Two questions

[qscomputing]

Hi,

I've developed in several other languages and have recently found
Python and I'm trying to use it in the shape of the PythonCard
application development tool.

My two questions:

1. What is the easiest way to create a for loop in the style I'm used
to from Delphi ie:
for I:=0 to 2 do begin
  //code
end;

2. Philospohy(sp?) aside, I could potentially want to create a
binary-only distribution of my finished apps. I noticed the
documentation on .pyc files: how do I create these and, aside from
being basically read-only, are they used just like ordinary .py source
files? And can they be easily reverse-engineered?

Thanks,
  - QS Computing.

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Re: Two questions

[qscomputing]

Thanks to you all for the quick response.

I've noticed that when I do
$ python myprog.py
the file myprog.pyc file is not created, but the .pyc files for files I
import *are* created. Is this intentional and, if so, how do I get the
myprog.pyc file?

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Re: Two questions

[qscomputing]

> > 1. What is the easiest way to create a for loop in the style I'm used
> > to from Delphi
>
> Use Delphi.

Very literal interpretation of my text: I should have said "in a
similar style to". :-)

> I can think of a number of reasons why somebody might want to hide their
> code.

I can't really think of any pressing reasons for wanting to hide code
other than a habit developed from coding in Windows where, as I'm sure
you'll know, doing otherwise is considered a bit odd. Like all habits,
it's a hard one to break. :-(

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Non-web-based templating system

[qscomputing]

Hi,

I'm creating a small application in Python that uses lists and
dictionaries to create a rudimentary database. I'd like to create some
"fill-in-the-blanks" reports from this data, ideally by taking an RTF
or plaintext file as a template and replacing placeholder tags with my
data.
Are there any good pre-written systems that would allow me to do this?

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Re: Non-web-based templating system

[qscomputing]

Thanks, it looks like empy is what I need.

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Re: Non-web-based templating system

[qscomputing]

Actually, that looks even better that EmPy for what I need. I will try
out these suggestions and then see what seems best.

Thanks very much.

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