[issue5180] 3.1 cannot unpickle 2.7-created pickle

2010-06-27 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: I have found issue1634499 which deals with running pybench. I suggest that we reopen that issue and move discussion of issue5180.diff there. I really like the idea to keep single source for 2.x and 3.x pybench, but we need to add some machinery to run

[issue9094] Make python-m pickletools do something useful

2010-06-27 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
New submission from Alexander Belopolsky : Attached patch makes python -m pickletools print symbolic disassembly of a pickle to stdout. If the idea is well received, I will add help option, usage string and possibly -o option to redirect output to a file. I am not sure that current &quo

[issue5180] 3.1 cannot unpickle 2.7-created pickle

2010-06-27 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: It looks like I was able to get to the root of the problem. I am attaching two files that demonstrate the issue: ==> pickle-bug.py <== import pickle import sys class Bug: pass bug = Bug() f = open(sys.argv[1], 'w') pickle.Pickl

[issue5180] 3.1 cannot unpickle 2.7-created pickle

2010-06-27 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Changes by Alexander Belopolsky : Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file17785/unpickle-bug.py ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue5180> ___ ___ Python-bug

[issue5180] 3.1 cannot unpickle 2.7-created pickle

2010-06-27 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: As promised, here is the fix (issue5180-pickle.diff) for the "unpickle-bug.py" issue. Unfortunately, it looks like more bugs remain. 27.bench is still not loadable. -- stage: -> unit test needed Added file: http://bugs.python.

[issue5180] 3.1 cannot unpickle 2.7-created pickle

2010-06-27 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: The remaining bug is a bit harder. If you try to run unpickle-bug-2.py on the same pickle, you get $ python3 unpickle-bug-2.py /tmp/bug.pkl <__main__.Bug object at 0x1006a8f40> Traceback (most recent call last): File "unpickle-bug-2.py&q

[issue5180] 3.1 cannot unpickle 2.7-created pickle

2010-06-27 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: I am attaching a patch which makes python3 read 27.bench without errors. I think this should be applied while a complete solution for unpickling old style class instances from text mode (protocol = 0) pickles is found. -- Added file: http

[issue9099] multiprocessing/win32:

2010-06-28 Thread Alexander Myodov
New submission from Alexander Myodov : I am using Python 2.6.5/win32, and working with multiprocessing module, doing that with Python interpreter embedded using Cython (if that may be related to the problem). While creating a subprocess and a Pipe to communicate with it, I've go

[issue9099] multiprocessing/win32: WindowsError: [Error 0] Success on Pipe()

2010-06-28 Thread Alexander Myodov
Alexander Myodov added the comment: Sorry for formatting above, a copypaste issue. The lines 202-204: win32.SetNamedPipeHandleState( h2, win32.PIPE_READMODE_MESSAGE, None, None ) The change that fixes the problem (at least for me): try

[issue9102] pybench: Cannot compare 2.x and 3.x benchmarks

2010-06-28 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
New submission from Alexander Belopolsky : There are several issues that prevent $ python3 Tools/pybench/pybench.py -s 27.bench -c 32.bench from working. 1. There is a bug in _pickle that prevents 2.x pickles that contain classic class instances from loading in 3.x. This is addressed in

[issue9102] pybench: Cannot compare 2.x and 3.x benchmarks

2010-06-28 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Changes by Alexander Belopolsky : -- dependencies: +3.1 cannot unpickle 2.7-created pickle ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue9102> ___ ___ Python-bug

[issue9104] test_exceptions does not test pickling with pickle.py

2010-06-28 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
New submission from Alexander Belopolsky : This is probably one example of many where pickling is only tested with _pickle module if it is available rather than separately with C and Python implementation. I am attaching a patch which implements one possible testing strategy. If this is

[issue9104] test_exceptions does not test pickling with pickle.py

2010-06-28 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Changes by Alexander Belopolsky : -- nosy: +benjamin.peterson ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue9104> ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsub

[issue5180] 3.1 cannot unpickle 2.7-created pickle

2010-06-28 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: I am attaching a patch which focuses on fixing _pickle behavior. I opened a separate issue9102 to deal with pybench specific problems. Marc-Andre, I am reassigning this issue to myself and assigning issue9102 to you. I hope you don't mind

[issue9105] pickle security note should be more prominent

2010-06-28 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: See also issue8855. I believe Anatoly refers to http://docs.python.org/py3k/library/pickle.html I agree, the warning can be moved up so that it is visible on the first page in typical rendering. Note that there is also http://docs.python.org/py3k

