Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-3000] Warning for 2.6 and greater

2007-01-10 Thread Anthony Baxter
off by default, and won't go through the warnings mechanism at all unless you specify the command line flag. I've had a number of people say that this is something they would really, really like to see - the idea is both to let people migrate more easily, and provide reassuranc

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-3000] Warning for 2.6 and greater

2007-01-10 Thread Anthony Baxter
ad. Checking a single C global int is hardly going to make a huge impact at all. -- Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's never too late to have a happy childhood. ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.pytho

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-3000] Warning for 2.6 and greater

2007-01-11 Thread Anthony Baxter
changed raise A, B into raise A(B) applied to the trunk. This makes it much easier to apply patches to both the 3.0 branch and the trunk. Similar changes should be applied to remove, for instance, use of <> and dict.has_key from the stdlib. Simply put, I'd like the stdlib between 2 and 3

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-3000] Warning for 2.6 and greater

2007-01-11 Thread Anthony Baxter
de does not have to entail dulling the trusty old blade. I completely disagree here. We cannot simply ignore 3.0 in the 2.x series. We need to provide (as much as possible) an upgrade path for people who write and use code in the language. Anthony -- Antho

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-3000] Warning for 2.6 and greater

2007-01-12 Thread Anthony Baxter
on't see a path forward that doesn't involve something painful, so long as 3.0 is going to be the clean break. As I mentioned, though, I'd like as far as possible to make it so that 2.6 (with a flag) can be at least vaguely compatible with 3.0. Anthony -- Anthony

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-3000] Warning for 2.6 and greater

2007-01-12 Thread Anthony Baxter
idea (in another email) of trying to look up globals would probably cause a horrible performance issue, but it may be possible to do _something_ clever. Anthony -- Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's never too late to have a happy childhood. ___

Re: [Python-Dev] The bytes type

2007-01-17 Thread Anthony Baxter
On Wednesday 17 January 2007 05:52, James Y Knight wrote: > Yes, this is it. As a refinement: if the New Way can easily be > backported to 2.5, Um - 2.5 is _done_. Released. In maintenance mode. New features will not be getting backported to a 2.5.x release. Anthony -- Anthony

Re: [Python-Dev] syntax misfeature (exception)

2007-01-20 Thread Anthony Baxter
add "except a as b" to 2.6 - we're just not ripping out the old way of doing it. Anthony -- Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's never too late to have a happy childhood. ___ Python-Dev mailing list Pytho

Re: [Python-Dev] Floor division

2007-01-23 Thread Anthony Baxter
can always make 2.6 warn about the floatobject's __mod__ function being called if the -W py3k option is on, that gets us part of the way there. And if we have a "-3" option or the like that also turns on maximum 3.x compat, that will enable true division, producing the warning.

Re: [Python-Dev] Does Python/Python-ast.c need to be checked in?

2007-02-11 Thread Anthony Baxter
On Monday 12 February 2007 13:57, Brett Cannon wrote: > On 2/11/07, Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 2/11/07, "Martin v. Löwis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Actually, the regenerating should happen immediately after > > > commit, as this bumps the revision number of the asdl f

Re: [Python-Dev] New syntax for 'dynamic' attribute access

2007-02-11 Thread Anthony Baxter
I have to say that I'm not that impressed by either the 1-arg or 2-arg versions. Someone coming across this syntax for the first time will not have any hints as to what it means - and worse, it looks like a syntax error to me. -1 from me. ___ Python-De

Re: [Python-Dev] New syntax for 'dynamic' attribute access

2007-02-11 Thread Anthony Baxter
On Monday 12 February 2007 18:38, Neil Toronto wrote: > Anthony Baxter wrote: > > I have to say that I'm not that impressed by either the 1-arg > > or 2-arg versions. Someone coming across this syntax for the > > first time will not have any hints as to what it means - an

