks regarding the fact that the Eclipse CVS checkout collapses … [View More]

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RE: [Python-Dev] PEP 276 (simple iterator for ints)
by Delaney, Timothy C (Timothy) July 4, 2004

July 4, 2004

Andrew Koenig wrote: > for i in myList.keys(): > > would be even better, because it allow the same usage for dict and > list. Of course that wouldn't generalize to other sequences that > support len. Hmm - time to propose a new builtin (can't remember this being proposed before, though I know we've discussed adding keys() to lists). keys(mapping) Returns an iterator of the keys of the mapping. For any sequence that implements __len__, returns an iterator of the integers 0..… [View More]

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RE: [Python-Dev] VC 7.1 maintenance? [getting OT]
by Delaney, Timothy C (Timothy) July 4, 2004

July 4, 2004

John J Lee wrote: > On Thu, 1 Jul 2004, Tim Peters wrote: > [...] >> It's possible (don't know) that InnoSetup doesn't play "correctly" >> with XP system restore points. MSI does. I've found restore points >> to be an essentially useless feature, so I don't really care about >> that. > [...] > > Why do you find system restore points useless? > > Aren't they convenient, when they work? (as long as you regard it as > a convenience, not a … [View More]

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RE: [Python-checkins] python/nondist/sandbox/decimal libdecimal.tex, NONE, 1.1
by Tony Meyer July 3, 2004

July 3, 2004

[...] > \moduleauthor{Tim Peters}{guido(a)python.org} [...] Is this correct? (I guess it could be, but it does look odd). =Tony Meyer

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Re: [Python-Dev] VC 7.1 maintenance?
by Thomas Heller July 3, 2004

July 3, 2004

"Tim Peters" <tim.one(a)comcast.net> writes: > [Thomas Heller] >> Well, I would be much happier to build an installer with inno setup >> instead of Martin's msi code, which I don't understand ;-(. > > So the choice is Martin's MSI code you don't understand, or your Inno > RemObjects Object Pascal code Martin doesn't understand <wink>? Probably I'm not smart enough to understand (or even maintain) Martin's MSI code, but I guess Martin will be smart enough to … [View More]

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Re: [Python-Dev] Re: decorators and 2.4
by Jewett, Jim J July 2, 2004

July 2, 2004

Jeff Bone: > Yet --- true, but only if one accepts a particular and rather > simple-minded and overly-literal interpretation of the ***GOALS*** of > PEP 318, That simple-minded and overly-literal interpretation may well be correct. PEP 318 does not intend to change the semantics or capabilities of the language in any way whatsoever. The only reason to add 318 is so that a particular idiom will be easier to understand (and perhaps more efficient). The other goals are really … [View More]

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Re: [Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Doc/whatsnew whatsnew24.tex, 1.55, 1.56
by A.M. Kuchling July 2, 2004

July 2, 2004

On Thu, Jul 01, 2004 at 04:52:17AM -0700, rhettinger(a)users.sourceforge.net wrote: > Modified Files: > whatsnew24.tex > Log Message: > Move Decimal from the sandbox into production. Um, I'd really like to write my own text for this document. Please don't go to the effort of writing "What's New" sections. --amk

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useless question in bdist_wininst installers
by Thomas Heller July 2, 2004

July 2, 2004

I just submitted <http://www.python.org/sf/984290>, which contains this text: Before a bdist_wininst created installer overwrites files it asks the user whether files should be overwritten or not. This question is annoying and doesn't seem very useful - it is too late to cancel the installation (because some files might already have been installed). I suggest to remove this question (MessageBox), and always overwrite files during the installation. Any comments? Thomas

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python-dev Summary for 2004-06-16 through 2004-06-30 [draft]
by Brett Cannon July 2, 2004

July 2, 2004

For as long as I can remember, when I have sent out a rough draft of a summary, it has been delayed long enough that I had a bunch of emails already for the next summary. Well everyone, I managed to finally have my python-dev folder have an email count less than the number of fingers I have on a hand (and I still have all of my fingers). You can thank a hiccup in my workload for that (and thus me not earning any money today). It almost seems wrong that I don't have enough emails to … [View More]

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