[issue5180] 3.1 cannot unpickle 2.7-created pickle

2010-06-28 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Changes by Alexander Belopolsky : Removed file: http://bugs.python.org/file17781/issue5180.diff ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue5180> ___ ___ Python-bug

[issue5180] 3.1 cannot unpickle 2.7-created pickle

2010-06-28 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Changes by Alexander Belopolsky : Removed file: http://bugs.python.org/file17788/issue5180-fix.diff ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue5180> ___ ___ Pytho

[issue5180] 3.1 cannot unpickle 2.7-created pickle

2010-06-28 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Changes by Alexander Belopolsky : -- stage: unit test needed -> patch review ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue5180> ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mai

[issue9104] test_exceptions does not test pickling with pickle.py

2010-06-28 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: In the new patch, issue9104.diff, I factored out import machinery into test.support.import_module_implementations and added it to a a couple of other test modules. I did not attempt to improve all pickle tests. The availability of

[issue9104] test_exceptions does not test pickling with pickle.py

2010-06-28 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Changes by Alexander Belopolsky : Removed file: http://bugs.python.org/file17793/issue9104.diff ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue9104> ___ ___ Python-bug

[issue9104] test_exceptions does not test pickling with pickle.py

2010-06-28 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Changes by Alexander Belopolsky : Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file17794/issue9104.diff ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue9104> ___ ___ Python-bug

[issue9094] Make python-m pickletools do something useful

2010-06-28 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: > Well, assuming you want to make it useful, I'd make that > behaviour depend on a command-line option, .. OK, Antoine, you asked for it. :-) issue9094.diff -- Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file17797/iss

[issue5180] 3.1 cannot unpickle 2.7-created pickle

2010-06-28 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 7:32 PM, Antoine Pitrou wrote: >> My patch attempts to emulate 2.x PyInstance_NewRaw with a call to >> tp_alloc. > > This is certainly the wrong thing to do. You could at least try > PyBaseObject_Type.tp_new

[issue1581183] pickle protocol 2 failure on int subclass

2010-06-28 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: I reproduced the problem in py3k (both protocol 2 and 3). See issue1581183-test-py3k.py attached. -- nosy: +alexandre.vassalotti, belopolsky versions: +Python 3.2 Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file17798/issue1581183-test-py3k.py

[issue960821] Add an updating load function in pickle

2010-06-28 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: This functionality already exists. """ If a string is returned [from __reduce__() method], the string should be interpreted as the name of a global variable. It should be the object’s local name relative to its module; the pickle modu

[issue1581183] pickle protocol 2 failure on int subclass

2010-06-29 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: At least part of the problem has nothing to do with subclassing from int and instead is related to pickling objects with circular references. I am attaching a patch that demonstrates the problem. In issue1581183-test.diff, I modified memoize so that

[issue1581183] pickle protocol 2 failure on int subclass

2010-06-29 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Changes by Alexander Belopolsky : Removed file: http://bugs.python.org/file17800/issue1581183-test.diff ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue1581183> ___ ___

[issue1581183] pickle protocol 2 failure on int subclass

2010-06-29 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Changes by Alexander Belopolsky : Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file17801/issue1581183-test.diff ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue1581183> ___ ___

[issue1581183] pickle protocol 2 failure on int subclass

2010-06-29 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: Upon further investigation, I conclude that the problem is in the user code. I am attaching int_subclass_pickle_problem_fixed.py which fixes the user code as follows: def __getnewargs__(self): -return (int(self), self.an_enum

[issue9117] class syntax not fully documented in reference manual

2010-06-29 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: > I believe that *args and **kwargs are now also syntactically > accepted in a class definition. Indeed: >>> class a: pass >>> class b: pass >>> bases = (a, b) >>> class c(*bases): pass >>> kwds = {

[issue6827] deepcopy erroneously doesn't call __setstate__ if __getstate__ returns empty dict

2010-06-29 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: I see the following under <http://docs.python.org/dev/py3k/library/pickle.html#pickling-class-instances>: Note If __getstate__() returns a false value, the __setstate__() method will not be called. That was added in r62216 and highlighted in

[issue9117] class syntax not fully documented in reference manual

2010-06-29 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: The production looks right to me, but I think it should be broken in two or more lines. Since it is rendered pre-formatted, long line results in a horizontal scroll bar unless the browser window is extremely wide