Re: [Python-Dev] New syntax for 'dynamic' attribute access

2007-02-12 Thread Anthony Baxter
ax that currently causes this problem the most) is with webpages and with printed books with code. Sure, everyone can pick a font for coding that they can read, but that's not the only way you read code. This is my issue with the foo.(bar) syntax. The period is far far too small and easy

Re: [Python-Dev] Summary of "dynamic attribute access" discussion

2007-02-13 Thread Anthony Baxter
turn in performance on a very > > marginal feature. > > The performance question is important, certainly. Initial > reaction on python-ideas was that a 1% cost would not count as > substantial I'd disagree. Those 1% losses add up, and it takes a heck of a lot of work to

Re: [Python-Dev] Summary of "dynamic attribute access" discussion

2007-02-13 Thread Anthony Baxter
On Wednesday 14 February 2007 07:39, Aahz wrote: > My point is that I suspect that general objects are not used much > with getattr/setattr. Does anyone have evidence counter to that? > I think that evidence should be provided before this goes much > further; perhaps all that's needed is educatio

Re: [Python-Dev] Summary of "dynamic attribute access" discussion

2007-02-13 Thread Anthony Baxter
s()/items(). The globals() and locals() builtins also provide an alternate view with "different notation to access it". Since you're creating the view explicitly, I really don't see the problem - any more than say, creating a set from a list, or a dict from a list, or the like.

Re: [Python-Dev] Summary: rejection of 'dynamic attribute' syntax

2007-02-15 Thread Anthony Baxter
On Thursday 15 February 2007 21:48, Steve Holden wrote: > Greg Ewing wrote: > > Steve Holden wrote: > >> A further data point is that modern machines seem to give > >> timing variabilities due to CPU temperature variations even if > >> you always eat exactly the same thing. > > > > Oh, great. Now w

Re: [Python-Dev] Wrapping up 'dynamic attribute' discussion

2007-02-15 Thread Anthony Baxter
pen as a possibility for a future PEP. A good first step would be to contribute something like this to the Python Cookbook, if it isn't already there. -- Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's never too late to have a happy childhood.

Re: [Python-Dev] Encouraging developers

2007-03-06 Thread Anthony Baxter
quot; but hell, there's a lot of different components that make up Python. That would be a maintenance and management nightmare. -- Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's never too late to have a happy childhood. ___ Python-Dev mailing l

[Python-Dev] version-specific PYTHONPATH env var

2007-03-08 Thread Anthony Baxter
e specific version this problem would go away. Anthony -- Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's never too late to have a happy childhood. ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-d

Re: [Python-Dev] Proposal to revert r54204 (splitext change)

2007-03-14 Thread Anthony Baxter
x in any way shape or form. Anthony -- Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's never too late to have a happy childhood. ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe:

Re: [Python-Dev] Backports of standard library modules

2007-03-14 Thread Anthony Baxter
ink anyone would mind. There is (as Martin also stated) zero chance that I will do this additional work. It scratches no itches for me, and has the potential to add an enormous amount to my workload of doing a new release. Anthony -- Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&g

Re: [Python-Dev] Proposal to revert r54204 (splitext change)

2007-03-15 Thread Anthony Baxter
this, I can't remember if you were one of these). My standard response to this is that people who really feel like this are welcome to pick a release, say, 2.3, and take on the process of backporting the relevant bugfixes back to that release, and cutting new releases, &c. -- Anthon

[Python-Dev] 2.5.1, buildbots and my availability

2007-03-20 Thread Anthony Baxter
I'm moving house today and tomorrow, and don't expect to have internet access connected up at home til sometime next week. In the meantime, if there's urgent 2.5.1 related issues, bear with me, as I'll only be on email during the working day. cc Neal (hi Neal :) is the best bet. Also, the cygwi

Re: [Python-Dev] Standard Image and Sound classes (was: SoC proposal: multimedia library)

