Mailman 3 November 2007 - Python-Dev

Special file "nul" in Windows and os.stat
by Facundo Batista 07 Nov '07

07 Nov '07

Hi, people! I'm following the issue 1311: http://bugs.python.org/issue1311 There (and always talking in windows), the OP says the in Py2.4 os.path.exists("nul") returned True and now in 2.5 returns False. Note that "nul" is an special file, something like /dev/null. We made some tests, and we have inconsisten behaviour in previous Python versions. For example, in Py2.3.5 in my machine I get a False, as in Py2.5. But other person in the bug, gets True in 2.3.3 and False in 2.5. Even the OP has differents result for the same Python 2.4 in different machines. Right now (but don't know exactly since when), Python relies in kernel32.dll functions to make the stat on the file (if stat raises an error, os.path.exists says that the file does not exist). Of course, if I call to this function separately, I have the same behaviour. So, the question is what we should do?: 1. Rely on the kernel32 function and behaves like it says? 2. Return a fixed response for this special file "nul"? Personally, I prefer the first one, but it changed the semantic of os.path.exists("nul") (but this semantic is not clear, as we get different behaviour in different Python versions and windows versions). Thank you very much! Regards, -- . Facundo Blog: http://www.taniquetil.com.ar/plog/ PyAr: http://www.python.org/ar/

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Summary of Tracker Issues
by Tracker 06 Nov '07

06 Nov '07

ACTIVITY SUMMARY (10/30/07 - 11/06/07) Tracker at http://bugs.python.org/ To view or respond to any of the issues listed below, click on the issue number. Do NOT respond to this message. 1323 open (+16) / 11557 closed (+19) / 12880 total (+35) Open issues with patches: 419 Average duration of open issues: 683 days. Median duration of open issues: 785 days. Open Issues Breakdown open 1318 (+16) pending 5 ( +0) Issues Created Or Reopened (35) _______________________________ python 2.4.4 fails on solaris (sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-880) 10/30/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1363 created theoryno3 os.lstat documentation error 10/31/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1364 created billiejoex bytes(<int>) constructor 10/31/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1365 created tiran popen spawned process may not write to stdout under windows 10/31/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1366 created pmezard mkdir+chdir problem in multiple threads 10/31/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1367 created anonyprog Bug tracker link in about tutorial page is wrong 11/01/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1368 created ksjohnson Reference to Python24 path in Python 2.5 doc 11/01/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1369 created ksjohnson Doc changes left over after mega-merge from trunk 11/01/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1370 created gvanrossum Two bsddb tests temporarily commented out in py3k branch 11/01/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1371 created gvanrossum py3k zlibmodule.c: int overflow in PyZlib_decompress 11/02/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1372 created PeterW patch turn off socket timeout in test_xmlrpc 11/02/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1373 created hupp py3k, patch IDLE - minor FormatParagraph bug fix 11/02/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1374 created taleinat patch hotshot IndexError when loading stats 11/02/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1375 created ratsberg uu module catches a wrong exception type 11/02/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1376 created billiejoex test_import breaks on Linux 11/02/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1377 created gvanrossum py3k fromfd() and dup() for _socket on WIndows 11/03/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1378 created roudkerk patch reloading imported modules sometimes fail with 'parent not in sy 11/03/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1379 created Paul Pogonyshev py3k, patch fix for test_asynchat and test_asyncore on pep3137 branch 11/03/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1380 created hupp py3k, patch cmath is numerically unsound 11/03/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1381 created inducer py3k-pep3137: patch for test_ctypes 11/04/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1382 created amaury.forgeotdarc py3k, patch Backport abcoll to 2.6 11/04/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1383 created baranguren patch Windows fix for inspect tests 11/04/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1384 created tiran py3k, patch hmac module violates RFC for some hash functions, e.g. sha512 11/04/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1385 created jowagner py3k py3k-pep3137: patch to ensure that all codecs return bytes 11/04/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1386 created amaury.forgeotdarc py3k, patch py3k-pep3137: patch for hashlib on Windows 11/04/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1387 created amaury.forgeotdarc py3k, patch py3k-pep3137: possible ref leak in ctypes 11/05/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1388 created tiran py3k py3k-pep3137: struct module is leaking references 11/05/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1389 created tiran py3k toxml generates output that is not well formed 11/05/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1390 created drtomc Adds the .compact() method to bsddb db.DB objects 11/05/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1391 created gregory.p.smith patch, rfe py3k-pep3137: issue warnings / errors on