[issue9120] Reduce pickle size for an empty set

2010-06-29 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
New submission from Alexander Belopolsky : Empty sets are pickled as set([]). The pickle contains serialization of an empty list that is passed to set constructor during unpickling: >>> dis(dumps(set())) 0: \x80 PROTO 3 2: cGLOBAL 'builtins set' 16

[issue9104] test_exceptions does not test pickling with pickle.py

2010-06-29 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: > An explicit dictionary to map the Python and C implementations may be a > better approach. Do you mean a global optimized_module = {'pickle': '_pickle'} in test/support.py? I don't think I like this idea. Even w

[issue9120] Reduce pickle size for an empty set

2010-06-29 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: It is both space and time optimization. Fred was a proponent of small pickle sizes in the past, so I am adding him to the nosy list. I am not too keen on this to happen, though. It just seemed more natural to me not to create an empty list to

[issue9079] Make gettimeofday available in time module

2010-06-29 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: The original patch, gettimeofday.diff was just refactoring. I unlinked it to keep the file list clean, but it is still available: http://bugs.python.org/file17766/gettimeofday.diff I decided to expose time.gettimeofday() in the same patch mostly in

[issue9122] Problems with multiprocessing, Python embedding and Windows

2010-06-29 Thread Alexander Myodov
New submission from Alexander Myodov : Hello, I am using Python 2.6.5 and Cython (to embed the Python interpreter) to create a simple launcher.exe launcher which then imports and uses the remaining logic from the other modules, conveniently stored in a single modules.zip file (i.e. importing

[issue1692335] Fix exception pickling: Move initial args assignment to BaseException.__new__

2010-06-29 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: The case in msg76028 are probably not pointing to a bug. If subclass' __init__ passes its args to the base class __init__ (as it probably should), pickling works: class E(Exception): """Extension with values, init called w

[issue6477] Pickling of NoneType raises PicklingError

2010-06-29 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: Ellipsis and NotImplemented are different from None because they are not pickleable themselves. The None situation is more similar to that of say module level functions: >>> def f(): pass ... >>> dumps(f) # works b'\x80

[issue7830] Flatten nested functools.partial

2010-06-30 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: I am attaching a patch, issue7830.diff, that takes an ultra-concervative approach: partials are only flattened if both outer and inner are of exact functools.partial type and the inner partial does not have __dict__. -- assignee: -> belopol

[issue9120] Reduce pickle size for an empty set

2010-06-30 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: > We don't have to introduce a new (and backwards incompatible) > opcode for every possible container type. I would draw the line at containers that have literal syntax (and necessarily have dedicated .pyc opcode). This begs a question, h

[issue9104] test_exceptions does not test pickling with pickle.py

2010-06-30 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: I would like to commit this as written. If a better mechanism for associating native implementation with a pure python module is found, it can easily be added in the future. Any objections? The patch only adds more test cases, no code is changed

[issue9104] test_exceptions does not test pickling with pickle.py

2010-06-30 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Changes by Alexander Belopolsky : -- assignee: -> belopolsky resolution: -> accepted stage: patch review -> commit review ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.o

[issue9132] Documentation for comparing dictionaries is out of date

2010-06-30 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: Reference to "sorted (key, value) lists" is a bit misleading as well. Dicts' equality is defined even if key or values are not orderable. -- nosy: +belopolsky ___ Python tracker <http

[issue9118] help() on a property descriptor launches interactive help

2010-06-30 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: This is simply because X.foo.fset is None and help(None) is the same as help(). Now, I think help(None) should print help on None object rather than start interactive help. Please consider attached patch. -- keywords: +patch nosy: +belopolsky

[issue9104] test_exceptions does not test pickling with pickle.py

2010-07-01 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: > You can make the dictionary values as lists for the 'blocked' > argument for import_fresh_module(). That would work [for io]. I don't understand how having multiple modules in the blocked list will help in io case. io.py will s

[issue7989] Add pure Python implementation of datetime module to CPython

2010-07-01 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: Thanks a lot for the review. Please see my replies below. On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 12:09 PM, Antoine Pitrou wrote: .. > - I find the _cmp() and __cmp() indirection poor style in 3.x, > especially when you simply end up comparing self._getstate

[issue9104] test_exceptions does not test pickling with pickle.py

2010-07-01 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Antoine Pitrou wrote: .. >> I don't understand how having multiple modules in the blocked list >> will help in io case.  io.py will simply not work if _io is blocked. > > Which you avoid by giving a

