Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 8 modernisation

2013-08-01 Thread LD 'Gus' Landis
On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 8:31 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On 01/08/13 22:44, Nick Coghlan wrote: > > 4. Lines up to 99 characters are now permitted (but 79 is still the >> preferred limit) >> > > Coincidentally, there was a discussion about line length on python-list > over the last couple of da

Re: [Python-Dev] barry_as_FLUFL

2010-08-05 Thread LD 'Gus' Landis
Hi, I just read an interesting article (interview with Fred Brooks). See: http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1600886 Eoin: The book contains a lot of explicit and implicit advice for those who must manage design projects. What would your top three pieces of advice for such

Re: [Python-Dev] Licensing

2010-07-06 Thread LD 'Gus' Landis
I stand corrected. Thanks for the pointer Stephen! On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 10:36 AM, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: > LD 'Gus' Landis writes: >  > Yes. The BSD license on FreeBSD has allowed Apple to >  > make MacOS X a completely proprietary product. > >

Re: [Python-Dev] Licensing

2010-07-06 Thread LD 'Gus' Landis
Yes. The BSD license on FreeBSD has allowed Apple to make MacOS X a completely proprietary product. The BSD license allows you to take and never release your mods. It has very little to do with money, IMO. On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 1:22 AM, Ben Finney wrote: > Nir Aides writes: > >> I take "...ru

Re: [Python-Dev] _length_cue()

2006-02-08 Thread LD 'Gus' Landis
+1 on 'hint' vs 'cue'... also infers 'not definitive' (sort of like having a hint of how much longer the "honey do" list is... the honey do list is never 'exhaustive', only exhausting! ;-) On 2/8/06, Andrew Koenig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm worried about the name. There are now ex

Re: [Python-Dev] Expose Subversion revision number to Python

2005-12-20 Thread LD &#x27;Gus&#x27; Landis
Hi, So, what does one get when built on a system not connected to the net? say from a tarball? It can happen, ya know. Cheers, --ldl On 12/18/05, "Martin v. Löwis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Barry Warsaw wrote: > > Yes, here's my thought: I have a mod to Makefile.pre.in and > > getbuild

Re: [Python-Dev] "and" and "or" operators in Py3.0

2005-09-20 Thread LD &#x27;Gus&#x27; Landis
Would this change break x < y < z ? Hope not. +1 on x?y:z -1 on && || replacing and/or unless and/or kept with current semantics and && || introduced Raymond's boolean idea, but then -1 too many unrelated but different spellings On 9/19/05, Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > O

Re: [Python-Dev] Proof of the pudding: str.partition()

2005-08-31 Thread LD \&quot;Gus\&quot; Landis
Hi, FTR, I was not implying the $PIECE() was an answer at all, but only suggesting it as an alternative name to .partition(). .piece() can be both a verb and a noun as can .partition(), thus overcoming Nick's objection to a "noun"ish thing doing the work of a "verb"ish thing. Also, IIRC, I did

Re: [Python-Dev] partition() (was: Remove str.find in 3.0?)

2005-08-29 Thread LD \&quot;Gus\&quot; Landis
Hi, Re: multiples, etc... Check out (and Pythonify) the ANSI M[UMPS] $PIECE(). See: http://www.jacquardsystems.com/Examples/function/piece.htm Cheers, --ldl On 8/29/05, LD Gus Landis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > How about piece() ? Anthony can have his &q

Re: [Python-Dev] partition() (was: Remove str.find in 3.0?)

2005-08-29 Thread LD \&quot;Gus\&quot; Landis
Hi, How about piece() ? Anthony can have his "e"s that way too! ;-) and it's the same number of characters as .split(). Cheers, --ldl On 8/29/05, Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 30 August 2005 11:26, Raymond Hettinger wrote: > > > My major issue is with the names -

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 340 -- concept clarification

2005-05-03 Thread LD \&quot;Gus\&quot; Landis
Hi, Sounds like a useful requirement to have for new features in 2.x, IMO. that is... "demonstrated need". If the feature implies that the app needs to be designed from the ground up to *really* take advantage of the feature, then, maybe leave it for Guido's sabbatical (e.g. Python 300

Re: [Python-Dev] Re: marshal / unmarshal

2005-04-14 Thread LD \&quot;Gus\&quot; Landis
Hi, For AIX: Python 2.2 (#1, Feb 17 2003, 21:43:03) [C] on aix4 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import marshal >>> marshal.dumps(1e1) 'f\x03INF' >>> marshal.loads(marshal.dumps(1e1)) INF >>> float("INF") INF >>> float("NaN") NaNQ >>> On 4/9/0