[Python-Dev] str.format bug again

2012-09-28 Thread Ben Wolfson
There's a patch for this bug: http://bugs.python.org/issue12014 that needs reviewed. Petri Lehtinen made some (very minor) comments back in May; otherwise it's been neglected. I've brought this up occasionally here in the past; it would be great if someone could just give it a thumbs up or down (or

Re: [Python-Dev] Deprecating "U" open mode

2012-09-28 Thread Antoine Pitrou
On Sat, 29 Sep 2012 00:48:54 +0300 Serhiy Storchaka wrote: > Since Python 2.3 many open-like functions supports "Universal line mode" > (PEP 278 [1]). Since 3.0 (and 2.6) PEP 3116 [2] suggests better > alternative -- io.TextWrapper. > > In issue15204 [3] proposed to deprecate "U" mode in open-l

Re: [Python-Dev] [RELEASED] Python 3.3.0 release candidate 3

2012-09-28 Thread Antoine Pitrou
On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 21:51:39 +0100 Paul Moore wrote: > On 28 September 2012 19:19, Stefan Krah wrote: > > Brett Cannon wrote: > >> Georg Brandl wrote: > >> > * A C implementation of the "decimal" module, with up to 80x speedup > >> > for decimal-heavy applications > >> > >>

Re: [Python-Dev] [RELEASED] Python 3.3.0 release candidate 3

2012-09-28 Thread Tim Delaney
On 29 September 2012 07:50, Tim Delaney wrote: > On 29 September 2012 06:51, Paul Moore wrote: > >> >> Wow! I had no idea cdecimal was that close in speed to float. That's >> seriously impressive. >> > > If those numbers are similar in other benchmarks, would it be accurate > and/or reasonable t

Re: [Python-Dev] [RELEASED] Python 3.3.0 release candidate 3

2012-09-28 Thread Tim Delaney
On 29 September 2012 06:51, Paul Moore wrote: > > Wow! I had no idea cdecimal was that close in speed to float. That's > seriously impressive. > If those numbers are similar in other benchmarks, would it be accurate and/or reasonable to include a statement along the lines of: "comparable to flo

[Python-Dev] Deprecating "U" open mode

2012-09-28 Thread Serhiy Storchaka
Since Python 2.3 many open-like functions supports "Universal line mode" (PEP 278 [1]). Since 3.0 (and 2.6) PEP 3116 [2] suggests better alternative -- io.TextWrapper. In issue15204 [3] proposed to deprecate "U" mode in open-like functions. In fact I found only three places where "U" mode is m

Re: [Python-Dev] Python Bug Day in October

2012-09-28 Thread Maciej Szulik
On 09/28/2012 12:30 AM, Éric Araujo wrote: Hi all, The Montreal-Python user group would like to host a bug day on October 27 (to be confirmed) at a partner university in Montreal. It would be cool to do a bug day on IRC like we used to (and in other physical locations if people want to!) to get

Re: [Python-Dev] [RELEASED] Python 3.3.0 release candidate 3

2012-09-28 Thread Paul Moore
On 28 September 2012 19:19, Stefan Krah wrote: > Brett Cannon wrote: >> Georg Brandl wrote: >> > * A C implementation of the "decimal" module, with up to 80x speedup >> > for decimal-heavy applications >> >> Could you bump up the factor to 120x in the final announcement? Ther

Re: [Python-Dev] [RELEASED] Python 3.3.0 release candidate 3

2012-09-28 Thread Stefan Krah
Brett Cannon wrote: > Georg Brandl wrote: > > * A C implementation of the "decimal" module, with up to 80x speedup > >     for decimal-heavy applications > > Could you bump up the factor to 120x in the final announcement? There were > a couple of performance improvements in t

Re: [Python-Dev] [RELEASED] Python 3.3.0 release candidate 3

2012-09-28 Thread Brett Cannon
On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 11:40 AM, Stefan Krah wrote: > Georg Brandl wrote: > > * A C implementation of the "decimal" module, with up to 80x speedup > > for decimal-heavy applications > > Could you bump up the factor to 120x in the final announcement? There were > a couple of performance impr

[Python-Dev] Summary of Python tracker Issues

2012-09-28 Thread Python tracker
ACTIVITY SUMMARY (2012-09-21 - 2012-09-28) Python tracker at http://bugs.python.org/ To view or respond to any of the issues listed below, click on the issue. Do NOT respond to this message. Issues counts and deltas: open3754 (+23) closed 24106 (+61) total 27860 (+84) Open issues wit

Re: [Python-Dev] [RELEASED] Python 3.3.0 release candidate 3

2012-09-28 Thread Stefan Krah
Georg Brandl wrote: > * A C implementation of the "decimal" module, with up to 80x speedup > for decimal-heavy applications Could you bump up the factor to 120x in the final announcement? There were a couple of performance improvements in the meantime, and this is what I'm consistently measur

Re: [Python-Dev] Python Bug Day in October

2012-09-28 Thread Éric Araujo
Hi, Cool to see the positive response! I’m waiting for confirmation of our venue in Montreal and will follow-up on this list and update the wiki page. Petri, your lists of bugs will definitely be helpful. Thanks all! ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python

Re: [Python-Dev] Python Bug Day in October

2012-09-28 Thread Petri Lehtinen
Éric Araujo wrote: > Hi all, > > The Montreal-Python user group would like to host a bug day on October > 27 (to be confirmed) at a partner university in Montreal. It would be > cool to do a bug day on IRC like we used to (and in other physical > locations if people want to!) to get new contribut