str(bytes()) and simila 11/05/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1392 created tiran py3k, patch function comparing lacks NotImplemented error 11/05/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1393 created Paul Pogonyshev simple patch, improving unreachable bytecode removing 11/05/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1394 created Paul Pogonyshev patch py3k: duplicated line endings when using read(1) 11/06/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1395 created amaury.forgeotdarc py3k-pep3137: patch for mailbox 11/06/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1396 created tiran py3k, patch py3k-pep3137: failing unit test test_bsddb 11/06/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1397 created tiran py3k Issues Now Closed (34) ______________________ decode_unicode doesn't nul-terminate 60 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1098 georg.brandl allow subclassing of bytes type 46 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1171 gvanrossum py3k, patch test fixes for immutable bytes change 43 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1184 gvanrossum py3k, patch PEP 3137 patch (repr, names, parser) 23 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1247 gvanrossum patch Different 3.0a1 exit behavior 5 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1329 gvanrossum Fix for test_netrc on Windows 9 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1345 tiran py3k, patch Error using >>> from OpenGL.GLUT import * 3 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1346 nnorwitz BaseHTTPServer writing strings to bytes interface 3 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1347 janssen py3k, patch more uses of ord() in plat-mac/ic.py 3 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1349 janssen py3k, patch Preliminary stderr patch 5 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1352 loewis os.lstat documentation error 2 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1364 billiejoex bytes(<int>) constructor 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1365 gvanrossum mkdir+chdir problem in multiple threads 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1367 gvanrossum Bug tracker link in about tutorial page is wrong 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1368 georg.brandl Reference to Python24 path in Python 2.5 doc 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1369 georg.brandl Doc changes left over after mega-merge from trunk 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1370 gvanrossum Two bsddb tests temporarily commented out in py3k branch 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1371 gregory.p.smith py3k turn off socket timeout in test_xmlrpc 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1373 gvanrossum py3k, patch uu module catches a wrong exception type 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1376 gvanrossum reloading imported modules sometimes fail with 'parent not in sy 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1379 Paul Pogonyshev py3k, patch fix for test_asynchat and test_asyncore on pep3137 branch 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1380 tiran py3k, patch py3k-pep3137: patch for test_ctypes 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1382 tiran py3k, patch Windows fix for inspect tests 2 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1384 tiran py3k, patch hmac module violates RFC for some hash functions, e.g. sha512 2 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1385 jowagner py3k py3k-pep3137: patch to ensure that all codecs return bytes 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1386 tiran py3k, patch py3k-pep3137: patch for hashlib on Windows 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1387 tiran py3k, patch py3k-pep3137: possible ref leak in ctypes 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1388 tiran py3k py3k-pep3137: struct module is leaking references 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1389 gvanrossum py3k py3k-pep3137: issue warnings / errors on str(bytes()) and simila 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1392 tiran py3k, patch Logic Variable Thread Synchronization 1630 days http://bugs.python.org/issue738948 georg.brandl Module uuid: reduce pickle footprint 486 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1516327 gvanrossum patch Module uuid: functions for retrieving MAC addres 486 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1516330 gvanrossum patch PyHeapTypeObject fix 114 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1752184 gvanrossum py3k, patch Errors in site.py not reported properly 82 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1771260 gvanrossum py3k Top Issues Most Discussed (10) ______________________________ 15 py3k-pep3137: issue warnings / errors on str(bytes()) and simil 1 days closed http://bugs.python.org/issue1392 8 datetime module missing some important methods 247 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue1673409 8 Preliminary stderr patch 5 days closed http://bugs.python.org/issue1352 7 py3k: duplicated line endings when using read(1) 1 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue1395 7 toxml generates output that is not well formed 2 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue1390 5 Windows fix for inspect tests 2 days closed http://bugs.python.org/issue1384 5 cmath is numerically unsound 3 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue1381 5 Doc changes left over after mega-merge from trunk 0 days closed http://bugs.python.org/issue1370 5 Trailing slash in sys.path cause import failure 19 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue1293 4 hmac module violates RFC for some hash functions, e.g. sha512 2 days closed http://bugs.python.org/issue1385

