Mailman 3 January 2013 - Python-Dev

FYI - wiki.python.org compromised
by Brian Curtin Jan. 8, 2013

Jan. 8, 2013

On December 28th, an unknown attacker used a previously unknown remote code exploit on http://wiki.python.org/. The attacker was able to get shell access as the "moin" user, but no other services were affected. Some time later, the attacker deleted all files owned by the "moin" user, including all instance data for both the Python and Jython wikis. The attack also had full access to all MoinMoin user data on all wikis. In light of this, the Python Software Foundation encourages all wiki users … [View More]

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Accessing value stack
by Dima Tisnek Jan. 7, 2013

Jan. 7, 2013

Hi, is it possible to access the values stored on the stack in Python stack machine from Python? As in, consider expression: tmp = foo() + bar() At the point in time when bar() is called, foo() already returned something, and that value is on top of the stack in that frame, a few steps after bar() returns, that value is added to bar and is lost. I would very much like to be able to read (and maybe even change) that ephemeral value. If it is absolutely not possible to achieve from … [View More]

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FYI: don't CC the peps mailing list
by Brett Cannon Jan. 7, 2013

Jan. 7, 2013

Since this has happened for the second time in the past month, I want to prevent a trend from starting here. Please do not CC the peps mailing list on any discussions as it makes it impossible to know what emails are about an actual update vs. people replying to some discussion which in no way affects the PEP editors. Emails to the peps list should deal only with adding/updating peps and only between the PEP editors and PEP authors. Lennart, I tossed all emails that got held up in moderation, … [View More]

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Why no venv in existing directory?
by Stefan H. Holek Jan. 7, 2013

Jan. 7, 2013

Hi All, While trying 3.3 beta I found that I cannot use my favorite virtualenv pattern with pyvenv: $ virtualenv . Installing.....done. $ pyvenv . Error: Directory exists: /Users/stefan/sandbox/foo I appreciate that this behavior is documented and was in the PEP from the start: "If the target directory already exists an error will be raised, unless the --clear or --upgrade option was provided." Still, I am curious what the rationale behind this restriction is. For me, being … [View More]

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Re: [Python-Dev] peps: Updates in response to Barry Warsaw's feedback
by Antoine Pitrou Jan. 6, 2013

Jan. 6, 2013

On Sun, 6 Jan 2013 08:25:44 +0100 (CET) nick.coghlan <python-checkins(a)python.org> wrote: > http://hg.python.org/peps/rev/3eb7e4b587da > changeset: 4654:3eb7e4b587da > user: Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan(a)gmail.com> > date: Sun Jan 06 17:22:45 2013 +1000 > summary: > Updates in response to Barry Warsaw's feedback > > files: > pep-0432.txt | 217 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------ > 1 files changed, 146 insertions(+), 71 deletions(-… [View More]

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PEP 3156 - Asynchronous IO Support Rebooted
by Guido van Rossum Jan. 5, 2013

Jan. 5, 2013

Dear python-dev *and* python-ideas, I am posting PEP 3156 here for early review and discussion. As you can see from the liberally sprinkled TBD entries it is not done, but I am about to disappear on vacation for a few weeks and I am reasonably happy with the state of things so far. (Of course feedback may change this. :-) Also, there has already been some discussion on python-ideas (and even on Twitter) so I don't want python-dev to feel out of the loop -- this *is* a proposal for a new … [View More]

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test failed: test_urlwithfrag
by Elli Lola Jan. 5, 2013

Jan. 5, 2013

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Please review simple patch for IDLE documentation last updated 11/28/2012
by Todd V Rovito Jan. 4, 2013

Jan. 4, 2013

Greetings, I submitted a simple patch for updates to IDLE's documentation http://bugs.python.org/issue5066 and it has not been reviewed by an official Python developer. Since it is now been over 1month since last update can somebody please review and or commit? I did get some comments from another contributor and updated the patch based on those comments. The original bug was opened in 2009 and the IDLE documentation is out of date with undocumented menu options and inconsistencies … [View More]

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Range information in the AST -- once more
by Sven Brauch Jan. 4, 2013

Jan. 4, 2013

Hello! I'm writing a static language analyzer for an IDE which reuses the CPython parser (for parsing) [1]. Two years ago, I asked about a few changes to be made to the AST provided by CPython, but the discussion thread dried up before a definite decision was made. I decided to just copy the parser code to my project and make the necessary changes there back then. I'm bringing this up again now since after my project has seen its first release recently, packagers are (understandably) a bit … [View More]

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Summary of Python tracker Issues
by Python tracker Jan. 4, 2013

Jan. 4, 2013

ACTIVITY SUMMARY (2012-12-28 - 2013-01-04) 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 3817 (-17) closed 24823 (+78) total 28640 (+61) Open issues with patches: 1667 Issues opened (44) ================== #8952: Doc/c-api/arg.rst: fix documentation of number formats http://bugs.python.org/issue8952 reopened by georg.brandl #16748: Make CPython … [View More]

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