Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Oct 17)
David Ascher
da at ski.org
Sun Oct 17 21:20:14 EDT 1999
This week's selection consists mostly of down-and-dirty Python tricks from
Python experts, from buffers to pipes to the usual regexp magic:
There are a few enthusiastic comments about why JPython is a killer
combination, in response to a query by Dan Star:
http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=536378821
Hrvoje Niksic puts forth a simple function which allows reading from
and writing to a Unix process while avoiding deadlocks:
http://www.egroups.com/group/python-list/69418.html
Robin Boerdijk gives insightful comments on the buffer interface in
his argument for having used a C extension in his xstruct module:
http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=536789633
http://www.python.org/pipermail/python-list/1999-October/019510.html
Marc-Andre Lemburg tells how to execute .pyc files in a given
enviroment:
http://www.python.org/pipermail/python-list/1999-October/019581.html
Greg Andruk and Moshe Zadka both implement record separators for
file objects:
http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=536905656
http://www.python.org/pipermail/python-list/1999-October/019572.html
Tim Peters reviews reasons for realizing robust regexps:
http://www.egroups.com/group/python-list/69416.html
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Python Consortium emerges as an independent nexus of activity
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Python To-Do List anticipates some of Python's future direction
http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/todo.py
Python Journal is at work on its second issue
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http://www.links2go.com/search?search=python
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