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Summary of Tracker Issues
by Tracker 06 Nov '07

06 Nov '07

ACTIVITY SUMMARY (10/29/07 - 11/05/07) Tracker at http://bugs.python.org/ To view or respond to any of the issues listed below, click on the issue number. Do NOT respond to this message. 1323 open (+16) / 11552 closed (+19) / 12875 total (+35) Open issues with patches: 421 Average duration of open issues: 682 days. Median duration of open issues: 784 days. Open Issues Breakdown open 1317 (+15) pending 5 ( +0) Issues Created Or Reopened (35) _______________________________ Compile error on OS X 10.5 10/29/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1358 created andres py3k: out of bounds read in PyUnicode_DecodeUnicodeEscape 10/29/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1359 reopened gvanrossum Queue.get() can't be interrupted with Ctrl-C unless timed out 10/30/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1360 created piro please close: hashlib uses OpenSSL which is much slower than Aar 10/30/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1361 created Omnifarious Simple mistake in http://docs.python.org/tut/node6.html 10/30/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1362 created dmazz python 2.4.4 fails on solaris (sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-880) 10/30/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1363 created theoryno3 os.lstat documentation error 10/31/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1364 created billiejoex bytes(<int>) constructor 10/31/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1365 created tiran popen spawned process may not write to stdout under windows 10/31/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1366 created pmezard mkdir+chdir problem in multiple threads 10/31/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1367 created anonyprog Bug tracker link in about tutorial page is wrong 11/01/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1368 created ksjohnson Reference to Python24 path in Python 2.5 doc 11/01/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1369 created ksjohnson Doc changes left over after mega-merge from trunk 11/01/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1370 created gvanrossum Two bsddb tests temporarily commented out in py3k branch 11/01/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1371 created gvanrossum py3k zlibmodule.c: int overflow in PyZlib_decompress 11/02/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1372 created PeterW patch turn off socket timeout in test_xmlrpc 11/02/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1373 created hupp py3k, patch IDLE - minor FormatParagraph bug fix 11/02/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1374 created taleinat patch hotshot IndexError when loading stats 11/02/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1375 created ratsberg uu module catches a wrong exception type 11/02/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1376 created billiejoex test_import breaks on Linux 11/02/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1377 created gvanrossum py3k fromfd() and dup() for _socket on WIndows 11/03/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1378 created roudkerk patch reloading imported modules sometimes fail with 'parent not in sy 11/03/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1379 created Paul Pogonyshev py3k, patch fix for test_asynchat and test_asyncore on pep3137 branch 11/03/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1380 created hupp py3k, patch cmath is numerically unsound 11/03/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1381 created inducer py3k-pep3137: patch for test_ctypes 11/04/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1382 created amaury.forgeotdarc py3k, patch Backport abcoll to 2.6 11/04/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1383 created baranguren patch Windows fix for inspect tests 11/04/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1384 created tiran py3k, patch hmac module violates RFC for some hash functions, e.g. sha512 11/04/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1385 created jowagner patch py3k-pep3137: patch to ensure that all codecs return bytes 11/04/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1386 created amaury.forgeotdarc py3k, patch py3k-pep3137: patch for hashlib on Windows 11/04/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1387 created amaury.forgeotdarc py3k, patch py3k-pep3137: possible ref leak in ctypes 11/05/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1388 created tiran py3k py3k-pep3137: struct module is leaking references 11/05/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1389 created tiran py3k toxml generates output that is not well formed 11/05/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1390 created drtomc Adds the .compact() method to bsddb db.DB objects 11/05/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1391 created gregory.p.smith patch, rfe py3k-pep3137: str(bytes()) and str(buffer()) should raise TypeEr 11/05/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1392 created tiran py3k, patch Issues Now Closed (37) ______________________ decode_unicode doesn't nul-terminate 60 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1098 georg.brandl allow subclassing of bytes type 46 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1171 gvanrossum py3k, patch test fixes for immutable bytes change 43 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1184 gvanrossum py3k, patch PEP 3137 patch (repr, names, parser) 23 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1247 gvanrossum patch Different 3.0a1 exit behavior 5 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1329 gvanrossum Error using >>> from OpenGL.GLUT import * 3 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1346 nnorwitz BaseHTTPServer writing strings to bytes interface 3 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1347 janssen py3k, patch more uses of ord() in plat-mac/ic.py 3 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1349 janssen py3k, patch Preliminary stderr patch 5 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1352 loewis mp4 missing from mimetypes.py 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1353 gvanrossum 3.0a1 Solaris w/ SUN C/C++ 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1356 gvanrossum 3.0a1 make test Error on Solaris w/ SUN C/C++ 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1357 gvanrossum py3k: out of bounds read in PyUnicode_DecodeUnicodeEscape 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1359 gvanrossum Queue.get() can't be interrupted with Ctrl-C unless timed out 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1360 piro please close: hashlib uses OpenSSL which is much slower than Aar 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1361 facundobatista Simple mistake in http://docs.python.org/tut/node6.html 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1362 georg.brandl os.lstat documentation error 2 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1364 billiejoex bytes(<int>) constructor 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1365 gvanrossum mkdir+chdir problem in multiple threads 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1367 gvanrossum Bug tracker link in about tutorial page is wrong 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1368 georg.brandl Reference to Python24 path in Python 2.5 doc 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1369 georg.brandl Doc changes left over after mega-merge from trunk 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1370 gvanrossum Two bsddb tests temporarily commented out in py3k branch 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1371 gregory.p.smith py3k turn off socket timeout in test_xmlrpc 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1373 gvanrossum py3k, patch uu module catches a wrong exception type 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1376 gvanrossum reloading imported modules sometimes fail with 'parent not in sy 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1379 Paul Pogonyshev py3k, patch fix for test_asynchat and test_asyncore on pep3137 branch 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1380 tiran py3k, patch py3k-pep3137: patch for test_ctypes 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1382 tiran py3k, patch py3k-pep3137: patch to ensure that all codecs return bytes 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1386 tiran py3k, patch py3k-pep3137: patch for hashlib on Windows 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1387 tiran py3k, patch py3k-pep3137: possible ref leak in ctypes 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1388 tiran py3k Logic Variable Thread Synchronization 1630 days http://bugs.python.org/issue738948 georg.brandl threading.Thread.join() cannot be interrupted by a Ctrl-C 952 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1167930 gvanrossum Module uuid: reduce pickle footprint 486 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1516327 gvanrossum patch Module uuid: functions for retrieving MAC addres 486 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1516330 gvanrossum patch PyHeapTypeObject fix 114 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1752184 gvanrossum py3k, patch Errors in site.py not reported properly 82 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1771260 gvanrossum py3k Top Issues Most Discussed (10) ______________________________ 10 Preliminary stderr patch 5 days closed http://bugs.python.org/issue1352 8 datetime module missing some important methods 246 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue1673409 6 py3k-pep3137: str(bytes()) and str(buffer()) should raise TypeE 0 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue1392 6 Different 3.0a1 exit behavior 5 days closed http://bugs.python.org/issue1329 5 cmath is numerically unsound 2 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue1381 5 Doc changes left over after mega-merge from trunk 0 days closed http://bugs.python.org/issue1370 5 Compile error on OS X 10.5 7 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue1358 5 Trailing slash in sys.path cause import failure 18 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue1293 4 toxml generates output that is not well formed 1 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue1390 4 os.lstat documentation error 2 days closed http://bugs.python.org/issue1364

