Mailman 3 August 2018 - Python-Dev

[RELEASED] Python 3.4.9 and Python 3.5.6 are now available
by Larry Hastings Aug. 7, 2018

Aug. 7, 2018

On behalf of the Python development community, I'm happy to announce the availability of Python 3.4.9 and Python 3.5.6. Both Python 3.4 and 3.5 are in "security fixes only" mode. Both versions only accept security fixes, not conventional bug fixes, and both releases are source-only. You can find Python 3.4.9 here: https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-349/ And you can find Python 3.5.6 here: https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-356/ We now return you to your pitched debate already in progress, //arry/

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Re: [Python-Dev] Error message for wrong number of arguments
by Jeroen Demeyer Aug. 4, 2018

Aug. 4, 2018

On 2018-07-30 17:28, Nick Coghlan wrote: > I would, and I think it would make sense for the PEP to cite improving > consistency (and reducing code duplication?) in that regard as an > advantage of the PEP. I'm not sure to which PEP you are referring (PEP 580 or a new PEP?). After thinking a bit about the issue of error messages, I realized that PEP 580 would make this easier to fix (to be clear: there are ways to fix it without PEP 580, I'm just saying that PEP 580 makes it easier). There are two related reasons for this: * The existing code which calls the actual underlying C function doesn't have access to the Python-level function object. So it can't know whether it's a function (where self doesn't count) or a method (where self counts). * Armin Rigo suggested to use a new flag to indicate this difference: that would certainly work for Argument Clinic (just have Argument Clinic add that flag). For methods defined without Argument Clinic, we cannot require such a new flag though. We could still add the flag at runtime, but it's far from clear if we can freely change the flags inside a PyMethodDef at runtime (at least, no existing code that I know does that). PEP 580 solves the first issue by having the function object available and it solves the second issue by not relying on PyMethodDef at all for calling functions/methods. The second issue especially can be generalized as: PEP 580 makes the implementation of functions/methods much less rigid, making it easier to change the implementation. So maybe this can be seen as yet another advantage of PEP 580. Jeroen.

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New _Py_InitializeFromConfig() function (PEP 432)
by Victor Stinner Aug. 4, 2018

Aug. 4, 2018

Hi, I finished my work on the _PyCoreConfig structure: it's a C structure in Include/pystate.h which has many fields used to configure Python initialization. In Python 3.6 and older, these parameters were scatted around the code, and it was hard to get an exhaustive list of it. This work is linked to the Nick Coghlan's PEP 432 "Restructuring the CPython startup sequence": https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0432/ Right now, the new API is still private. Nick Coghlan splitted the initialization in two parts: "core" and "main". I'm not sure that this split is needed. We should see what to do, but it would be nice to make the _PyCoreConfig API public! IMHO it's way better than the old way to configuration Python initialization. -- It is now possible to only use _PyCoreConfig to initialize Python: it overrides old ways to configure Python like environment variables (ex: PYTHONPATH), global configuration variables (ex: Py_BytesWarningFlag) and C functions (ex: Py_SetProgramName()). I added tests to test_embed on the different ways to configure Python initialization: * environment variables (ex: PYTHONPATH) * global configuration variables (ex: Py_BytesWarningFlag) and C functions (ex: Py_SetProgramName()) * _PyCoreConfig I found and fixed many issues when writing these tests :-) Reading the current configuration, _PyCoreConfig_Read(), no longer changes the configuration. Now the code to read the configuration and the code to apply the configuration is properly separated. The work is not fully complete, there are a few remaining corner cases and some parameters (ex: Py_FrozenFlag) which cannot be set by _PyCoreConfig yet. My latest issue used to work on this API: https://bugs.python.org/issue34170 I had to refactor a lot of code to implement all of that. -- The problem is that Python 3.7 got the half-baked implementation, and it caused issues: * Calling Py_Main() after Py_Initialize() fails with a fatal error on Python 3.7.0 https://bugs.python.org/issue34008 * PYTHONOPTIMIZE environment variable is ignored by Py_Initialize() https://bugs.python.org/issue34247 I fixed the first issue, I'm now working on the second one to see how it can be fixed. Other option would be to backport the code from master to the 3.7 branch, since the code in master has a way better design. But it requires to backport a lot of changes. I'm not sure yet what is the best option. Victor

