Hi - I'm a teacher & sometimes when we're holding a two minute silence for an
important occasion an
email comes through & makes my computer ping loudly. Is there a python script
to stop these kind of things happening?
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Today's Topics:
1. Re: http question (Clayton Kirkwood)
2. Re: ?has a value of True? versus ?evaluates true? (was: don't
understand iteration) (wesley chun)
3. Re: don't understand iteration (Alan Gauld)
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Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 20:52:23 -0800
From: "Clayton Kirkwood"
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Subject: Re: [Tutor] http question
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>-Original Message-
>From: Tutor [mailto:tutor-bounces+crk=godblessthe...@python.org] On
>Behalf Of Steven D'Aprano
>Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2014 3:04 AM
>To: tutor@python.org
>Subject: Re: [Tutor] http question
>
>On Sat, Nov 08, 2014 at 09:53:33PM -0800, Clayton Kirkwood wrote:
>
>> >> but I also am aware of httplib2, but it still seems to be in
>> >> eternal alpha.
>> >
>> >What leads you to that conclusion? If you're talking about this:
>> >
>> >https://github.com/jcgregorio/httplib2
>> >
>> >I don't see any sign that it is alpha version software. According to
>> >the readme file, it is at version 0.8.
>> >
>> >I don't see any signs that the author publicly releases any alpha or
>> >beta versions, they all appear to be ready for production. But if
>> >you have seen something that suggests otherwise, please point it
>> >out, because I'm happy to be corrected.
>>
>> Well, I work from the premise that 0.anything is still a work in
>> progress
>
>All software is always a work in progress, until such time it is
>abandoned.
And how do you determine the abandoned timestamp? If I remember correctly, this
hasn't been updated for several years, and a job for a customer shouldn't be
based on 0.*, years old hypothetical's. It sounds like a very usable product.
>
>> and hasn't gotten to a point where the author is comfortable with
>> general use. I am sure that you disagree.
>
>In the FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) community, version 0.x does
>not always carry connotations of being unready for use. It may, or it
>may not. But normally "alpha" software will have an "a" in the version
>number, e.g. 0.7a, 0.7b for beta, 0.7rc1 (release candidate 1), 0.7 is
>ready for production.
>
>What matters is not my opinion, or yours, but that of the author of the
>software, and I don't know what that is.
>
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Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 23:35:07 -0800
From: wesley chun
To: c...@godblessthe.us
Cc: tutor , Ben Finney
Subject: Re: [Tutor] ?has a value of True? versus ?evaluates true?
(was: don't understand iteration)
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good catch, and definitely a distinction beginners should be more cognizant of.
it's also good to recognize that a call to "bool(match)" would render that
statement correct, as the built-in/factory function will return what an object
evaluates to (True [re.match object] or/vs.False [None]).
On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 5:31 PM, Clayton Kirkwood
wrote:
> I reported it. I feel all grown up now. Kind of like one of the
> boys(girls...)
>
> Clayton:<)
>
>
> >-Original Message-
> >From: Tutor [mailto:tutor-bounces+crk=godblessthe...@python.org] On
> >Behalf Of Ben Finney
> >Sent: Monday, November 10, 2014 3:24 PM
> >To: tutor@python.org
> >Subject: [Tutor] ?has a value of True? versus ?evaluates true? (was:
> >don't understand iteration)
> >
> >"Clayton Kirkwood" writes:
> >
> >> Also of confusion, the library reference says:
> >>
> >> Match objects always have a boolean value of True. Since match()
> >> and
> >> search() return None when there is no match, you can test whether
> >> there was a match with a simple if statement:
> >>
> >> match = re.search(pattern, string)
> >> if match:
> >> process(match)
> >
> >The documentation is incorrect, as you point out: ?have a boolean
> >val
