Mailman 3 June 2007 - Python-Dev

Compiling 2.5.1 under Studio 11
by Ellinghaus, Lance June 9, 2007

June 9, 2007

Hello, I am having a couple of issues compiling Python 2.5.1 under Sun Solaris Studio 11 on Solaris 8. Everything compiles correctly except the _ctypes module because it cannot use the libffi that comes with Python and it does not exist on the system. Has anyone gotten it to compile correctly using Studio 11? I know it will compile under GCC but I am not allowed to use GCC. Also, during the pyexpat tests, Python generates a segfault. Are there any patches to fix these? Thank you, Lance

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cProfile with generator throwing
by Eyal Lotem June 9, 2007

June 9, 2007

Hi. It seems that cProfile does not support throwing exceptions into generators properly, when an external timer routine is used. The problem is that _lsprof.c: ptrace_enter_call assumes that there are no exceptions set when it is called, which is not true when the generator frame is being gen_send_ex'd to send an exception into it (Maybe you could say that only CallExternalTimer assumes this, but I am not sure). This assumption causes its eventual call to CallExternalTimer to discover that … [View More]

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Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] buildbot failure in x86 W2k trunk
by Brett Cannon June 9, 2007

June 9, 2007

For removing extension modules from the build process on Windows, do you just delete the File entry from PCbuild/pythoncore.vcproj? -Brett On 5/20/07, buildbot(a)python.org <buildbot(a)python.org> wrote: > > The Buildbot has detected a new failure of x86 W2k trunk. > Full details are available at: > http://www.python.org/dev/buildbot/all/x86%2520W2k%2520trunk/builds/290 > > Buildbot URL: http://www.python.org/dev/buildbot/all/ > > Build Reason: > Build Source … [View More]

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Representation of 'nan'
by Pete Shinners June 8, 2007

June 8, 2007

The repr() for a float of 'inf' or 'nan' is generated as a string (not a string literal). Perhaps this is only important in how one defines repr(). I've filed a bug, but am not sure if there is a clear solution. https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1732212&group_… # Repr with a tuple of floats >>> repr((1.0, 2.0, 3.0)) '(1.0, 2.0, 3.0)' >>> eval(_) (1.0, 2.0, 3.0) # Repr with a tuple of floats, plus nan >>> repr((1.0, float('nan')… [View More]

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NaN / Infinity in Python
by Armin Ronacher June 8, 2007

June 8, 2007

Hi, It's one of those "non issues" but there are still some situations where you have to deal with Infinity and NaN, even in Python. Basically one the problems is that the repr of floating point numbers is platform depending and sometimes yields "nan" which is not evaluable. It's true that eval() is probably a bad thing but there are some libraries that use repr/%r for code generation and it could happen that they produce erroneous code because of that. Also there is no way to get the Infinity … [View More]

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Timeout in urllib2.urlopen
by Facundo Batista June 7, 2007

June 7, 2007

facundo@expiron:~/devel/reps/python/trunk$ ./python Python 2.6a0 (trunk, Jun 6 2007, 12:32:23) [GCC 4.1.2 (Ubuntu 4.1.2-0ubuntu4)] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import urllib2 >>> u = urllib2.urlopen("http://www.taniquetil.com.ar/plog") >>> u.headers.items() [..., ('content-type', 'text/html;charset=iso-8859-1'), ...] >>> >>> u = urllib2.urlopen("http://www.taniquetil.com.ar/plog", timeout=3) … [View More]

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minimal configuration for python on a DSP (C64xx family of TI)
by Roland Geibel June 6, 2007

June 6, 2007

Dear all. We want to make python run on DSP processors (C64xx family of TI). Which would be a minimal configuration (of modules, C-files, ... ) to make it start running (without all of the things useful to add, once it runs). Any hints welcome Roland Geibel Geibel(a)vision-comp.com Heute schon einen Blick in die Zukunft von E-Mails wagen? Versuchen Sie´s mit dem neuen Yahoo! Mail. www.yahoo.de/mail

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Patch reviews
by BJörn Lindqvist June 6, 2007