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Finding Guido's replacement
by Chris Angelico Aug. 3, 2018

Aug. 3, 2018

Guido's term as Benevolent Dictator For Life has been a long one, but in the wake of his resignation, we have an opportunity to correct some fundamental flaws in the system. Among them: * Guido lacks patience, as evidenced by the brevity of his acceptance posts. See https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2017-December/151038.html and https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2011-November/114545.html and particularly https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2016-May/144646.html where Guido specifically cites his own lack of patience. * Lately, all Guido's actions have been to benefit his employer, not the Common Pythonista. We have proof of this from reliable reporting sources such as Twitter and social media. * Finally, "For Life" is far too long. We need to change our rulers periodically. I propose a new way to appoint a project head. All candidates shall be flown to an island owned by the Python Secret Underground (which emphatically does NOT exist, but an island that would be owned by it if it did), whereupon they parachute down, search for guns, and proceed to fight each other until only one is left alive. The survivor shall be treated to a chicken dinner and proclaimed Patient, Understanding, Benevolent Governor, a title which shall be retained for one fortnight, after which we repeat the exercise. If this plan meets with broad approval, I shall write up PEP 3401, in honour of the prior art in PEP 401. ChrisA

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Summary of Python tracker Issues
by Python tracker Aug. 3, 2018

