[Python-Dev] Re: bz2.BZ2File doesn't support name?

2021-04-27 Thread Rik
I am new and I am just lurking here, so please pardon me if I say or do anything out of place. I saw your patch Mr. Diwan and I want to say that instead of making `filename` attribute, it would be better to change it to `name`, just to adhere to standards. And changing the name method to someth

[Python-Dev] Re: PEP 622 version 2 (Structural Pattern Matching)

2020-07-31 Thread Rik de Kort via Python-Dev
1. Semantic operator overloading in generic contexts is very different from this use case. It's surrounded by a clear context. 2. Python programmer intuition varies across python programmers, and I would find it hella unintuitive if I had to explicitly capture every variable. I just want to writ

[Python-Dev] Re: PEP 622 version 2 (Structural Pattern Matching)

2020-07-30 Thread Rik de Kort via Python-Dev
ood use cases (either that, or I have no intuition for programming :P). Let me know if you have some! Rik P.S. If I'm out of line or violating etiquette with anything, please let me know. I'm open to help. ___ Python-Dev mailing list -- py

[Python-Dev] Re: PEP 622 version 2 (Structural Pattern Matching)

2020-07-30 Thread Rik de Kort via Python-Dev
e mistakes in practice, etc. But let's make sure it's an actual problem before we go complicate the syntax. Again, first time mailing here and I don't know if it's my place (can I even mail into this list?), but I hope the perspective is of some use. Rik P.S. I never had issues

[Python-Dev] Running 2.7 tests on OS X

2014-02-25 Thread Rik
I want to try to submit a patch for 2.7, but I don't know how to run the tests for the 2.7 branch. `./configure` doesn't seem to create a `python.exe` file on the 2.7 branch on OS X Mavericks, and I do need this file according to this guide: http://docs.python.org/devguide/ Anybody know how I shou