Mailing List Archive by Gossamer Threads http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/ en-us (c) Gossamer Threads Inc. All rights reserved. 22 Nov 2008 11:11:07 -0800 120 75 23 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/ http://www.gossamer-threads.com/images/lists/rss_logo.jpg Brett Cannon has suggested [1] that the logging package should provide an implementation of warnings.showwarning which redirects to logging. Here are 22 Nov 2008 03:12:22 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/695102 In concur that it is not a regression (esp for Py2.6). OTOH, it would be nice to have -m run as expected. It seems reasonable to me to get this workin 21 Nov 2008 20:40:14 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/695046 I don't think that removing an unintentional and subtly broken feature is a regression. On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 7:04 PM, Lisandro Dalcin <dalcinl@gma 21 Nov 2008 19:16:01 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/695042 Unless this is considered a regression... On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 12:51 PM, Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> wrote: > I think it crosses the line. 21 Nov 2008 19:04:19 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/695041 Dino Viehland wrote: > Ok, now I'm implementing __format__ support for IronPython. The format spec mini-language docs say that a presentation type of 21 Nov 2008 18:03:43 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/695017 On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 1:06 AM, Barry Warsaw <barry@python.org> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On behalf of the Python 21 Nov 2008 17:17:26 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/695016 Ok, now I'm implementing __format__ support for IronPython. The format spec mini-language docs say that a presentation type of None is the same as 'g 21 Nov 2008 16:51:50 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/695015 On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 5:52 PM, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan@gmail.com> wrote: > A trick we added to 2.6 that users seem to not notice is that it is now > 21 Nov 2008 16:28:59 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/695014 A trick we added to 2.6 that users seem to not notice is that it is now possible to execute zipfiles and directories from the command line by includin 21 Nov 2008 15:52:42 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/694985 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Nov 19, 2008, at 3:19 PM, Terry Reedy wrote: >> Let's try this for 3.0rc4 then. > > The current rel 21 Nov 2008 12:26:01 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/694936 ACTIVITY SUMMARY (11/14/08 - 11/21/08) Python tracker at http://bugs.python.org/ To view or respond to any of the issues listed below, click on the i 21 Nov 2008 09:06:45 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/694877 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On behalf of the Python development team and the Python community, I am happy to announce the third a 21 Nov 2008 07:06:44 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/694836 Kristján Valur Jónsson wrote: > Hello there. > > I recently created this issue: http://bugs.python.org/issue4336 3 days ago. > I've had no respons 20 Nov 2008 09:59:56 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/694586 Perl had a few CVE because of its rmtree implementation. Removing trees is risky business if root runs the function while other users have access 20 Nov 2008 09:37:37 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/694585 Hello there. I recently created this issue: http://bugs.python.org/issue4336 I've had no response so far. This patch solved a serious performance pr 20 Nov 2008 07:59:38 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/694553 Hello! Does someone systematically track the CVE vulnerability list? Ideally, Python security officers would have close collaboration with whoever 20 Nov 2008 01:37:31 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/694503 Barry Warsaw wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Let's try this for 3.0rc4 then. The current release is rc2. Skipping rc3 would confus 19 Nov 2008 12:19:21 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/694385 > I will also try to get up early to do the release before my work day > starts, to better coordinate with Euro time. So expect me on > #python-dev t 19 Nov 2008 11:50:41 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/694384 > In which case why not just hold the release until all installers are > available? That is how Anthony Baxter handled things, indeed, and I would a 19 Nov 2008 11:40:38 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/694383 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Nov 19, 2008, at 2:18 PM, Martin v. Löwis wrote: >> Martin, I'm keen on figuring out a way to reduc 19 Nov 2008 11:37:36 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/694382 > Martin, I'm keen on figuring out a way to reduce your workload, and also > to coordinate releases better between us. I /think/ with timed releases 19 Nov 2008 11:18:31 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/694381 > Installer tests can definitely be automated, and there is also a Python > API to the virtualbox VM. I wonder if it would be possible to automate > t 19 Nov 2008 11:02:04 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/694380 > Martin, maybe we can help you with the installers testing. Thanks for the offer. See my other message, though - this is not the point. If everythin 19 Nov 2008 10:52:08 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/694379 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Nov 18, 2008, at 5:17 PM, Martin v. Löwis wrote: >> From my point of view bi-monthly release are to 19 Nov 2008 07:27:42 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/694311 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Nov 18, 2008, at 12:46 PM, Georg Brandl wrote: > Barry Warsaw schrieb: >> On Nov 18, 2008, at 8:07 19 Nov 2008 07:17:44 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/694310 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Nov 18, 2008, at 9:52 AM, Christian Heimes wrote: > Barry Warsaw wrote: >> Actually, I've wanted to 19 Nov 2008 07:11:32 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/694309 Michael Foord writes: > Installer tests can definitely be automated, and there is also a Python > API to the virtualbox VM. I wonder if it would b 19 Nov 2008 06:43:44 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/694308 Martin v. Löwis wrote: >> > While I'm happy that Barry has automated his part to a high degree, >> > my part is, unfortunately, much less automated. 