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Summary of Tracker Issues
by Tracker 04 Nov '07

04 Nov '07

ACTIVITY SUMMARY (10/28/07 - 11/04/07) Tracker at http://bugs.python.org/ To view or respond to any of the issues listed below, click on the issue number. Do NOT respond to this message. 1316 open (+11) / 11549 closed (+19) / 12865 total (+30) Open issues with patches: 416 Average duration of open issues: 684 days. Median duration of open issues: 778 days. Open Issues Breakdown open 1311 (+11) pending 5 ( +0) Issues Created Or Reopened (30) _______________________________ mp4 missing from mimetypes.py 10/29/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1353 created kraft windows installer problem 10/29/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1354 created rajar xml.dom refers to PyXML, which is no longer maintained 10/29/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1355 created whooey1830 3.0a1 Solaris w/ SUN C/C++ 10/29/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1356 created MrJean1 3.0a1 make test Error on Solaris w/ SUN C/C++ 10/29/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1357 created MrJean1 Compile error on OS X 10.5 10/29/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1358 created andres py3k: out of bounds read in PyUnicode_DecodeUnicodeEscape 10/29/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1359 reopened gvanrossum Queue.get() can't be interrupted with Ctrl-C unless timed out 10/30/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1360 created piro please close: hashlib uses OpenSSL which is much slower than Aar 10/30/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1361 created Omnifarious Simple mistake in http://docs.python.org/tut/node6.html 10/30/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1362 created dmazz python 2.4.4 fails on solaris (sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-880) 10/30/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1363 created theoryno3 os.lstat documentation error 10/31/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1364 created billiejoex bytes(<int>) constructor 10/31/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1365 created tiran popen spawned process may not write to stdout under windows 10/31/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1366 created pmezard mkdir+chdir problem in multiple threads 10/31/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1367 created anonyprog Bug tracker link in about tutorial page is wrong 11/01/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1368 created ksjohnson Reference to Python24 path in Python 2.5 doc 11/01/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1369 created ksjohnson Doc changes left over after mega-merge from trunk 11/01/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1370 created gvanrossum Two bsddb tests temporarily commented out in py3k branch 11/01/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1371 created gvanrossum py3k zlibmodule.c: int overflow in PyZlib_decompress 11/02/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1372 created PeterW patch turn off socket timeout in test_xmlrpc 11/02/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1373 created hupp py3k, patch IDLE - minor FormatParagraph bug fix 11/02/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1374 created taleinat patch hotshot IndexError when loading stats 11/02/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1375 created ratsberg uu module catches a wrong exception type 11/02/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1376 created billiejoex test_import breaks on Linux 11/02/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1377 created gvanrossum py3k fromfd() and dup() for _socket on WIndows 11/03/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1378 created roudkerk patch reloading imported modules sometimes fail with 'parent not in sy 11/03/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1379 created Paul Pogonyshev py3k, patch fix for test_asynchat and test_asyncore on pep3137 branch 11/03/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1380 created hupp py3k, patch cmath is numerically unsound 11/03/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1381 created inducer py3k-pep3137: patch for test_ctypes 11/04/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1382 created amaury.forgeotdarc py3k, patch Issues Now Closed (39) ______________________ decode_unicode doesn't nul-terminate 60 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1098 georg.brandl allow subclassing of bytes type 46 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1171 gvanrossum py3k, patch test fixes for immutable bytes change 43 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1184 gvanrossum py3k, patch PEP 3137 patch (repr, names, parser) 23 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1247 gvanrossum patch IDLE does not start if windows environment variable containing ' 17 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1262 kbk Different 3.0a1 exit behavior 5 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1329 gvanrossum correction for test_tempfile in py3k on Windows 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1340 gvanrossum correction for test_fileinput in py3k on Windows 3 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1341 gvanrossum patch Error using >>> from OpenGL.GLUT import * 3 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1346 nnorwitz BaseHTTPServer writing strings to bytes interface 3 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1347 janssen py3k, patch more uses of ord() in plat-mac/ic.py 3 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1349 janssen py3k, patch Preliminary stderr patch 5 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1352 loewis mp4 missing from mimetypes.py 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1353 gvanrossum 3.0a1 Solaris w/ SUN C/C++ 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1356 gvanrossum 3.0a1 make test Error on Solaris w/ SUN C/C++ 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1357 gvanrossum py3k: out of bounds read in PyUnicode_DecodeUnicodeEscape 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1359 gvanrossum Queue.get() can't be interrupted with Ctrl-C unless timed out 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1360 piro please close: hashlib uses OpenSSL which is much slower than Aar 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1361 facundobatista Simple mistake in http://docs.python.org/tut/node6.html 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1362 georg.brandl os.lstat documentation error 2 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1364 billiejoex bytes(<int>) constructor 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1365 gvanrossum mkdir+chdir problem in multiple threads 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1367 gvanrossum Bug tracker link in about tutorial page is wrong 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1368 georg.brandl Reference to Python24 path in Python 2.5 doc 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1369 georg.brandl Doc changes left over after mega-merge from trunk 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1370 gvanrossum Two bsddb tests temporarily commented out in py3k branch 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1371 gregory.p.smith py3k turn off socket timeout in test_xmlrpc 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1373 gvanrossum py3k, patch uu module catches a wrong exception type 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1376 gvanrossum reloading imported modules sometimes fail with 'parent not in sy 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1379 Paul Pogonyshev py3k, patch fix for test_asynchat and test_asyncore on pep3137 branch 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1380 tiran py3k, patch py3k-pep3137: patch for test_ctypes 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1382 tiran py3k, patch Logic Variable Thread Synchronization 1630 days http://bugs.python.org/issue738948 georg.brandl threading.Thread.join() cannot be interrupted by a Ctrl-C 952 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1167930 gvanrossum Ctrl+C for copy does not work when caps-lock is on 713 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1356720 kbk Module uuid: reduce pickle footprint 486 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1516327 gvanrossum patch Module uuid: functions for retrieving MAC addres 486 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1516330 gvanrossum patch "Really print?" Dialog 170 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1717170 taleinat patch PyHeapTypeObject fix 114 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1752184 gvanrossum py3k, patch Errors in site.py not reported properly 82 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1771260 gvanrossum py3k Top Issues Most Discussed (10) ______________________________ 11 Preliminary stderr patch 5 days closed http://bugs.python.org/issue1352 9 Different 3.0a1 exit behavior 5 days closed http://bugs.python.org/issue1329 8 datetime module missing some important methods 245 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue1673409 6 Enhanced tabbed pane widget 329 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue1612746 5 Doc changes left over after mega-merge from trunk 0 days closed http://bugs.python.org/issue1370 5 Compile error on OS X 10.5 6 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue1358 5 3.0a1 make test Error on Solaris w/ SUN C/C++ 0 days closed http://bugs.python.org/issue1357 5 Trailing slash in sys.path cause import failure 17 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue1293 4 cmath is numerically unsound 1 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue1381 4 os.lstat documentation error 2 days closed http://bugs.python.org/issue1364