2007-03-27 Thread Anthony Baxter
of the data for each transfer. > > I agree. I withdrew my original "multimedia library" idea and > submitted a proposal for the creation of two standard Image and > Sound classes. Ideally you'd hook this into the standard library's existing sound file handli

Re: [Python-Dev] A Survey on Defect Management Practices in Free/Open Source Software

2007-04-03 Thread Anthony Baxter
addressed (well, to "Python Contributors"), which is a step ahead of most of them. -- Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's never too late to have a happy childhood. ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://m

[Python-Dev] branch is frozen for release of 2.5.1c1 (and 2.5.1)

2007-04-04 Thread Anthony Baxter
n! Thanks, Anthony -- Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's never too late to have a happy childhood. ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/m

Re: [Python-Dev] Py2.5.1 release candidate

2007-04-10 Thread Anthony Baxter
ndrew fixed the latter, yay!) Anthony -- Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's never too late to have a happy childhood. ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe:

[Python-Dev] RELEASED Python 2.5.1, release candidate 1

2007-04-10 Thread Anthony Baxter
g/2.5/highlights.html Enjoy this release, Anthony Anthony Baxter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Python Release Manager (on behalf of the entire python-dev team) ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe:

Re: [Python-Dev] my 2.5 checkins

2007-04-15 Thread Anthony Baxter
x27;t strike me as critical enough to need that - and I'm not happy to do the release and just hope. I'll roll them all back. Anthony -- Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's never too late to have a happy childhood.

[Python-Dev] RELEASED Python 2.5.1, FINAL

2007-04-19 Thread Anthony Baxter
clude: Bug fixes. According to the release notes, at least 150 have been fixed. Highlights of the previous major Python release (2.5) are available from the Python 2.5 page, at http://www.python.org/2.5/highlights.html Enjoy this release, Anthony Anthony Baxter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Python Re

[Python-Dev] 2.5 branch unfrozen

2007-04-21 Thread Anthony Baxter
Ok, things seem to be OK. So the release25-maint branch is unfrozen. Go crazy. Well, a little bit crazy. Anthony -- Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's never too late to have a happy childhood. ___ Python-Dev mailing list

[Python-Dev] best practices stdlib: purging xrange

2007-05-07 Thread Anthony Baxter
tions? Anthony -- Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's never too late to have a happy childhood. ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailma

Re: [Python-Dev] Official version support statement

2007-05-11 Thread Anthony Baxter
fix releases - only one maintenance branch (most recent) for the bugfix releases - the last bugfix release of the previous release after a new major release. I'm OK with these being formalised - but any additional requirements I'd like to discuss first :-) Anthony -- Anthony Baxter

Re: [Python-Dev] Summary of Tracker Issues

2007-05-16 Thread Anthony Baxter
, I > am entirely opposed to any use of JavaScript. What about flash, instead, then? /ducks -- Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's never too late to have a happy childhood. ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org

Re: [Python-Dev] Need Survey Answers from Core Developers

2007-05-22 Thread Anthony Baxter
f>-- cPython, > not such much. We don't break down "major" or "minor" features, but according to the What's New In Python 2.5 doc: > A search through the > SVN change logs finds there were 353 patches applied and 458 bugs > fixed between Pyt

Re: [Python-Dev] summaries not arriving

2007-09-10 Thread Anthony Baxter
On Monday 10 September 2007, Paul Dubois wrote: > As a small boy I once knew wrote, I must not use bad words. (:-> It's OK to use them about Barry, though, surely? *wave* Hi Barry. -- Anthony Baxter, ekit. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (03) 9674 7015 Level 3 The Teahouse, 28 Claren

Re: [Python-Dev] Alpha/Tru64 buildbot and SSL compile

2007-09-10 Thread Anthony Baxter
; Neal Norwitz and Ralf Grosse-Kunstleve have access to that > machine. Neal's on leave all this month, I believe. -- Anthony Baxter, ekit. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (03) 9674 7015 Level 3 The Teahouse, 28 Clarendon St, Sth Melbourne Australia 3205

Re: [Python-Dev] Any PEP about 2.6 -> 3000 code transition?

