Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Aug 6)

[Gabriel Genellina]

QOTW:  "The economy rises and falls, money comes and goes, but a great
conference has permanent good effects.  Well, a lot more permanent than
government fiscal policy, anyway." - Python Software Foundation Director
"bitter-in-victory-gracious-in-defeat-ly y'rs" timbot

    
    Is python free of "buffer overflow" errors?
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/a31faac6feced289/

    Lessons learned in implementation of a write-once dict:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/bc8b91669257e246/

    Methods, attributes, iterators, lambdas, and how Ruby handles them:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/6e4fc61946513405/

    Python 3 allows for custom types to be used as a class namespace 
    not just dicts):
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/50caadd10d2cca16/

    Could Python be used to write a device driver?
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/4efc28f9fe45b69e/

    The various meanings of the underscore character '_' in identifiers:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/e32d577ad3d5a208/

    Generate a new object each time a name is imported:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/b7112f74e2efa8bd/

    heapq.nlargest takes a "key" argument - why not the other functions in
    the same module?
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/a5095d3f4b54f79b/

    Immutable objects and how they could improve concurrency [old thread,
    still alive]:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/cb0cf56c52321ccc/5c82cd09767ba85a?#5c82cd09767ba85a

    How to modify a variable in an outer (non global) scope:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/e0e64250bd82825f/

    Best way to add "private" directories to sys.path:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/cb43cf90d72f6833/

    Interval arithmetic:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/71f050d8f5987244/

    Ensure that no more than three instances of the same program are
    running at the same time:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/af7ae6429c2bda1e/

    Some people don't like the way Python documentation is managed/presented:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/a52b22cd90b15ef8/
    
    
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Everything Python-related you want is probably one or two clicks away in
these pages:

    Python.org's Python Language Website is the traditional
    center of Pythonia
        http://www.python.org
    Notice especially the master FAQ
        http://www.python.org/doc/FAQ.html

    PythonWare complements the digest you're reading with the
    marvelous daily python url
         http://www.pythonware.com/daily

    Just beginning with Python?  This page is a great place to start:
	http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/Programmers

    The Python Papers aims to publish "the efforts of Python enthusiasts":
	http://pythonpapers.org/
    The Python Magazine is a technical monthly devoted to Python:
	http://pythonmagazine.com

    Readers have recommended the "Planet" sites:
	http://planetpython.org
	http://planet.python.org

    comp.lang.python.announce announces new Python software.  Be
    sure to scan this newsgroup weekly.
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python.announce/topics

    Python411 indexes "podcasts ... to help people learn Python ..."
    Updates appear more-than-weekly:
        http://www.awaretek.com/python/index.html

    The Python Package Index catalogues packages.
        http://www.python.org/pypi/

    Much of Python's real work takes place on Special-Interest Group
    mailing lists
        http://www.python.org/sigs/

    Python Success Stories--from air-traffic control to on-line
    match-making--can inspire you or decision-makers to whom you're
    subject with a vision of what the language makes practical.
        http://www.pythonology.com/success

    The Python Software Foundation (PSF) has replaced the Python
    Consortium as an independent nexus of activity.  It has official
    responsibility for Python's development and maintenance.
        http://www.python.org/psf/
    Among the ways you can support PSF is with a donation.
        http://www.python.org/psf/donations/

    The Summary of Python Tracker Issues is an automatically generated
    report summarizing new bugs, closed ones, and patch submissions. 
        http://search.gmane.org/?author=status%40bugs.python.org&group=gmane.comp.python.devel&sort=date

    Although unmaintained since 2002, the Cetus collection of Python
    hyperlinks retains a few gems.
        http://www.cetus-links.org/oo_python.html

    Python FAQTS
        http://python.faqts.com/

    The Cookbook is a collaborative effort to capture useful and
    interesting recipes.
	http://code.activestate.com/recipes/langs/python/

    Many Python conferences around the world are in preparation.
    Watch this space for links to them.

    Among several Python-oriented RSS/RDF feeds available, see:
        http://www.python.org/channews.rdf
    For more, see:
        http://www.syndic8.com/feedlist.php?ShowMatch=python&ShowStatus=all
    The old Python "To-Do List" now lives principally in a
    SourceForge reincarnation.
        http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=355470&group_id=5470&func=browse
	http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0042/

    del.icio.us presents an intriguing approach to reference commentary.
    It already aggregates quite a bit of Python intelligence.
        http://del.icio.us/tag/python

    Enjoy the *Python Magazine*.
	http://pymag.phparch.com/

    *Py: the Journal of the Python Language*
        http://www.pyzine.com

    Dr.Dobb's Portal is another source of Python news and articles:
        http://www.ddj.com/TechSearch/searchResults.jhtml?queryText=python
    and Python articles regularly appear at IBM DeveloperWorks:
        http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/search/searchResults.jsp?searchSite=dW&searchScope=dW&encodedQuery=python&rankprofile=8

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