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Summary of Tracker Issues
by Tracker 03 Nov '07

03 Nov '07

ACTIVITY SUMMARY (10/27/07 - 11/03/07) Tracker at http://bugs.python.org/ To view or respond to any of the issues listed below, click on the issue number. Do NOT respond to this message. 1316 open (+15) / 11546 closed (+20) / 12862 total (+35) Open issues with patches: 417 Average duration of open issues: 683 days. Median duration of open issues: 777 days. Open Issues Breakdown open 1312 (+15) pending 4 ( +0) Issues Created Or Reopened (36) _______________________________ correction for test_tempfile in py3k on Windows 10/28/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1340 reopened gvanrossum Fix for test_netrc on Windows 10/27/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1345 created tiran patch Error using >>> from OpenGL.GLUT import * 10/27/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1346 created neuralsensor BaseHTTPServer writing strings to bytes interface 10/28/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1347 created janssen py3k, patch httplib closes socket, then tries to read from it 10/28/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1348 created janssen py3k, patch more uses of ord() in plat-mac/ic.py 10/28/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1349 created janssen py3k, patch IDLE - CallTips enhancement - show full doc-string in new window 10/28/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1350 created taleinat patch Add getsize() to io instances 10/28/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1351 created tiran Preliminary stderr patch 10/28/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1352 created tiran mp4 missing from mimetypes.py 10/29/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1353 created kraft windows installer problem 10/29/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1354 created rajar xml.dom refers to PyXML, which is no longer maintained 10/29/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1355 created whooey1830 3.0a1 Solaris w/ SUN C/C++ 10/29/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1356 created MrJean1 3.0a1 make test Error on Solaris w/ SUN C/C++ 10/29/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1357 created MrJean1 Compile error on OS X 10.5 10/29/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1358 created andres py3k: out of bounds read in PyUnicode_DecodeUnicodeEscape 10/29/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1359 reopened gvanrossum Queue.get() can't be interrupted with Ctrl-C unless timed out 10/30/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1360 created piro please close: hashlib uses OpenSSL which is much slower than Aar 10/30/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1361 created Omnifarious Simple mistake in http://docs.python.org/tut/node6.html 10/30/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1362 created dmazz python 2.4.4 fails on solaris (sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-880) 10/30/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1363 created theoryno3 os.lstat documentation error 10/31/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1364 created billiejoex bytes(<int>) constructor 10/31/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1365 created tiran popen spawned process may not write to stdout under windows 10/31/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1366 created pmezard mkdir+chdir problem in multiple threads 10/31/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1367 created anonyprog Bug tracker link in about tutorial page is wrong 11/01/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1368 created ksjohnson Reference to Python24 path in Python 2.5 doc 11/01/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1369 created ksjohnson Doc changes left over after mega-merge from trunk 11/01/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1370 created gvanrossum Two bsddb tests temporarily commented out in py3k branch 11/01/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1371 created gvanrossum py3k zlibmodule.c: int overflow in PyZlib_decompress 11/02/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1372 created PeterW patch turn off socket timeout in test_xmlrpc 11/02/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1373 created hupp py3k, patch IDLE - minor FormatParagraph bug fix 11/02/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1374 created taleinat patch hotshot IndexError when loading stats 11/02/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1375 created ratsberg uu module catches a wrong exception type 11/02/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1376 created billiejoex test_import breaks on Linux 11/02/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1377 created gvanrossum fromfd() and dup() for _socket on WIndows 11/03/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1378 created roudkerk patch reloading imported modules sometimes fail with 'parent not in sy 11/03/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1379 created Paul Pogonyshev patch Issues Now Closed (36) ______________________ decode_unicode doesn't nul-terminate 60 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1098 georg.brandl allow subclassing of bytes type 46 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1171 gvanrossum py3k, patch test fixes for immutable bytes change 43 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1184 gvanrossum py3k, patch PEP 3137 patch (repr, names, parser) 23 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1247 gvanrossum patch IDLE does not start if windows environment variable containing ' 17 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1262 kbk Different 3.0a1 exit behavior 5 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1329 gvanrossum correction for test_tempfile in py3k on Windows 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1340 gvanrossum correction for test_fileinput in py3k on Windows 3 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1341 gvanrossum patch Error using >>> from OpenGL.GLUT import * 3 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1346 nnorwitz BaseHTTPServer writing strings to bytes interface 3 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1347 janssen py3k, patch more uses of ord() in plat-mac/ic.py 3 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1349 janssen py3k, patch Preliminary stderr patch 5 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1352 loewis mp4 missing from mimetypes.py 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1353 gvanrossum 3.0a1 Solaris w/ SUN C/C++ 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1356 gvanrossum 3.0a1 make test Error on Solaris w/ SUN C/C++ 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1357 gvanrossum py3k: out of bounds read in PyUnicode_DecodeUnicodeEscape 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1359 gvanrossum Queue.get() can't be interrupted with Ctrl-C unless timed out 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1360 piro please close: hashlib uses OpenSSL which is much slower than Aar 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1361 facundobatista Simple mistake in http://docs.python.org/tut/node6.html 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1362 georg.brandl os.lstat documentation error 2 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1364 billiejoex bytes(<int>) constructor 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1365 gvanrossum mkdir+chdir problem in multiple threads 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1367 gvanrossum Bug tracker link in about tutorial page is wrong 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1368 georg.brandl Reference to Python24 path in Python 2.5 doc 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1369 georg.brandl Doc changes left over after mega-merge from trunk 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1370 gvanrossum Two bsddb tests temporarily commented out in py3k branch 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1371 gregory.p.smith py3k turn off socket timeout in test_xmlrpc 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1373 gvanrossum py3k, patch uu module catches a wrong exception type 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1376 gvanrossum Logic Variable Thread Synchronization 1630 days http://bugs.python.org/issue738948 georg.brandl threading.Thread.join() cannot be interrupted by a Ctrl-C 952 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1167930 gvanrossum Ctrl+C for copy does not work when caps-lock is on 713 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1356720 kbk Module uuid: reduce pickle footprint 486 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1516327 gvanrossum patch Module uuid: functions for retrieving MAC addres 486 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1516330 gvanrossum patch "Really print?" Dialog 170 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1717170 taleinat patch PyHeapTypeObject fix 114 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1752184 gvanrossum py3k, patch Errors in site.py not reported properly 82 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1771260 gvanrossum py3k Top Issues Most Discussed (10) ______________________________ 13 Different 3.0a1 exit behavior 5 days closed http://bugs.python.org/issue1329 11 Preliminary stderr patch 5 days closed http://bugs.python.org/issue1352 8 datetime module missing some important methods 244 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue1673409 6 Enhanced tabbed pane widget 328 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue1612746 6 IDLE - patch Delegator to support callables 25 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue1252 5 Doc changes left over after mega-merge from trunk 0 days closed http://bugs.python.org/issue1370 5 Compile error on OS X 10.5 5 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue1358 5 3.0a1 make test Error on Solaris w/ SUN C/C++ 0 days closed http://bugs.python.org/issue1357 5 correction for test_tempfile in py3k on Windows 1 days closed http://bugs.python.org/issue1340 5 Trailing slash in sys.path cause import failure 16 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue1293