Aug. 3, 2018

ACTIVITY SUMMARY (2018-07-27 - 2018-08-03) Python tracker at https://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 6759 (+19) closed 39323 (+63) total 46082 (+82) Open issues with patches: 2692 Issues opened (60) ================== #34097: ZIP does not support timestamps before 1980 https://bugs.python.org/issue34097 reopened by vstinner #34177: test_site fails in macOS-PR VSTS builds for 3.7 branch https://bugs.python.org/issue34177 reopened by pablogsal #34252: Bunch of path leaks on Python 3.7 on Release https://bugs.python.org/issue34252 opened by illera88 #34253: Tkinter- On windows, calling filedialog or messagebox before t https://bugs.python.org/issue34253 opened by nyt #34254: Include type annotations in error messages for better errors https://bugs.python.org/issue34254 opened by xtreak #34255: test_embed skipped when srcdir != builddir https://bugs.python.org/issue34255 opened by ronaldoussoren #34256: Python treats ASCII record seperator ('\x1e') as a newline https://bugs.python.org/issue34256 opened by timClicks #34259: Improve docstring of list.sort https://bugs.python.org/issue34259 opened by timhoffm #34260: shutil.copy2 is not the same as cp -p https://bugs.python.org/issue34260 opened by csernazs #34261: Add description to clinic.py https://bugs.python.org/issue34261 opened by timhoffm #34262: Asyncio test fails under Win 7 https://bugs.python.org/issue34262 opened by pansen #34264: Inconsistency between stack size in main thread and secondary https://bugs.python.org/issue34264 opened by ronaldoussoren #34266: Bad behavior with "restart \" or "restart "" in pdb https://bugs.python.org/issue34266 opened by ppperry #34267: find_python.bat doesn't find installed Python 3.7 https://bugs.python.org/issue34267 opened by Segev Finer #34268: run pool.submit in callback when future.set_result https://bugs.python.org/issue34268 opened by gaoxinge #34270: Add names to asyncio tasks https://bugs.python.org/issue34270 opened by alex.gronholm #34271: Please support logging of SSL master secret by env variable SS https://bugs.python.org/issue34271 opened by jmfrank63 #34272: Reorganize C API tests https://bugs.python.org/issue34272 opened by serhiy.storchaka #34273: %f is confusingly associated with fixed point format https://bugs.python.org/issue34273 opened by MikeFoxtrot #34274: Python launcher behavior with "#!/usr/bin/env python" shebang https://bugs.python.org/issue34274 opened by Segev Finer #34276: urllib.parse doesn't round-trip file URI's with multiple leadi https://bugs.python.org/issue34276 opened by chris.jerdonek #34278: Documentation: os.waitid and os.WNOHANG https://bugs.python.org/issue34278 opened by crzbear #34279: RFC: issue a warning in regrtest when no tests have been execu https://bugs.python.org/issue34279 opened by vstinner #34282: Enum._convert shadows members named _convert https://bugs.python.org/issue34282 opened by orlnub123 #34283: [Windows] Python 2 mishandles console code page after setlocal https://bugs.python.org/issue34283 opened by Segev Finer #34284: Nonsensical exception message when calling `__new__` on non-in https://bugs.python.org/issue34284 opened by ppperry #34285: regrtest: in case of test failure, add "always look on the bri https://bugs.python.org/issue34285 opened by vstinner #34286: lib2to3 tests fail on the 3.7 branch (used to work with 3.7.0) https://bugs.python.org/issue34286 opened by doko #34288: Declare sethostname in socketmodule.c for SOLARIS https://bugs.python.org/issue34288 opened by rbelio #34290: _ctypes PyCField_new doesn't do anything https://bugs.python.org/issue34290 opened by bup #34292: test_compile hangs in AMD Ubuntu buildbots https://bugs.python.org/issue34292 opened by pablogsal #34293: DOC: Makefile inherits a Sphinx 1.5 bug regarding PAPER envvar https://bugs.python.org/issue34293 opened by jfbu #34294: re.finditer and lookahead bug https://bugs.python.org/issue34294 opened by beardypig #34296: Speed up python startup by pre-warming the vm https://bugs.python.org/issue34296 opened by cykerway #34297: Windows py.exe launcher fail to handle quote correctly https://bugs.python.org/issue34297 opened by copelnug #34300: gcc 7.3 causes a warning when compiling getpath.c in python 2. https://bugs.python.org/issue34300 opened by tzickel #34302: Avoid inefficient way to find start point in deque.index https://bugs.python.org/issue34302 opened by ksg97031 #34303: micro-optimizations in functools.reduce() https://bugs.python.org/issue34303 opened by sir-sigurd #34305: inspect.getsourcefile