June 6, 2007

Here is a review of some patches: * [ 1673759 ] '%G' string formatting doesn't catch same errors as '%g' This patch is done, has been reviewed and works as advertised. Just needs someone to commit it I think. * [ 1100942 ] datetime.strptime constructor added Doesn't apply cleanly, emits compiler warnings, but works as expected. Lacks tests. * [ 968063 ] Add fileinput.islastline() Good and useful patch (see the pup.py program) but lacks unit tests and documentation. * [ 1501979 ] syntax … [View More]

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popen test case inquiry in r55735 using PCBuild8
by Joseph Armbruster June 6, 2007

June 6, 2007

All, I wanted to pass this one around before opening an issue on it. When running the unit test for popen via rt.bat (in PCBuild8), I received the following error: === BEGIN ERROR === C:\Documents and Settings\joe\Desktop\Development\Python\trunk\PCbuild8>rt test_popen Deleting .pyc/.pyo files ... 43 .pyc deleted, 0 .pyo deleted C:\Documents and Settings\joe\Desktop\Development\Python\trunk\PCbuild8>win32Release\python.exe -E -tt ../lib/test/regrtest.py te st_popen test_popen … [View More]test test_popen failed -- Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Documents and Settings\joe\Desktop\Development\Python\trunk\lib\test\test_popen.py", line 31, in test_popen ["foo", "bar"] File "C:\Documents and Settings\joe\Desktop\Development\Python\trunk\lib\test\test_popen.py", line 24, in _do_test_commandline got = eval(data)[1:] # strip off argv[0] File "<string>", line 0 ^ SyntaxError: unexpected EOF while parsing 1 test failed: test_popen === END ERROR === Only naturally, I looked into what was causing it and noticed the following: Line 23 of the test_popen.py appears to be returning '' and assigning this to data. data = os.popen(cmd).read() The problem with is, the next line (24) assumes the previous line will work and goes on to perform the following strip and assert: got = eval(data)[1:] # strip off argv[0] self.assertEqual(got, expected) So, in a perfect world, ['-c','foo','bar']\n is what data Should be. I put some quick debug statements after line 23 in test_popen.py to verify this and I observed the following: data= cmd= "C:\Documents and Settings\joe\Desktop\Development\Python\trunk\PCbuild8\win32Release\python.exe" -c "import sys;print sys.argv" foo bar Now, on to the 'interesting' part. From the command line, observe the following: C:\Documents and Settings\joe\Desktop\Development\Python\trunk\PCbuild8\win32release>python -c "import sys; print sys.argv" foo bar ['-c', 'foo', 'bar'] Outside of the popen call failing. I am wondering if an appropriate assert should be performed on the data object, prior to line 24. In addition, if you debug into the posixmodule, this is the scoop: 1. breakpoint set in posixmodule at the start of posix_popen 2. i run in debug 3. run the following: import os tmp = os.popen('"C:/Documents and Settings/joe/Desktop/Development/Python/trunk/PCbuild8/win32Release/python.exe" -c "import sys;print sys.argv" foo bar') 3. call enters posixmodule posix_popen and follows path: f = _PyPopen(cmdstring, tm | _O_TEXT, POPEN_1); 4. enters posixmodule: _PyPopen 5. enters posixmodule: _PyPopenCreateProcess 6. enters posixmodule linen 4920 where the CreateProcess is... s2 checks out as: "C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:/Documents and Settings/joe/Desktop/Development/Python/trunk/PCbuild8/win32Release/python.exe" -c "import sys;print sys.argv" foo bar" this call returns nonzero, which means it "succeeded". see: [ http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms682425.aspx ] On another note, I ran across CreateProcessW and am interested in questioning whether or not this has a place in posixmodule? Any on yet another note, when I ran test_popen.py straight from /lib (using my std::Python25 install, I obtained the following debug output in the same statement of interest) data=['-c', 'foo', 'bar'] cmd=c:\python25\python.exe -c "import sys;print sys.argv" foo bar Your thoughts ? Joseph Armbruster [View Less]

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Patch #1731330 - pysqlite_cache_display - missing Py_DECREF
by Tim Delaney June 6, 2007

June 6, 2007

I've added patch #1731330 to fix a missing Py_DECREF in pysqlite_cache_display. I've attached the diff to this email. I haven't actually been able to test this - haven't been able to get pysqlite compiled here on cygwin yet. I just noticed it when taking an example of using PyObject_Print ... Cheers, Tim Delaney

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