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Does Python need a file locking module (slightly higher level)?
by skip＠pobox.com 03 Nov '07

03 Nov '07

I'm always daunted by the prospect of trying to implement file locking. This just came up again in SpamBayes where we have never protected our pickle files from corruption when multiple processes access them simultaneously. The presence of networked file systems and platform-independent locks make it a nasty little problem. Maybe I'm just showing my age. Does fcntl.flock work over NFS and SMB and on Windows? If this is still as much of a mess as I remember, should Python provide a simple file locking module in the standard distribution? Side note: While reading the fcntl man page on my Mac I came across this text in the description of F_GETLK/F_SETLK/F_SETLKW. This interface follows the completely stupid semantics of System V and IEEE Std 1003.1-1988 (``POSIX.1'') that require that all locks associated with a file for a given process are removed when any file descriptor for that file is closed by that process.... Flock(2) is recommended for applications that want to ensure the integrity of their locks when using library routines or wish to pass locks to their children. I guess the BSD folks were a bit upset when they wrote that. Skip

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Summary of Tracker Issues
by Tracker 02 Nov '07

02 Nov '07

ACTIVITY SUMMARY (10/26/07 - 11/02/07) Tracker at http://bugs.python.org/ To view or respond to any of the issues listed below, click on the issue number. Do NOT respond to this message. 1315 open (+15) / 11541 closed (+21) / 12856 total (+36) Open issues with patches: 417 Average duration of open issues: 683 days. Median duration of open issues: 775 days. Open Issues Breakdown open 1311 (+15) pending 4 ( +0) Issues Created Or Reopened (36) _______________________________ pickling bytes? 10/26/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1338 created gvanrossum py3k smtplib starttls() should ehlo() if it needs to 10/26/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1339 created fenner correction for test_tempfile in py3k on Windows 10/28/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1340 reopened gvanrossum correction for test_fileinput in py3k on Windows 10/26/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1341 created amaury.forgeotdarc patch Crash on Windows if Python runs from a directory with umlauts 10/27/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1342 created tiran XMLGenerator: nice <empty/> elements 10/27/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1343 created panzi subprocess.communication doc could use clarification 10/27/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1344 created dsturtevant Fix for test_netrc on Windows 10/27/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1345 created tiran patch Error using >>> from OpenGL.GLUT import * 10/27/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1346 created neuralsensor BaseHTTPServer writing strings to bytes interface 10/28/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1347 created janssen py3k, patch httplib closes socket, then tries to read from it 10/28/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1348 created janssen py3k, patch more uses of ord() in plat-mac/ic.py 10/28/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1349 created janssen py3k, patch IDLE - CallTips enhancement - show full doc-string in new window 10/28/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1350 created taleinat patch Add getsize() to io instances 10/28/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1351 created tiran Preliminary stderr patch 10/28/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1352 created tiran mp4 missing from mimetypes.py 10/29/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1353 created kraft windows installer problem 10/29/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1354 created rajar xml.dom refers to PyXML, which is no longer maintained 10/29/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1355 created whooey1830 3.0a1 Solaris w/ SUN C/C++ 10/29/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1356 created MrJean1 3.0a1 make test Error on Solaris w/ SUN C/C++ 10/29/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1357 created MrJean1 Compile error on OS X 10.5 10/29/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1358 created andres py3k: out of bounds read in PyUnicode_DecodeUnicodeEscape 10/29/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1359 reopened gvanrossum Queue.get() can't be interrupted with Ctrl-C unless timed out 10/30/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1360 created piro please close: hashlib uses OpenSSL which is much slower than Aar 10/30/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1361 created Omnifarious Simple mistake in http://docs.python.org/tut/node6.html 10/30/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1362 created dmazz python 2.4.4 fails on solaris (sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-880) 10/30/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1363 created theoryno3 os.lstat documentation error 10/31/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1364 created billiejoex bytes(<int>) constructor 10/31/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1365 created tiran popen spawned process may not write to stdout under windows 10/31/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1366 created pmezard mkdir+chdir problem in multiple threads 