and inspect.getcomments do not work with https://bugs.python.org/issue34305 opened by Eric.Wieser #34306: minidom: wrong processing of xmlns attributes https://bugs.python.org/issue34306 opened by porton #34308: shutil.copystat fails in dockered Linux (Debian) on Azure (Win https://bugs.python.org/issue34308 opened by nuarhu #34309: Trouble when reloading extension modules. https://bugs.python.org/issue34309 opened by christoph.wiedemann #34310: Build error with option "--with-pydebug" on Mac OS 10.13.6 https://bugs.python.org/issue34310 opened by yuwu #34311: locale.format() and locale.format_string() cast Decimals to fl https://bugs.python.org/issue34311 opened by jemerton #34312: Allow str.endswith and str.startswith to accept an iterable https://bugs.python.org/issue34312 opened by brett.cannon #34313: IDLE crashes with Tk-related error on macOS with ActiveTcl 8.6 https://bugs.python.org/issue34313 opened by taleinat #34315: Regex not evalauated correctly https://bugs.python.org/issue34315 opened by ram #34316: test_socket and test_asyncio timeouts in AMD64 Windows10 3.x b https://bugs.python.org/issue34316 opened by pablogsal #34318: Convert deprecated behavior of assertRaises() etc into errors https://bugs.python.org/issue34318 opened by serhiy.storchaka #34319: Clarify pathlib.Path("filepath").read_text() https://bugs.python.org/issue34319 opened by thomas.nyberg #34320: Creating dict from OrderedDict doesn't preserve order https://bugs.python.org/issue34320 opened by serhiy.storchaka #34321: mmap.mmap() should not necessarily clone the file descriptor https://bugs.python.org/issue34321 opened by manuels #34322: modification to Lib/distutils/ccompiler.py to simplify handlin https://bugs.python.org/issue34322 opened by schnaitterm #34323: False timeout log message on proactor close https://bugs.python.org/issue34323 opened by johnboy2 #34324: Doc README wrong directory name for venv https://bugs.python.org/issue34324 opened by lys.nikolaou #34325: test_zipfile gets OverflowError in multiple buildbots https://bugs.python.org/issue34325 opened by pablogsal #34326: test_subprocess.POSIXProcessTestCase fails in AMD64 Ubuntu 3.x https://bugs.python.org/issue34326 opened by pablogsal #34329: Document how to remove a suffix with pathlib.Path.with_suffix https://bugs.python.org/issue34329 opened by sotte #34330: The decode_header function does not always work correctly. https://bugs.python.org/issue34330 opened by Влад К2 #34331: Incorrectly pluralized abstract class error message https://bugs.python.org/issue34331 opened by ppperry Most recent 15 issues with no replies (15) ========================================== #34331: Incorrectly pluralized abstract class error message https://bugs.python.org/issue34331 #34330: The decode_header function does not always work correctly. https://bugs.python.org/issue34330 #34322: modification to Lib/distutils/ccompiler.py to simplify handlin https://bugs.python.org/issue34322 #34321: mmap.mmap() should not necessarily clone the file descriptor https://bugs.python.org/issue34321 #34320: Creating dict from OrderedDict doesn't preserve order https://bugs.python.org/issue34320 #34318: Convert deprecated behavior of assertRaises() etc into errors https://bugs.python.org/issue34318 #34315: Regex not evalauated correctly https://bugs.python.org/issue34315 #34310: Build error with option "--with-pydebug" on Mac OS 10.13.6 https://bugs.python.org/issue34310 #34308: shutil.copystat fails in dockered Linux (Debian) on Azure (Win https://bugs.python.org/issue34308 #34306: minidom: wrong processing of xmlns attributes https://bugs.python.org/issue34306 #34305: inspect.getsourcefile and inspect.getcomments do not work with https://bugs.python.org/issue34305 #34303: micro-optimizations in functools.reduce() https://bugs.python.org/issue34303 #34297: Windows py.exe launcher fail to handle quote correctly https://bugs.python.org/issue34297 #34296: Speed up python startup by pre-warming the vm https://bugs.python.org/issue34296 #34290: _ctypes PyCField_new doesn't do anything https://bugs.python.org/issue34290 Most recent 15 issues waiting for review (15) ============================================= #34329: Document how to remove a suffix with pathlib.Path.with_suffix https://bugs.python.org/issue34329 #34325: test_zipfile gets OverflowError in multiple buildbots https://bugs.python.org/issue34325 #34324: Doc README wrong directory name for venv https://bugs.python.org/issue34324 #34322: modification to Lib/distutils/ccompiler.py to