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

[Cameron Laird]

QOTW:  "... it's just laziness and hubris passed off under the banner
of
agility." - Clifford Heath, on the fashion of justification of
"metaschemas"
because those darn data architects are just too slow


   Efficient way to apply a function to every element in a list,
discarding
   the results:
       http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.general/663445/

   Counting occurrences of every item in a list:
       http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/317d9828b0d4c1c6

   The meaning of '\b' in regular expressions may be confusing:
       http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/baa73e8838858aa3

   A better algorithm for random sampling:
       http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/28cdc0af76be03f7

   PyUseCase helps make GUI testing maintainable:
       http://www.texttest.org/index.php?page=ui_testing

   How to pass additional arguments to __getattr__:
       http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/ddc79f3b0621b73d

   Properties and inheritance - looking for the simplest way to make
it work:
       http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/753eafbc3a3a1f19

   Inconsistent handling of StopIteration between generator
expressions
   and list, set and dict comprehensions:
       http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/ec5f723657352217

   Metaclass for easier __slots__ handling, and even inheriting them:
       http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/971cc3583988d6e2

   How to distinguish between a built-in class and a user-defined one:
       http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.general/663296/

   Reasons not to inherit both from Decimal and float at the same
time:
       http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/65f5a80088c91938

   The New Wave of command line parsers is out:
       http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/92c3bc11302ed1e7

   Handling of sql parameters and escape characters, in two related
   questions:
       http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.general/663514
       http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.general/663481

   Style: how to properly indent an 'if' statement with a long
condition,
   so the end of it is clearly distinguishable from the statement that
   follows:
       http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/e1aac5553db5ec07

   A simple, but hard to find problem using ctypes and the _fields_
name:
       httpgroups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/b22c9d412a97eb90

   Looking for big Python powered web sites and applications:
       http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python67a3fdc543cf5dfa1c6
       http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/bc80c1bae46aba04

   A new Python web forum announcement - is it good news or bad news?
       http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/17011e77f9bc51c8


========================================================================
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" site:
       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

   nullege is an interesting search Web application, with the
intelligence
   to distinguish between Python code and comments.  It provides what
   appear to be relevant results, and demands neither Java nor CSS be
   enabled:
       http://www.nullege.com

   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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