[issue7989] Add pure Python implementation of datetime module to CPython

2010-07-01 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: > R. David Murray added the comment: > > If they abuse the _ methods and complain that the C version doesn't > work, we just say "we *told* you not to do that".  It is not the Python > philosophy to try to protect users fro

[issue7989] Add pure Python implementation of datetime module to CPython

2010-07-02 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: > - I find the _cmp() and __cmp() indirection poor style in 3.x, > especially when you simply end up comparing self._getstate() and > other._getstate() (it is also suboptimal because it can do more > comparisons than needed) The best I could

[issue7989] Add pure Python implementation of datetime module to CPython

2010-07-02 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: > I am talking specifically about this kind of assert: > >assert 1 <= month <= 12, 'month must be in 1..12' > > I think it should be replaced with: > >if month < 1 or month > 12: >raise ValueE

[issue7989] Add pure Python implementation of datetime module to CPython

2010-07-02 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: > If they abuse the _ methods and complain that the C version doesn't > work, we just say "we *told* you not to do that". It is not the Python > philosophy to try to protect users from mistakes that they willfully > make

[issue7989] Add pure Python implementation of datetime module to CPython

2010-07-02 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: This comment in datetime.__new__ makes me +0.5 on s/__/_/: self = date.__new__(cls, year, month, day) # XXX This duplicates __year, __month, __day for convenience

[issue7989] Add pure Python implementation of datetime module to CPython

2010-07-02 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 5:23 PM, Amaury Forgeot d'Arc wrote: .. > Even with 2.5 int(x) cannot overflow, and returns a long when needed! > This assert probably checks that the number has no fractional part. Yes I've realized that. I thou

[issue7989] Add pure Python implementation of datetime module to CPython

2010-07-02 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 6:00 PM, Tim Peters wrote: > > Tim Peters added the comment: > >> Do you remember why it was a good idea to >> derive datetime from date? > > Why not?  A datetime is a date, but with additional beha

[issue7989] Add pure Python implementation of datetime module to CPython

2010-07-02 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 6:26 PM, Tim Peters wrote: .. > I'm not going to argue about whether datetime "should have been" subclassed > from date - fact is that it was, and since it was > Guido's idea from the start, he would

[issue7989] Add pure Python implementation of datetime module to CPython

2010-07-02 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 6:52 PM, Marc-Andre Lemburg wrote: .. > That said, I don't think redesigning the datetime module is part > of this ticket, just adding a second implementation of what we > already have in CPython :-) I agree. I a

[issue5288] tzinfo objects with sub-minute offsets are not supported (e.g. UTC+05:53:28)

2010-07-02 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: I am attaching a patch against sandbox version of datetime.py. With this patch, there is a single place where subminute offset is rejected, _check_utc_offset() function. I have also added "whole minute" asserts in places where sub-minute p

[issue7989] Add pure Python implementation of datetime module to CPython

2010-07-02 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: I am attaching a patch from issue 5288 as an example of a change that I would favor more than issue7989-cmp.diff. This patch eliminates _utcoffset and _dst methods that duplicate utcoffset and dst, but return integer minutes rather than a timedelta

[issue8810] TZ offset description is unclear in docs

2010-07-02 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: Benjamin, Is it too late to do anything about this. Apparently Sean committed wrong patch and as a result 2.7 is about to be released with an error in tzinfo.fromutc docstring. This method is confusing enough without documentation bugs. Would you

[issue8810] TZ offset description is unclear in docs

2010-07-02 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: Reverted r81681 and r81682 in r82466 and r82467. It looks like docstring changes intended for utcoffset() landed in a docstring for fromutc(). Given that we are very close to 2.7 release, I am not attempting to improve the docs - just reverting an

[issue7989] Add pure Python implementation of datetime module to CPython

2010-07-02 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Changes by Alexander Belopolsky : -- stage: needs patch -> patch review Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file17848/issue7989.diff ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/iss

[issue9137] x.update(red=5, blue=6, other=7) doesn't work, where x is a MutableMapping

2010-07-03 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: Just a nitpick: I think the code will be clearer if you switch on args' length rather than catch IndexError: nargs = len(args) if nargs > 2: ... self = args[0] other = args[1] if nargs == 2 else () ... -- nosy: +be

[issue9094] Make python-m pickletools do something useful

2010-07-03 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: I would like to commit this. Any objections? Changes only affect running pickletools as __main__. Does this need to be documented in pickletools.rst? I noticed that dis.rst does not describe running dis.py from command line. Similarly, I cannot