19 Nov 2008 03:16:56 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/694256 2008/11/18 "Martin v. Löwis" <martin@v.loewis.de>: > While I'm happy that Barry has automated his part to a high degree, > my part is, unfortunately, 19 Nov 2008 01:53:55 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/694244 "Martin v. Löwis" writes: > That's not the issue - I don't mind spending that time. However, it > means that several hours pass between starting th 18 Nov 2008 23:32:18 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/694225 > > While I'm happy that Barry has automated his part to a high degree, > > my part is, unfortunately, much less automated. I could personally > > 18 Nov 2008 22:02:23 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/694216 On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 11:55 PM, Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@xemacs.org> wrote: > Footnotes: > [1] Doesn't Windows have a way to send synthetic GUI 18 Nov 2008 18:27:22 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/694203 "Martin v. Löwis" writes: > While I'm happy that Barry has automated his part to a high degree, > my part is, unfortunately, much less automated. I 18 Nov 2008 17:55:32 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/694188 On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 15:40, "Martin v. Löwis" <martin@v.loewis.de> wrote: >> Adding a second key is similar to changing the keys. That said, I don 18 Nov 2008 17:13:06 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/694187 > Adding a second key is similar to changing the keys. That said, I don't > think python-committers existed when that FAQ entry was written. It's > re 18 Nov 2008 15:40:08 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/694166 Sidnei da Silva wrote: > I haven't seen anyone mention it on this list, and there was one > message on distutils-sig but it seems to have gone ignored 18 Nov 2008 15:35:44 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/694165 > From my point of view bi-monthly release are too much. For a ?.?.1 > release two months are fine because several issues are found by 3rd > party aut 18 Nov 2008 14:17:23 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/694136 Brett Cannon wrote: > On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 13:47, Benjamin Peterson > <musiccomposition@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 3:40 PM, Brett 18 Nov 2008 14:16:39 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/694135 >> Should we release 2.6.1rc1, too? > > Do we need rc's for point releases? We have been doing them in the past, a week before the release. In this 18 Nov 2008 14:14:35 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/694134 On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 13:47, Benjamin Peterson <musiccomposition@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 3:40 PM, Brett Cannon <brett@python.org 18 Nov 2008 14:00:17 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/694133 On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 3:40 PM, Brett Cannon <brett@python.org> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 13:23, Benjamin Peterson > <musiccomposition@gmail.c 18 Nov 2008 13:47:58 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/694132 Brett Cannon wrote: > On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 13:23, Benjamin Peterson > <musiccomposition@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 3:17 PM, Brett 18 Nov 2008 13:46:01 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/694131 On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 13:23, Benjamin Peterson <musiccomposition@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 3:17 PM, Brett Cannon <brett@python.org 18 Nov 2008 13:40:48 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/694130 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Nov 18, 2008, at 4:14 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote: > Good catch, this is a bug IMO and we should fix 18 Nov 2008 13:36:47 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/694129 Sure, it's now bug 4348 - http://bugs.python.org/issue4348 -----Original Message----- From: gvanrossum@gmail.com [mailto:gvanrossum@gmail.com] On Beh 18 Nov 2008 13:30:12 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/694128 On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 3:17 PM, Brett Cannon <brett@python.org> wrote: > Can someone please add the attached SSH 2 DSA key for me? I want to be > abl 18 Nov 2008 13:23:31 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/694127 Can someone please add the attached SSH 2 DSA key for me? I want to be able to help out with the rc tomorrow while I am at work. -Brett 18 Nov 2008 13:17:22 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/694126 Good catch, this is a bug IMO and we should fix it in 2.6.1 and 3.0rc3. Mind filing a bug so we can keep track of it? --Guido On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 18 Nov 2008 13:14:13 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/694125 I've been implementing bytearray for IronPython and I noticed a couple of spots where the non-mutating methods of bytearray return self. In 2.6 but n 18 Nov 2008 13:01:44 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/694124 Barry Warsaw