10/31/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1367 created anonyprog Bug tracker link in about tutorial page is wrong 11/01/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1368 created ksjohnson Reference to Python24 path in Python 2.5 doc 11/01/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1369 created ksjohnson Doc changes left over after mega-merge from trunk 11/01/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1370 created gvanrossum Two bsddb tests temporarily commented out in py3k branch 11/01/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1371 created gvanrossum py3k zlibmodule.c: int overflow in PyZlib_decompress 11/02/07 http://bugs.python.org/issue1372 created PeterW patch turn off socket timeout in test_xmlrpc 11/02/07 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1373 created hupp py3k, patch Issues Now Closed (32) ______________________ PEP 3137 patch (repr, names, parser) 23 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1247 gvanrossum patch IDLE does not start if windows environment variable containing ' 17 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1262 kbk os.environ.pop doesn't work 10 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1287 georg.brandl Different 3.0a1 exit behavior 5 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1329 gvanrossum correction for test_tempfile in py3k on Windows 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1340 gvanrossum correction for test_fileinput in py3k on Windows 3 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1341 gvanrossum patch Error using >>> from OpenGL.GLUT import * 3 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1346 nnorwitz BaseHTTPServer writing strings to bytes interface 3 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1347 janssen py3k, patch more uses of ord() in plat-mac/ic.py 3 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1349 janssen py3k, patch Preliminary stderr patch 4 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1352 gvanrossum mp4 missing from mimetypes.py 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1353 gvanrossum 3.0a1 Solaris w/ SUN C/C++ 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1356 gvanrossum 3.0a1 make test Error on Solaris w/ SUN C/C++ 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1357 gvanrossum py3k: out of bounds read in PyUnicode_DecodeUnicodeEscape 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1359 gvanrossum Queue.get() can't be interrupted with Ctrl-C unless timed out 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1360 piro please close: hashlib uses OpenSSL which is much slower than Aar 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1361 facundobatista Simple mistake in http://docs.python.org/tut/node6.html 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1362 georg.brandl os.lstat documentation error 2 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1364 billiejoex bytes(<int>) constructor 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1365 gvanrossum mkdir+chdir problem in multiple threads 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1367 gvanrossum Bug tracker link in about tutorial page is wrong 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1368 georg.brandl Reference to Python24 path in Python 2.5 doc 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1369 georg.brandl Doc changes left over after mega-merge from trunk 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1370 gvanrossum Two bsddb tests temporarily commented out in py3k branch 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1371 gregory.p.smith py3k turn off socket timeout in test_xmlrpc 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1373 gvanrossum py3k, patch Logic Variable Thread Synchronization 1630 days http://bugs.python.org/issue738948 georg.brandl threading.Thread.join() cannot be interrupted by a Ctrl-C 952 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1167930 gvanrossum Ctrl+C for copy does not work when caps-lock is on 713 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1356720 kbk Module uuid: reduce pickle footprint 486 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1516327 gvanrossum patch Module uuid: functions for retrieving MAC addres 486 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1516330 gvanrossum patch "Really print?" Dialog 170 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1717170 taleinat patch Errors in site.py not reported properly 82 days http://bugs.python.org/issue1771260 gvanrossum py3k Top Issues Most Discussed (10) ______________________________ 33 Different 3.0a1 exit behavior 5 days closed http://bugs.python.org/issue1329 10 threading.RLock().aquire(0) fails with python-2.5.1.amd64.msi 8 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue1332 7 Preliminary stderr patch 4 days closed http://bugs.python.org/issue1352 6 Enhanced tabbed pane widget 327 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue1612746 6 feature request: force BOM option 8 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue1328 6 IDLE - patch Delegator to support callables 24 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue1252 5 datetime module missing some important methods 243 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue1673409 5 Doc changes left over after mega-merge from trunk 0 days closed http://bugs.python.org/issue1370 5 Compile error on OS X 10.5 4 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue1358 5 3.0a1 make test Error on Solaris w/ SUN C/C++ 0 days closed http://bugs.python.org/issue1357

