Assignment-in-conditional

2006-08-31 Thread xamdam
I am not sure if this came up before, but I would love to have an
'assignment-in-conditional' form in python, e.g

pat = re.compile('something')

if m = pat.match(s):
m.group(1)

Of course there is some concern about accidentally using '=' instead of
'=='. One possible solution is to do what the 'with' statement does:

if pat.match(s) as m:
   ...

a little ugly but not too much worse that with itself..

what do you guys think?

- max

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Re: Assignment-in-conditional

2006-08-31 Thread xamdam
Thanks for the FAQ, and for the 'casm ;)

What do you think about using alternative syntax (something like 'as')

- max

Fredrik Lundh wrote:
> xamdam wrote:
>
> > I am not sure if this came up before, but I would love to have an
> > 'assignment-in-conditional' form in python, e.g
>
> it's a FAQ, so it has probably come up before:
>
> http://pyfaq.infogami.com/why-can-t-i-use-an-assignment-in-an-expression
> 
> 

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no-setup packages?

2006-03-03 Thread xamdam
Hi all,
we have a situation where I need to deploy some python modules without
superuser permissions - is there a 'standard' way of doing it?

Better yet, is there a way to deploy modules without running any
scripts at all? Tarball deployment of some sort?

Particular things I have in mind are cx_Oracle, Cheetah.

thanks,
max

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zipfile 2GB problems?

2007-07-14 Thread xamdam
Hi fellas,
I am experiencing problems reading a 2GB zipfile consisting of
multiple zipped files. I found a thread
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2005-April/053027.html
that mentions a problem on the writing side, does such a problem exist
on a reading side? I am using 2.4.1, perhaps there is a fix in a later
version?

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Re: zipfile 2GB problems?

2007-07-15 Thread xamdam
On Jul 15, 12:35 am, xamdam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi fellas,
> I am experiencing problems reading a 2GB zipfile consisting of
> multiple zipped files. I found a thread 
> http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2005-April/053027.html
> that mentions a problem on the writing side, does such a problem exist
> on a reading side? I am using 2.4.1, perhaps there is a fix in a later
> version?

Additional info: my file is from a data provider, do not know what
they used to compress it. Previous files worked ok, this one is the
1st over 2GB. Winzip has no problem with it.


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Re: zipfile 2GB problems?

2007-07-15 Thread xamdam
> Hi,
> I use PKZIP V9.00 and maintain a 2.5GB zipfile that consists of over
> 6,600 zipped files.
> There is no problem with reading or writing.
> Thanks,
> Jim

Which version of Python? What platform?

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Re: zipfile 2GB problems?

2007-07-15 Thread xamdam
>
> > Additional info: my file is from a data provider, do not know what
> > they used to compress it. Previous files worked ok, this one is the
> > 1st over 2GB. Winzip has no problem with it.
>
> It could be you are using a Python with an in-built limit of 2GB on file
> size. What happens if you open the file, seek past the 2GB point and
> then try and read data?
>

Steve,
I used is_zipfile function, which from does exactly that from a quick
read - goes to the end, reads expected string. It worked fine. Tried
regular Windows 2.4.4 and 2.5.1, same result.

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Re: zipfile 2GB problems?

2007-07-16 Thread xamdam
On Jul 15, 5:39 pm, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> xamdam wrote:
> >>> Additional info: my file is from a data provider, do not know what
> >>> they used to compress it. Previous files worked ok, this one is the
> >>> 1st over 2GB. Winzip has no problem with it.
> >> It could be you are using a Python with an in-built limit of 2GB on file
> >> size. What happens if you open the file, seek past the 2GB point and
> >> then try and read data?
>
> > Steve,
> > I used is_zipfile function, which from does exactly that from a quick
> > read - goes to the end, reads expected string. It worked fine. Tried
> > regular Windows 2.4.4 and 2.5.1, same result.
>
> Fine, if it isn't file size limitations I suspect you need to post some
> code and a traceback so we can get better insight into exactly what the
> problem is.
>

It's failing in the ZipFile constructor, which ends up throwing

zipfile(2.4.3).py:291> raise BadZipfile, "Bad magic number for file
header"



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Re: zipfile 2GB problems?

2007-07-16 Thread xamdam
On Jul 16, 3:39 pm, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> xamdam wrote:
> > On Jul 15, 5:39 pm, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> xamdam wrote:
> >>>>> Additional info: my file is from a data provider, do not know what
> >>>>> they used to compress it. Previous files worked ok, this one is the
> >>>>> 1st over 2GB. Winzip has no problem with it.
> >>>> It could be you are using a Python with an in-built limit of 2GB on file
> >>>> size. What happens if you open the file, seek past the 2GB point and
> >>>> then try and read data?
> >>> Steve,
> >>> I used is_zipfile function, which from does exactly that from a quick
> >>> read - goes to the end, reads expected string. It worked fine. Tried
> >>> regular Windows 2.4.4 and 2.5.1, same result.
> >> Fine, if it isn't file size limitations I suspect you need to post some
> >> code and a traceback so we can get better insight into exactly what the
> >> problem is.
>
> > It's failing in the ZipFile constructor, which ends up throwing
>
> > zipfile(2.4.3).py:291> raise BadZipfile, "Bad magic number for file
> > header"
>
> Well, that one bald line by itself certainly doesn't give *me* any
> traction an what the problem might be. Getting information about this
> problem is like (i.e. as difficult as) pulling teeth!
>
> regards
>   Steve

Well, Steve, I don't know what else to tell you - I certainly do not
want to cause you tooth ache! I was sort of hoping for some ZIP expert
to go, 'oh, yeah'...

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Market simulations with Python

2008-06-28 Thread xamdam
I am interested in market simulation with Python, simulating buyers
and sellers arriving with goods at random times. I looked at SimPy,
it's pretty nice, but all the examples are around congestion problems.
Should I a) dig deeper b) write something from scratch c) look at
another library?

thanks,
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appropriate python version

2008-04-06 Thread xamdam
Sorry if this is a stupid q,
I am trying to figure out the appropriate version of Python(2.4 or
2.5) for an XP 64 system running on an Intel Core2 Quad. Python.org
has a to a 64bit build, but it specifies Itanium as the target. Should
I just be using the regular build?
I was also thinking of getting the Enthought edition (http://
code.enthought.com/enthon/) - would their binary work with the setup,
and what would be the downside of using it over the special 64bit
build?

thanks,
max.
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Re: appropriate python version

2008-04-06 Thread xamdam
Thanks. I am guessing the 32bit build should work anyways, same as
other 32 progs on XP 64?


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SDMX format

2009-08-04 Thread xamdam
Does anyone know of python libs for writing SDMX XML format?
http://www.SDMX.org/resources/SDMXML/schemas/v2_0/common
thanks,
max.
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