Mailman 3 September 2012 - Python-Dev

"Decimal(2) != float(2)"???
by Jan Kaliszewski Sept. 30, 2012

Sept. 30, 2012

Hello, In http://docs.python.org/release/3.2.3/reference/expressions.html#in we read: "[...] This can create the illusion of non-transitivity between supported cross-type comparisons and unsupported comparisons. For example, Decimal(2) == 2 and 2 == float(2) but Decimal(2) != float(2)." (The same is in the 3.3 docs). But: Python 3.2.3 (default, Sep 10 2012, 18:14:40) [GCC 4.6.3] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>… [View More]

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Re: [Python-Dev] make decimal the default non-integer instead of float?
by Gregory P. Smith Sept. 29, 2012

Sept. 29, 2012

-cc: python-dev +cc: python-ideas On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 11:39 AM, Chris Angelico <rosuav(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 4:26 AM, Brett Cannon <brett(a)python.org> wrote: > > Does this mean we want to re-open the discussion about decimal constants? > > Last time this came up I think we decided that we wanted to wait for > > cdecimal (which is obviously here) and work out how to handle contexts, > the > > syntax, etc. > > Just to … [View More]

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str.format bug again
by Ben Wolfson Sept. 29, 2012

Sept. 29, 2012

There's a patch for this bug: http://bugs.python.org/issue12014 that needs reviewed. Petri Lehtinen made some (very minor) comments back in May; otherwise it's been neglected. I've brought this up occasionally here in the past; it would be great if someone could just give it a thumbs up or down (or say what needs to be changed, or whatever). -- Ben Wolfson "Human kind has used its intelligence to vary the flavour of drinks, which may be sweet, aromatic, fermented or spirit-based. ... Family … [View More]

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Deprecating "U" open mode
by Serhiy Storchaka Sept. 28, 2012

Sept. 28, 2012

Since Python 2.3 many open-like functions supports "Universal line mode" (PEP 278 [1]). Since 3.0 (and 2.6) PEP 3116 [2] suggests better alternative -- io.TextWrapper. In issue15204 [3] proposed to deprecate "U" mode in open-like functions. In fact I found only three places where "U" mode is mentioned in the standard library: * builtin open (io.open) (almost ignored); * fileinput (transparently passed to open); * zipfile (inefficient and inconsistent implementation). Is someone uses "U" … [View More]

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Summary of Python tracker Issues
by Python tracker Sept. 28, 2012

Sept. 28, 2012

ACTIVITY SUMMARY (2012-09-21 - 2012-09-28) Python tracker at http://bugs.python.org/ To view or respond to any of the issues listed below, click on the issue. Do NOT respond to this message. Issues counts and deltas: open 3754 (+23) closed 24106 (+61) total 27860 (+84) Open issues with patches: 1662 Issues opened (52) ================== #16000: test_curses should use unittest http://bugs.python.org/issue16000 opened by chris.jerdonek #16001: small ints: cache string … [View More]

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Re: [Python-Dev] [Distutils] distlib updated with resources API
by Tarek Ziadé Sept. 27, 2012

Sept. 27, 2012

On 9/28/12 12:55 AM, Antoine Pitrou wrote: >> Last but not least, distlib is the plan forward endorsed by python-dev, > Is it? I haven't seen a PEP or an official decision about that. Just because > someone proposed it on a mailing-list doesn't mean it is "endorsed by > python-dev". We discussed about this with Vinay, Nick and al on python-dev, based on Nick's document that describes what 'distlib' is. The document has changed since then, http://python-notes.… [View More]

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Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] cpython: Add a few entries to whatsnew/3.3.rst.
by Walter Dörwald Sept. 27, 2012

Sept. 27, 2012

On 26.09.12 16:43, ezio.melotti wrote: > http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/36f61661f71e > changeset: 79194:36f61661f71e > user: Ezio Melotti <ezio.melotti(a)gmail.com> > date: Wed Sep 26 17:43:23 2012 +0300 > summary: > Add a few entries to whatsnew/3.3.rst. > [...] > + > +A new :data:`~html.entities.html5` dictionary that maps HTML5 named character > +references to the equivalent Unicode character(s) (e.g. ``html5['gt;'] == '>'``) > +… [View More]

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Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] cpython: don't depend on __debug__ because it's baked in at freeze time (issue #16046)
by Nick Coghlan Sept. 25, 2012

Sept. 25, 2012

On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 1:23 AM, benjamin.peterson <python-checkins(a)python.org> wrote: > If debug_override is not None, then it must be a boolean and is taken as > - the value of __debug__ instead. > + the value of bool(sys.flags.optimize) instead. s/bool(sys.flags.optimize)/"not sys.flags.optimize"/? It may be better to just rephrase this sentence entirely to better account for the fact that we're now checking the runtime sys.flags.optimize value rather than the … [View More]

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Better HTTP 1.1 support in http.server?
by Antoine Pitrou Sept. 25, 2012

Sept. 25, 2012

Hello, I was wondering if it would be worth providing better HTTP 1.1 support in http.server. The way I envision it, there would be a separate HTTP11RequestHandler which would provide: - a smart wfile with automatic chunk encoding (which relieves the API user from manually handling chunk encoding or content length calculation) - keep-alive enabled by default - HTTP 1.1 by default (BaseHTTPRequestHandler defaults to 1.0) What do you think? Regards Antoine. -- Software development and … [View More]

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3.3 release
by Yury Selivanov Sept. 22, 2012

Sept. 22, 2012

Hello, What's the status of 3.3? Is it going to be released tomorrow? (I see that we still have a few release-blockers in the tracker, and the whatsnew section is probably due to be updated by Raymond...) - Yury

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