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Re: [Python-Dev] Declaring setters with getters
by Phillip J. Eby 02 Nov '07

02 Nov '07

At 11:09 AM 10/31/2007 -0700, Guido van Rossum wrote: >Yes, though I think that if prop.fdel is None, we could use func in >both slots. Eh? Isn't prop.fdel supposed to be a single-argument function? ISTM that C is the only place where fset and fdel are the same thing.

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Re: [Python-Dev] Declaring setters with getters
by Raymond Hettinger 02 Nov '07

02 Nov '07

> I'd like to make this [propset] a standard built-in, +1 -- I find this to be an attractive syntax > I'd also like to change property so that the doc > string defaults to the doc string of the getter. +1 -- This should also be done for classmethod, staticmethod, and anything else that wraps functions. Alternatively, the doc string could be made a little more informative: __doc__ = 'property of function %s: %s' % (f.__name__, f.__doc__) Raymond

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Re: [Python-Dev] Declaring setters with getters
by Raymond Hettinger 02 Nov '07

02 Nov '07

> I'm not sure about the name "propset" ... >Maybe something like "setproperty" would be better. I think not. Saying "setproperty" has too many ambiguous mental parsings. When does "set" take place -- assigning a value to a property is different defining the property itself. Is "set" a verb so that we're talking about a property of sets/frozensets. Is "set" a completed action so that the property has been set. Let's stick with "propset" which has precedent as an svn action and serves as a short, simple mnemonic to the functionality. Also, I find that these unique words are easier to search for. I once co-owned a magazine called Know Your Boston and it was very difficult for clients to find using Google. Raymond

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