simplify handlin https://bugs.python.org/issue34322 #34320: Creating dict from OrderedDict doesn't preserve order https://bugs.python.org/issue34320 #34319: Clarify pathlib.Path("filepath").read_text() https://bugs.python.org/issue34319 #34318: Convert deprecated behavior of assertRaises() etc into errors https://bugs.python.org/issue34318 #34305: inspect.getsourcefile and inspect.getcomments do not work with https://bugs.python.org/issue34305 #34303: micro-optimizations in functools.reduce() https://bugs.python.org/issue34303 #34302: Avoid inefficient way to find start point in deque.index https://bugs.python.org/issue34302 #34293: DOC: Makefile inherits a Sphinx 1.5 bug regarding PAPER envvar https://bugs.python.org/issue34293 #34284: Nonsensical exception message when calling `__new__` on non-in https://bugs.python.org/issue34284 #34282: Enum._convert shadows members named _convert https://bugs.python.org/issue34282 #34272: Reorganize C API tests https://bugs.python.org/issue34272 #34270: Add names to asyncio tasks https://bugs.python.org/issue34270 Top 10 most discussed issues (10) ================================= #34247: PYTHONOPTIMZE ignored in 3.7.0 when using custom launcher https://bugs.python.org/issue34247 11 msgs #34309: Trouble when reloading extension modules. https://bugs.python.org/issue34309 11 msgs #33083: math.factorial accepts non-integral Decimal instances https://bugs.python.org/issue33083 10 msgs #34326: test_subprocess.POSIXProcessTestCase fails in AMD64 Ubuntu 3.x https://bugs.python.org/issue34326 10 msgs #34284: Nonsensical exception message when calling `__new__` on non-in https://bugs.python.org/issue34284 9 msgs #24255: Replace debuglevel-related logic with logging https://bugs.python.org/issue24255 8 msgs #34170: Py_Initialize(): computing path configuration must not have si https://bugs.python.org/issue34170 8 msgs #33695: Have shutil.copytree(), copy() and copystat() use cached scand https://bugs.python.org/issue33695 7 msgs #33729: Hashlib/blake2* missing 'data' keyword argument https://bugs.python.org/issue33729 7 msgs #34276: urllib.parse doesn't round-trip file URI's with multiple leadi https://bugs.python.org/issue34276 7 msgs Issues closed (61) ================== #5978: cProfile and profile don't work with pygtk/pyqt and sys.exit(0 https://bugs.python.org/issue5978 closed by steve.dower #8145: Documentation about sqlite3 isolation_level https://bugs.python.org/issue8145 closed by berker.peksag #11594: 2to3 does not preserve line endings https://bugs.python.org/issue11594 closed by jason.coombs #14266: pyunit script as shorthand for python -m unittest https://bugs.python.org/issue14266 closed by berker.peksag #23642: Interaction of ModuleSpec and C Extension Modules https://bugs.python.org/issue23642 closed by petr.viktorin #24356: venv documentation incorrect / misleading https://bugs.python.org/issue24356 closed by steve.dower #24809: Add getprotobynumber to socket module https://bugs.python.org/issue24809 closed by vstinner #27163: IDLE entry for What's New in Python 3.6 https://bugs.python.org/issue27163 closed by taleinat #27201: expose the ABI name as a config variable https://bugs.python.org/issue27201 closed by doko #27419: Bugs in PyImport_ImportModuleLevelObject https://bugs.python.org/issue27419 closed by serhiy.storchaka #27671: FAQ: len() is still function for good reason. https://bugs.python.org/issue27671 closed by inada.naoki #27910: Doc/library/traceback.rst — references to tuples should be r https://bugs.python.org/issue27910 closed by berker.peksag #29097: [Windows] datetime.fromtimestamp(t) when 0 <= t <= 86399 fails https://bugs.python.org/issue29097 closed by ammar2 #29710: Incorrect representation caveat on bitwise operation docs https://bugs.python.org/issue29710 closed by ncoghlan #30984: traceback.print_exc return value documentation https://bugs.python.org/issue30984 closed by berker.peksag #32046: 2to3 fix for operator.isCallable() https://bugs.python.org/issue32046 closed by berker.peksag #32545: Unable to install Python 3.7.0a4 on Windows 10 - Error 0x80070 https://bugs.python.org/issue32545 closed by terry.reedy #32769: Add 'annotations' to the glossary https://bugs.python.org/issue32769 closed by steve.dower #33089: Add multi-dimensional Euclidean distance function to the math https://bugs.python.org/issue33089 closed by rhettinger #33113: Query performance is very low and can even lead to denial of s https://bugs.python.org/issue33113 closed by serhiy.storchaka #33204: IDLE: remove \b from colorizer