Re: [Python-Dev] More optimisation ideas

2016-02-05 Thread Emile van Sebille
On 2/5/2016 10:38 AM, Brett Cannon wrote: On Fri, 5 Feb 2016 at 10:34 Emile van Sebille mailto:em...@fenx.com>> wrote: >> Except for that nasty licensing issue requiring source code. >> >> Emile > Licensing requires, in the GPL at least, that

Re: [Python-Dev] More optimisation ideas

2016-02-05 Thread Emile van Sebille
On 2/5/2016 9:37 AM, Alexander Walters wrote: On 2/5/2016 12:27, Emile van Sebille wrote: On 2/1/2016 9:20 AM, Ethan Furman wrote: On 02/01/2016 08:40 AM, R. David Murray wrote: On the other hand, if the distros go the way Nick has (I think) been advocating, and have a separate 's

Re: [Python-Dev] More optimisation ideas

2016-02-05 Thread Emile van Sebille
On 2/1/2016 9:20 AM, Ethan Furman wrote: On 02/01/2016 08:40 AM, R. David Murray wrote: On the other hand, if the distros go the way Nick has (I think) been advocating, and have a separate 'system python for system scripts' that is independent of the one installed for user use, having the syst

Re: [Python-Dev] Devguide: Add a table summarizing status of Python branches

2016-01-21 Thread Emile van Sebille
On 1/21/2016 10:42 AM, Paul Moore wrote: On 21 January 2016 at 17:18, Brett Cannon wrote: It's live: https://docs.python.org/devguide/#status-of-python-branches Nice :-) Minor nit, the status column says "end of life", but the text below the table uses the term "end of line" (as does the com

Re: [Python-Dev] Third milestone of FAT Python

2015-12-06 Thread Emile van Sebille
On 12/4/2015 11:39 AM, MRAB wrote: On 2015-12-04 19:22, Isaac Morland wrote: On Fri, 4 Dec 2015, MRAB wrote: > Constant folding is when, say, "1 + 2" replaced by "2". Isn't that called backspacing? ;-) Oops! I meant "1 + 1", of course. Or "3". Either would work. :-) Oh, you must surely ha

[Python-Dev] A quick word on top posting

2015-07-20 Thread Emile van Sebille
Your +infinity could have easily been top posted -- particularly when there's no in-line comments that require context. just-because-I'm-on-what-feels-like-a-300-baud-connection-ly yr's, Emile On 7/19/2015 2:16 PM, Mark Lawrence wrote: On 19/07/2015 22:06, Brett Cannon wrote: There is a

Re: [Python-Dev] Python 4?

2014-04-03 Thread Emile van Sebille
On 4/3/2014 7:46 AM, Tres Seaver wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/03/2014 10:36 AM, R. David Murray wrote: More seriously, I don't believe there should ever be a Py4k the way there was a Py3k, and would prefer not to feed any rumours that there might be. Amen! +1

Re: [Python-Dev] Requesting pronouncement on PEP 463: Exception-catching expressions

2014-03-12 Thread Emile van Sebille
On 3/12/2014 1:44 PM, Chris Angelico wrote: unless someone's going to employ me to champion PEPs full time :) (Hmm. That would be an interesting job title on the resume.) It's available now -- www.pepboys.com :) Emile ___ Python-Dev mailing list P

Re: [Python-Dev] Python 4: don't remove anything, don't break backward compatibility

2014-03-10 Thread Emile van Sebille
On 3/10/2014 12:29 PM, Chris Angelico wrote: I don't think there'd be huge problems with a 4.0 release that's just like 3.10 except that it's a little more free with removal of deprecateds. Maybe that could be the point at which 2.x compatibility is dropped, ... and the point at which those of

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 460: allowing %d and %f and mojibake

2014-01-13 Thread Emile van Sebille
On 1/13/2014 4:06 PM, Greg Ewing wrote: of text methods -- together with a text-like literal syntax and default repr(), even though at least half the time they're completely inappropriate! Better said as 'half the time they're coincidentally helpful!' My $.01 :) Emile __

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 460: allowing %d and %f and mojibake

2014-01-12 Thread Emile van Sebille
On 01/12/2014 11:30 AM, Emile van Sebille wrote: On 01/12/2014 09:26 AM, Paul Moore wrote: Can you give an example of code that is *nearly* acceptable to you, which works in Python 2 and 3 today, and explain what improvements you would like to see to it in order to use it instead of waiting for

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 460: allowing %d and %f and mojibake

2014-01-12 Thread Emile van Sebille
On 01/12/2014 09:26 AM, Paul Moore wrote: Can you give an example of code that is *nearly* acceptable to you, which works in Python 2 and 3 today, and explain what improvements you would like to see to it in order to use it instead of waiting for a core change? I'm not a developer, but I'm try

Re: [Python-Dev] General Q&A regarding Python 3, adoption etc.

2014-01-06 Thread Emile van Sebille
On 1/6/2014 3:16 PM, Nick Coghlan wrote: I thought I mentioned it on this list last year when I first wrote it, but some messages I've seen recently suggest many folks haven't seen it before. And even more will see it if you provide a link. Please. Emile ___