[issue9094] Make python-m pickletools do something useful

2010-07-03 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: Committed in r82514. I don't think this appropriate for 3.1, but will not block it yet if someone thinks it should be merged. -- stage: patch review -> committed/rejected status: open -> pending ___

[issue9151] Demo/classes/Dates.py does not work in 3.x

2010-07-03 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Changes by Alexander Belopolsky : -- assignee: belopolsky components: Demos and Tools nosy: belopolsky priority: normal severity: normal stage: needs patch status: open title: Demo/classes/Dates.py does not work in 3.x type: behavior versions: Python 3.2

[issue9151] Demo/classes/Dates.py does not work in 3.x

2010-07-03 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
New submission from Alexander Belopolsky : I am attaching a minimal patch to make included test pass. -- keywords: +easy, patch stage: needs patch -> patch review Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file17850/issue9151.diff ___ Python tracker &l

[issue9093] Tools/README is out of date

2010-07-03 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: Non-existing tools removed by Mark in r82515. There are still tools (see '-' lines above that need a README entry.) -- nosy: +mark.dickinson ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.

[issue9093] Tools/README is out of date

2010-07-03 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: Also I believe 2to3 deserves to be mentioned in README. -- ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue9093> ___ ___

[issue9093] Tools/README is out of date

2010-07-03 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Changes by Alexander Belopolsky : -- nosy: +georg.brandl ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue9093> ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe:

[issue9151] Demo/classes/Dates.py does not work in 3.x

2010-07-03 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: Committed in r82517. -- ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue9151> ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsub

[issue9151] Demo/classes/Dates.py does not work in 3.x

2010-07-03 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: Committed some minor "modernization" changes in r82521. Given that datetime.py is in the works (see issue7989), I don't think there is any reason to polish this demo further. -- resolution: -> accepted stat

[issue9152] Dead code in datetime module

2010-07-03 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
New submission from Alexander Belopolsky : Apparently introduced by a wholesale elimination of PyString_ in r57374, the else clause in the following snippet from call_tzname is redundant: if (!PyUnicode_Check(result)) { PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError, "tzinfo.tzname()

[issue9152] Dead code in datetime module

2010-07-03 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Changes by Alexander Belopolsky : -- keywords: +patch nosy: +mark.dickinson resolution: -> accepted stage: -> commit review Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file17851/issue9152.diff ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/

[issue9118] help() on a property descriptor launches interactive help

2010-07-03 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: Yes, I realized that 2+ arguments would be equivalent to none, but was too lazy to handle that case. (Falling into interactive help may actually be better than an error message for some users.) Terry's solution is certainly better. Atta

[issue960821] Add an updating load function in pickle

2010-07-03 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: On the second reading, OP's request has nothing to do with pickle.load(). In fact, there is no coherent request here. -- status: pending -> closed ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/

[issue9012] Separate compilation of time and datetime modules

2010-07-04 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: _time.c is not supposed to be compiled into an extension. It is similar to _math.c - if you add a line _math _math.c to Setup, you get a similar compile error. What needs to be done, however, is to add _time.c to time and datetime lines. See

[issue9152] Dead code in datetime module

2010-07-04 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: Committed in r82533. -- status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue9152> ___ ___ Python-

[issue9152] Dead code in datetime module

2010-07-04 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: Merged in 3.1 in r82536. -- stage: commit review -> committed/rejected versions: +Python 3.1 ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/iss

[issue9118] help() on a property descriptor launches interactive help

2010-07-04 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: Committed in r82547. I am leaving it open to decide whether this is a 3.1-backport candidate. Also I am not sure this is NEWS-worthy. Jack, Does this address your issue? Note that >>> help(X.foo.fset) will still not return help on X.fo

[issue9153] Run tests and demos as part of the test suite

2010-07-04 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: Many demos already include a self-test: $ grep '^def test(' Demo/*/*.py Demo/classes/Complex.py:def test(): Demo/classes/Dates.py:def test(firstyear, lastyear): Demo/classes/Range.py:def test(): Demo/classes/Vec.py:def test(): D

[issue7962] Demo and Tools need to be tested and pruned

2010-07-04 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: I fixed Dates.py. See issue9151. I also committed a minimal fix for Complex.py in r82524. -- dependencies: +Demo/classes/Dates.py does not work in 3.x nosy: +belopolsky ___ Python tracker <h

[issue7962] Demo and Tools need to be tested and pruned

2010-07-04 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: I fixed Rev.py in r82550, but I don't think it is worth keeping in the current form. Maybe it can be replaced with a pure python reimplementation of builtins.reversed. Note that slicing does not work for Rev: >>> r = Rev([1,2,3]) >

