Mailman 3 September 2005 - Python-Dev

Re: [Python-Dev] String views (was: Re: Proof of the pudding: str.partition())
by Delaney, Timothy (Tim) Aug. 31, 2005

Aug. 31, 2005

skip(a)pobox.com wrote: > How would this work? One of the advantages of the current string is > that the underlying data is NUL-terminated, so when passing strings > to C routines no copying is required. I didn't say it would be easy. Just that it's about the first cases where I've seen there could be a real advantage to using string views. And I don't even know that. One of the big disadvantages of string views is that they need to keep the original object around, no matter how big it is. But in the case of partition, much of the time the original string survives for at least a similar period to the partitions. Tim Delaney

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Re: [Python-Dev] setdefault's second argument
by Tony Meyer Aug. 31, 2005

Aug. 31, 2005

> To save you from following that link, to this day I still mentally > translate "setdefault" to "getorset" whenever I see it. I read these out of order (so didn't see the giveaway getorsetandget) and spent some time wondering what an "orset" was. I figured it must be some obscure CS/text processing/numeric/literary term that suited this usage. So obscure that google's define couldn't find me a definition. set[with]default is maybe a terrible name, but it does have some things going for it ;) =Tony.Meyer ...perhaps it was the similarity to corset...but surely I'm too young to have "corset" spring to mind before "or set"...

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import exceptions
by Neal Norwitz Aug. 31, 2005

Aug. 31, 2005

Is there any reason to import exceptions? It's only done in 4 places: Lib/asyncore.py, Lib/shutil.py, Lib/idlelib/PyShell.py, and Lib/test/test_exceptions.py. I can understand the one in test, but should the other 3 be removed since exceptions are builtin? n

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