schrieb: > On Nov 18, 2008, at 8:07 AM, Christian Heimes wrote: > >> Barry Warsaw wrote: >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>> Hash 18 Nov 2008 09:46:56 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/694088 Sidnei> I haven't seen anyone mention it on this list, and there was one Sidnei> message on distutils-sig but it seems to have gone ignored [1 18 Nov 2008 08:20:12 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/694087 I think it crosses the line. On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 2:55 AM, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan@gmail.com> wrote: > I need a release manager call on whether or 18 Nov 2008 07:51:40 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/694083 Barry Warsaw wrote: > Actually, I've wanted to do timed releases, though I think monthly is > unrealistic. Maybe every two months is about the right 18 Nov 2008 06:52:31 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/694082 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Nov 18, 2008, at 8:07 AM, Christian Heimes wrote: > Barry Warsaw wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED ME 18 Nov 2008 06:35:51 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/694081 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Nov 18, 2008, at 5:03 AM, Facundo Batista wrote: > 2008/11/17 Barry Warsaw <barry@python.org>: > >> 18 Nov 2008 06:34:44 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/694080 I haven't seen anyone mention it on this list, and there was one message on distutils-sig but it seems to have gone ignored [1]. Uploading packages t 18 Nov 2008 05:23:09 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/694073 Le Tuesday 18 November 2008 11:03:02 Facundo Batista, vous avez écrit : > 2008/11/17 Barry Warsaw <barry@python.org>: > > Martin suggests, and I agree 18 Nov 2008 04:14:37 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/694072 Facundo Batista wrote: > 2008/11/17 Barry Warsaw <barry@python.org>: > >> Martin suggests, and I agree, that we should release Python 3.0 final and > 18 Nov 2008 02:57:18 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/694047 I need a release manager call on whether or not the proposed resolution of this issue goes beyond what is acceptable for a bug fix in 2.6.1. Short ve 18 Nov 2008 02:55:50 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/694046 2008/11/17 Barry Warsaw <barry@python.org>: > Martin suggests, and I agree, that we should release Python 3.0 final and > 2.6.1 at the same time. Ma 18 Nov 2008 02:03:02 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/694032 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Martin suggests, and I agree, that we should release Python 3.0 final and 2.6.1 at the same time. Ma 17 Nov 2008 17:56:11 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/693970 On 2008-11-16 02:14, Nick Coghlan wrote: > M.-A. Lemburg wrote: >> Guess I could add a .weeks attribute to mxDateTime, but no one ever >> asked for th 17 Nov 2008 03:37:51 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/693785 Hello, Thanks for guiding me. Ginovation On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 2:49 PM, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan@gmail.com> wrote: > ganesh gajre wrote: > > Hello 17 Nov 2008 02:01:27 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/693769 ganesh gajre wrote: > Hello to all, > I am writing a program in python to convert Indic true type fonts in > Unicode. I like to know is there any way 17 Nov 2008 01:19:52 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/693768 Hello, On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 08:17, ganesh gajre <ginovation@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello to all, > I am writing a program in python to convert Indic 17 Nov 2008 01:18:31 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/693767 Hello to all, I am writing a program in python to convert Indic true type fonts in Unicode. I like to know is there any way to read the fonts and on t 16 Nov 2008 23:17:11 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/693747 On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 11:55 AM, Tal Einat <taleinat@gmail.com> wrote: > Steve Holden wrote: >> Tal Einat wrote: >>> It this desired behavior? >>> >> 16 Nov 2008 08:43:54 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/693642 Thanks for getting back to this! On Sun, Nov 16, 2008, Calvin Spealman wrote: > > --------------------------------------------------- > Optionally us 16 Nov 2008 07:19:49 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/693619 Steve Holden wrote: > Tal Einat wrote: >> It this desired behavior? >> >> At the very least the exception should be more detailed, perhaps to >> the p 16 Nov 2008 05:55:25 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/693604 Tal Einat wrote: > For an unknown reason, datetime.date.today() began throwing a cryptic > "AttributeError: time" exception. It took me a while to fig 16 Nov 2008 05:21:18 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/693603 For an unknown reason, datetime.date.today() began throwing a cryptic "AttributeError: time" exception. It took me a while to figure out that this was 16 Nov 2008 05:00:58 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/693602 Wow, how long has this been? OK, so these aren't really the summaries. It is half-done summaries, which I've posted to the wiki for community collabor 15 Nov 2008 22:39:11 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/693559 M.