[issue7962] Demo and Tools need to be tested and pruned

2010-07-04 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: Fixed Range.py in r82551. -- ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue7962> ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailin

[issue9155] Reserve COMPARE_OP for rich comparisons

2010-07-04 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
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[issue5288] tzinfo objects with sub-minute offsets are not supported (e.g. UTC+05:53:28)

2010-07-04 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: I am attaching a rough patch which removes timedelta -> int minutes -> timedelta round trips from utcoffset handling code. I think the result is an improvement, but needs more polishing. Mark, Do you think this is worth pursuing? I am not int

[issue4727] pickle/copyreg doesn't support keyword only arguments in __new__

2010-07-04 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: Please keep this open. This issue is separate from pickling partial objects. -- nosy: +belopolsky ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue4

[issue4727] pickle/copyreg doesn't support keyword only arguments in __new__

2010-07-04 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Changes by Alexander Belopolsky : -- stage: -> needs patch versions: +Python 3.2 -Python 2.7, Python 3.1 ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/iss

[issue4679] Fork + shelve causes shelve corruption and backtrace

2010-07-04 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: The wikisource file in the report is no longer available, but with latest wikisource and python 2.7, $ curl http://download.wikimedia.org/enwikisource/latest/enwikisource-latest-pages-articles.xml.bz2| bzip2 -cd | ./python.exe convert.py /tmp 8388608

[issue9136] RuntimeError when profiling Decimal

2010-07-04 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: +try: +dc = DefaultContext +except NameError: +pass + +self.prec = dc.prec if prec is None else prec I don't quite understand the point of catching NameError here, but it looks like if it is caugh

[issue5288] tzinfo objects with sub-minute offsets are not supported (e.g. UTC+05:53:28)

2010-07-04 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Changes by Alexander Belopolsky : -- keywords: +patch Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file17864/issue5288.diff ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue5

[issue5288] tzinfo objects with sub-minute offsets are not supported (e.g. UTC+05:53:28)

2010-07-04 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Changes by Alexander Belopolsky : Removed file: http://bugs.python.org/file17857/issue5288.diff ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue5288> ___ ___ Python-bug

[issue4679] Fork + shelve causes shelve corruption and backtrace

2010-07-04 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: Sorry, but I don't understand the point that you are trying to make. sq_dict is indeed considered for inclusion in python: see issue 3783. For this issue, we need a confirmation that the problem is present in the current ve

[issue8912] `make patchcheck` should check the whitespace of .c/.h files

2010-07-04 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: Hmm, it looks like patchcheck does not fix trailing whitespace in c files: $ grep ' $' Modules/datetimemodule.c| cat -ve $ GET_TD_DAYS(offset1) * 86400 - $ Py_DECREF(offset);$

[issue5288] tzinfo objects with sub-minute offsets are not supported (e.g. UTC+05:53:28)

2010-07-04 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Changes by Alexander Belopolsky : Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file17865/issue5288.diff ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue5288> ___ ___ Python-bug

[issue5288] tzinfo objects with sub-minute offsets are not supported (e.g. UTC+05:53:28)

2010-07-04 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Changes by Alexander Belopolsky : Removed file: http://bugs.python.org/file17864/issue5288.diff ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue5288> ___ ___ Python-bug

[issue9005] Year range in timetuple

2010-07-05 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: Reopening to consider removing a special case in days_before_year(..). After r82128, year cannot be <= 0. -- stage: committed/rejected -> commit review status: closed -> open Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file17869/issue9

[issue9169] Deprecate use of more than 3 positional arguments in timedelta constructor

2010-07-05 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
New submission from Alexander Belopolsky : Prior to r82454, python implementation of timedelta had the following comment: class timedelta: def __new__(cls, days=0, seconds=0, microseconds=0, # XXX The following should only be used as keyword args

[issue9005] Year range in timetuple

2010-07-05 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: Similarly, it appears that if (*m < 1 || *m > 12) { --*m; normalize_pair(y, m, 12); ++*m; /* |y| can't be bigger

[issue9169] Deprecate use of more than 3 positional arguments in timedelta constructor

2010-07-05 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 1:39 PM, Antoine Pitrou wrote: .. > -1 from me. Deprecating correct code should be done for serious > reasons, not aesthetical (i.e. gratuitous) ones. I would think that deprecating error-prone constructs is well within

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