string prefix https://bugs.python.org/issue33204 closed by terry.reedy #33435: incorrect detection of information of some distributions https://bugs.python.org/issue33435 closed by petr.viktorin #33476: String index out of range in get_group(), email/_header_value_ https://bugs.python.org/issue33476 closed by steve.dower #33566: re.findall() dead locked whent the expected ending char not oc https://bugs.python.org/issue33566 closed by tim.peters #33833: ProactorEventLoop raises AssertionError https://bugs.python.org/issue33833 closed by asvetlov #33921: Explain that '' can be used to bind to all interfaces for the https://bugs.python.org/issue33921 closed by steve.dower #34035: Several AttributeError in zipfile seek() methods https://bugs.python.org/issue34035 closed by serhiy.storchaka #34075: asyncio: We should prohibit setting a ProcessPoolExecutor in w https://bugs.python.org/issue34075 closed by vstinner #34086: logging.Handler.handleError regressed in python3 https://bugs.python.org/issue34086 closed by vinay.sajip #34113: LLTRACE segv https://bugs.python.org/issue34113 closed by vstinner #34120: IDLE: Freeze when closing Settings (& About) dialog on MacOS https://bugs.python.org/issue34120 closed by taleinat #34182: Lib/test/test_pydoc.py failed when ran as a script https://bugs.python.org/issue34182 closed by serhiy.storchaka #34231: PYTHONBREAKPOINT is not documented with python --help https://bugs.python.org/issue34231 closed by berker.peksag #34234: Use _PyAnyInt_Check() and _PyAnyInt_CheckExact() in 2.7 https://bugs.python.org/issue34234 closed by serhiy.storchaka #34239: Convert test_bz2 to use tempfile https://bugs.python.org/issue34239 closed by tim.golden #34250: import xmlrpclib not works in file named "xml.py" https://bugs.python.org/issue34250 closed by berker.peksag #34251: MSI build fails https://bugs.python.org/issue34251 closed by berker.peksag #34257: SSL should accept cert content, instead of just cert file path https://bugs.python.org/issue34257 closed by njs #34258: Python shell keeps restarting https://bugs.python.org/issue34258 closed by terry.reedy #34263: asyncio: "relative *delay* or absolute *when* should not excee https://bugs.python.org/issue34263 closed by yselivanov #34265: Dataclasses test doesn't run independently https://bugs.python.org/issue34265 closed by kayhayen #34269: logging in 3.7 behaves different due to caching https://bugs.python.org/issue34269 closed by vinay.sajip #34275: IDLE: no calltips on MacOS with tk 8.6 https://bugs.python.org/issue34275 closed by terry.reedy #34277: EmailPolicy not followed https://bugs.python.org/issue34277 closed by bryced #34280: METH_NOARGS: no longer require that second arg is NULL https://bugs.python.org/issue34280 closed by jdemeyer #34281: IDLE: closing "Go to Line" on OS X 3.7 activates wrong window https://bugs.python.org/issue34281 closed by terry.reedy #34287: bufferedio.c uses unused argument of METH_NOARGS functions https://bugs.python.org/issue34287 closed by inada.naoki #34289: System can't find the path of Python https://bugs.python.org/issue34289 closed by matrixise #34291: UnboundLocalError raised on call to global https://bugs.python.org/issue34291 closed by eric.smith #34295: Avoid inefficient way to find start point in deque.index https://bugs.python.org/issue34295 closed by rhettinger #34298: Avoid inefficient way to find start point in deque.index https://bugs.python.org/issue34298 closed by hacksg #34299: argparse description formatting https://bugs.python.org/issue34299 closed by paul.j3 #34301: Add _PyInterpreterState_Get() helper function https://bugs.python.org/issue34301 closed by vstinner #34304: clarification on escaping \d in regular expressions https://bugs.python.org/issue34304 closed by serhiy.storchaka #34307: NullHandler init refusing arguments https://bugs.python.org/issue34307 closed by vinay.sajip #34314: Like __hash__, allow setting MyClass.__init__ to None to preve https://bugs.python.org/issue34314 closed by rhettinger #34317: Improve docstring Environment variables in Windows NT https://bugs.python.org/issue34317 closed by Mariatta #34327: test_subprocess fails https://bugs.python.org/issue34327 closed by matrixise #34328: Incorrect URL for the Visual C++ Build Tools https://bugs.python.org/issue34328 closed by ronaldoussoren #1467929: %-formatting and dicts https://bugs.python.org/issue1467929 closed by eric.smith #1617161: Instance methods compare equal when their self's are equal https://bugs.python.org/issue1617161 closed by serhiy.storchaka