-A. Lemburg wrote: > Guess I could add a .weeks attribute to mxDateTime, but no one ever > asked for that so far. Given that there are at least 3 d 15 Nov 2008 17:14:12 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/693524 On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 10:33 AM, Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com> wrote: > > 2. On platforms that support it, this is at least 64x64->64 multiplicati 15 Nov 2008 15:17:45 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/693517 On 2008-11-14 23:59, Victor Stinner wrote: > Hi, > > There are some interresting tickets about the datetime module: > #1673409: datetime module missi 15 Nov 2008 05:24:57 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/693475 The Setup doc I sent to the list a little while back has now been put online at http://www.python.org/dev/setup/ . I also fleshed out the dev FAQ so t 14 Nov 2008 23:35:43 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/693439 Le Saturday 15 November 2008 02:01:42 Victor Stinner, vous avez écrit : > > 1- convert a datetime object to an epoch value (numbers of seconds since > 14 Nov 2008 17:10:32 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/693402 > 1- convert a datetime object to an epoch value (numbers of seconds since > the 1st january 1970), eg. with a new totimestamp() method > 2- conver 14 Nov 2008 17:01:42 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/693401 > datetime.totimestamp() can be implemented to produce a float in range > [-2**31; 2**31-1] An implementation of this method is proposed as a patch i 14 Nov 2008 16:41:00 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/693400 Hi, There are some interresting tickets about the datetime module: #1673409: datetime module missing some important methods #1083: Confusing error me 14 Nov 2008 14:59:03 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/693374 "Daniel Furrer" <daniel.furrer@gmail.com> wrote: > As part of an advanced compiler design course at our university (ETH > Zurich), we have to implemen 14 Nov 2008 14:07:04 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/693352 Daniel Furrer wrote: > As part of an advanced compiler design course at our university (ETH > Zurich), we have to implement an optimization (or variou 14 Nov 2008 10:59:24 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/693321 Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Sat, 15 Nov 2008 01:27:54 am Daniel Furrer wrote: > [snip] >> We're looking for: >> - Hints as to which python compiler wo 14 Nov 2008 10:24:46 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/693320 ACTIVITY SUMMARY (11/07/08 - 11/14/08) Python tracker at http://bugs.python.org/ To view or respond to any of the issues listed below, click on the i 14 Nov 2008 09:07:01 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/693301 Daniel Furrer wrote: > Hello everybody, > > As part of an advanced compiler design course at our university (ETH > Zurich), we have to implement an o 14 Nov 2008 08:42:47 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/693300 On Sat, 15 Nov 2008 01:27:54 am Daniel Furrer wrote: [snip] > We're looking for: > - Hints as to which python compiler would be best to work on. (The 14 Nov 2008 07:06:04 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/693266 Hello everybody, As part of an advanced compiler design course at our university (ETH Zurich), we have to implement an optimization (or various there 14 Nov 2008 06:27:54 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/693265 Working on the spam filters... hit 'd' now... S _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http:/ 13 Nov 2008 20:50:44 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/693196 > I use new sparse checkouts feature added in SVN 1.5 a lot to save some > traffic when working with Python code. However, when server is older > tha 13 Nov 2008 11:22:44 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/693075 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Nov 13, 2008, at 9:01 AM, anatoly techtonik wrote: > On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 4:22 PM, Eric Smith <e 13 Nov 2008 07:18:21 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/693046 On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 11:40 PM, Thomas Wouters <thomas@python.org> wrote: > > > On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 14:25, Victor Stinner <victor.stinner@haypoc 13 Nov 2008 06:53:05 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/693045 On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 4:22 PM, Eric Smith <eric@trueblade.com> wrote: >> Bazaar. Take a look at the developers' pages on python.org, they mention > 13 Nov 2008 06:01:16 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/693026 I use new sparse checkouts feature added in SVN 1.5 a lot to save some traffic when working with Python code. However, when server is older than 1.5, 13 Nov 2008 04:49:06 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/693025 > I'm not really a Windows guru so I'm at a loss of even where to begin as > the Doc\README file doesn't mention how to build .chm files at all. Yo 12 Nov 2008 16:30:06 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/692956 I'm trying to build a Python25.chm file using the source in the Python 2.5.2 tarball. I'm not really a Windows guru so I'm at a loss of even where 12 Nov 2008 16:12:37 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/692950 >> In principle, this is fine with me, so go ahead. > > Done. Thanks for looking into these! Martin _______________________________________________ 12 Nov 2008 13:50:51 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/692927 Aahz wrote: > What do you call Decimal? ;-) If you're working with decimal numbers, you're more likely to want a numdigits() method. -- Greg ____ 12 Nov 2008 13:07:53 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/692926 Antoine Pitrou wrote: > As for numbits, I think it should be a method It feels more method-like to me too, because it's something derived from the i 12 Nov 2008 12:54:08 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/692925 [Antoine Pitrou] > No, but Python is duck-typed and alternate integer classes could adopt such an > implementation while trying to respect the Python- 12 Nov 2008 10:19:57 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/692896 Mark Dickinson <dickinsm <at> gmail.com> writes: > > Right: numbits is only a natural property of a *binary* integer. > > On the other hand, I can' 12 Nov 2008 08:11:36 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/python/dev/692868