Mailman 3 July 2011 - Python-Dev

time.sleep(-1) behaviour
by Ulrich Eckhardt July 1, 2011

July 1, 2011

Hi! This is a request for clarification for the thread "how to call a function for evry 10 seconds" from the user mailinglist/newsgroup. The gist is this: 1. On Linux/Python 2.6, time.sleep(-1.0) raises an IOError. 2. On MS Windows/Python 2.5 or 2.7 this sleeps forever. It seems that converting this to a 32-bit integer for Sleep() causes an underflow. Questions: 1. Is the IOError somehow explainable? 2. Is the IOError acceptable or a bug? 3. Is the behaviour under MS Windows acceptable … [View More]

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Re: [Python-Dev] cpython: Issue #12451: Add support.create_empty_file()
by Antoine Pitrou July 1, 2011

July 1, 2011

On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 23:25:59 +0200 victor.stinner <python-checkins(a)python.org> wrote: > http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/0c49260e85a0 > changeset: 71103:0c49260e85a0 > user: Victor Stinner <victor.stinner(a)haypocalc.com> > date: Thu Jun 30 23:25:47 2011 +0200 > summary: > Issue #12451: Add support.create_empty_file() > > We don't need to create a temporary buffered binary or text file object just to > create an empty file. Is there a … [View More]

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Re: [Python-Dev] commant
by Bernie Bill July 1, 2011

July 1, 2011

and thanks!! lederbill

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svn.python.org confusion
by Ned Deily July 1, 2011

July 1, 2011

Not surprisingly, people are still attempting to browse and/or checkout Python source from svn.python.org. They could be following out-of-date instructions from somewhere or might be expecting the svn repos are mirroring the hg ones. This causes wasted time and frustration for users and for us following up on issues. Could some text be added to the svn browser pages to at least indicate that the repo is no longer being updated with a link to the hg.python.org browser? I'm not sure … [View More]

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