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Re: [Python-Dev] Error message for wrong number of arguments
by Jeroen Demeyer Aug. 3, 2018

Aug. 3, 2018

Actually, I just realized that it's not really possible to fix the error messages for built-in methods. The problem is that Argument Clinic does not know whether a function or method is being handled. For example, there is no indication at all that this is a method (note that the name "list.insert" might refer to a function "insert" inside a module called "list" or a method "insert" or a class "list"): /*[clinic input] list.insert index: Py_ssize_t object: object / Insert object before index. [clinic start generated code]*/

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Re: [Python-Dev] Error message for wrong number of arguments
by Jeroen Demeyer Aug. 3, 2018

Aug. 3, 2018

On 2018-07-30 20:22, Chris Barker wrote: > is it possible for the interpreter to know when this error is > generated that this is a bound method expecting a "self", rather than an > arbitrary function with n parameters? That would be quite hard. The error message is generated by the underlying function. At that point, the information of how it was called (as bound method or not) is already gone. Jeroen.

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test_zlib.py suggestion
by Michael Aug. 2, 2018

Aug. 2, 2018

I have a build_bot running (yeah me!), and was surprised to see test_zlib fail on AIX. There is not an issue with test_zlib, but I do have a suggestion. I was getting an error with test_flushes(). On python2-2.7.15 the test passes and in python3-3.8 (and earlier I expect) the test fails. The difference is the addition of the two modes 'Z_PARTIAL_FLUSH' and 'Z_BLOCK' sync_opt = ['Z_NO_FLUSH', 'Z_SYNC_FLUSH', 'Z_FULL_FLUSH', 'Z_PARTIAL_FLUSH', 'Z_BLOCK'] On default AIX installs zlib is, sadly, still at version 1.2.3 and Z_BLOCK was 'improved' in version 1.2.5. And it fails on Z_BLOCK. My suggestion is to enhance the test_library_version() so that it verifies that the minor (or smaller?) number is at least '5' When I static link python with zlib-1.2.11 then the test_zlib passes all sub-tests. Again, not a python bug - but a suggestion for improving what is tested. I can open an issue, and with a bit of assistance/interest from others I'll even do a PR. Michael

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Re: [Python-Dev] [PEP 576/580] Comparing PEP 576 and 580
by Jeroen Demeyer Aug. 2, 2018

Aug. 2, 2018

On 2018-07-31 11:12, INADA Naoki wrote: > Any PEP won't be accepted in few month, because we don't have flow to > accept PEPs for now. Is that certain? I haven't been following the process discussions, so I'm just asking the question. For example, given that you are already looking at PEP 580, would it be possible for you to handle PEP 580 as official BDFL-Delegate (even if there is no BDFL)? > So it's worthless that waiting PEP accepted before start PoC. First of all, it's too early for a proof-of-concept of native C calling. We first have to design the theory before we can start implementing anything. But even if we could start to write a proof of concept, I would really prefer doing that on top of PEP 580. There are two reasons for this: 1. If PEP 580 is rejected, I very much doubt that the native C calling protocol will be accepted. 2. I would be good to use PEP 580 as a framework for the implementation. Otherwise we have to implement it twice: once before PEP 580 with the proof-of-concept and then again after PEP 580 with the "real" implementation. Jeroen.

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spwd and AIX
by Michael Aug. 1, 2018

Aug. 1, 2018

a) I am looking at getting spwd integrated from AIX b) only the parameter sp_pwdp is my concern - as AIX really does not want to reveal the encrypted password. Rather, AIX will say '!' (meaning there is, or should be a shadow password, or '*' - no user password). Would this horribly break things if only '!' was returned, rather than the shadow password? It does not look terribly hard - but how do you deal with defaults such as 0 or -1 for the numeric values? Regards, Michael

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