[Ironpython-users] IronPython, Daily Digest 4/13/2013

2013-04-14 Thread CodePlex
Hi ironpython, Here's your Daily Digest of new issues for project "IronPython". In today's digest:ISSUES 1. [New comment] Implement rest of sys module 2. [New comment] StackOverflowException when subclassing dict.add and dict.__setitem__ 3. [New comment] super() does not preserve class 4. [New

[Ironpython-users] Survey question: Should reading data from a column of type "adGUID" return an instance of class "uuid"?

2013-04-14 Thread Vernon D. Cole
I am in the midst of doing major refactoring of adodbapi. One of the fixes I recently included was a patch so that UUID fields do not get truncated. That patch is in, but it made me start thinking: When I read in data from decimal, money and date-time columns, I return those as instances of th

Re: [Ironpython-users] Survey question: Should reading data from a column of type "adGUID" return an instance of class "uuid"?

2013-04-14 Thread Jeff Hardy
On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 3:24 AM, Vernon D. Cole wrote: > This is a survey -- please give your opinion: > > Should I also be treating columns of "adGUID" data specially by returning > them as instances of class "uuid", rather than as raw byte streams? +1. I don't think that would surprise anyone

Re: [Ironpython-users] Newbie Questions about capabilities of IronPython in the .Net/Windows 8 world

2013-04-14 Thread Jeff Hardy
On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 12:49 AM, Aldrin wrote: > noob warning! What are some of the limitations with creating .net apps using > IronPython language compared with say C#? Is it possible to use IronPython > to create Windows 8 store apps? The biggest limitation (right now) is that compiling apps t