2008-07-23 Thread Anthony Baxter
As a data point, I just presented a tutorial here at OSCON on Python 3 Porting, and had a number of people asking about C API changes. I punted for my talk (*) because things are still in flux. Plus I only had 3 hours. I did suggest that if your extension is just glue to a C library, you should con

Re: [Python-Dev] Any PEP about 2.6 -> 3000 code transition?

2008-08-13 Thread Anthony Baxter
I'm planning on re-presenting it at the local google office in the next couple of weeks. I might try and arrange for it to be recorded and put online. At the moment we seem to have a real lack of concrete information for people about the transition. If I had time (ha! HA!) I'd try to turn the slide

Re: [Python-Dev] Any PEP about 2.6 -> 3000 code transition?

2008-08-13 Thread Anthony Baxter
Last time I looked at it, the C API wasn't nailed down yet. That's why I passed over it entirely for my tutorial. The only advice I was able to give was that if your extension is just a wrapper around existing C code, you might be better off rewriting it using ctypes. That way it should work on bot

[Python-Dev] Re: [Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Lib/email __init__.py, 1.34, 1.35

2004-11-28 Thread Anthony Baxter
On Monday 29 November 2004 12:10, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Lib/email > In directory sc8-pr-cvs1.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv19040 > > Modified Files: > __init__.py > Log Message: > There's likely nothing more to do to the email package before Python 2.4

[Python-Dev] TRUNK FREEZE for 2.4 final from 2100 UTC, 29-11-2004

2004-11-28 Thread Anthony Baxter
Ok, we're about ready for the 2.4 final release. Please hold off any checkins post 21:00 UTC (so in about 19-20 hours from now). Thanks, Anthony ___ Python-Dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe

Re: [Python-Dev] TRUNK FREEZE for 2.4 final from 2100 UTC, 29-11-2004

2004-11-29 Thread Anthony Baxter
On Monday 29 November 2004 12:50, Anthony Baxter wrote: > Ok, we're about ready for the 2.4 final release. Please hold off any > checkins post 21:00 UTC (so in about 19-20 hours from now). I should also note that shortly after the release is done and we've confirmed that there&

[Python-Dev] RELEASED Python 2.4 (final)

2004-11-30 Thread Anthony Baxter
ble from the 2.4 web page. http://www.python.org/2.4/ Please log any problems you have with this release in the SourceForge bug tracker (noting that you're using Python 2.4): http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=5470 Enjoy the new (stable!) release, Anthony Anthony Baxter [EMAIL

[Python-Dev] TRUNK UNFROZEN; release24-maint branch has been cut

2004-11-30 Thread Anthony Baxter
I've cut the release24-maint branch, and updated the Include/patchlevel.h on trunk and branch (trunk is now 2.5a0, branch is 2.4+) The trunk and the branch are now both unfrozen and suitable for checkins. The feature freeze on the trunk is lifted. Remember - if you're checking bugfixes into the t

Re: [Python-Dev] Re: Small subprocess patch

2004-12-01 Thread Anthony Baxter
On Wednesday 01 December 2004 09:00, Peter Astrand wrote: > I'm also wondering if patch 1071755 and 1071764 should go into > release24-maint: > > * 1071755 makes subprocess raise TypeError if Popen is called with a > bufsize that is not an integer. Since this isn't changing anything that's user fa

Re: [Python-Dev] Deprecated xmllib module

2004-12-05 Thread Anthony Baxter
On Sunday 05 December 2004 21:40, Raymond Hettinger wrote: > * The number one current python complaint is the state of the standard > library: http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3441931 . > Some of this may just be the fruits of AMK's highly publicized journal > entry; however, I thi

Re: [Python-Dev] pystone rant [was] proposal+patch: sys.gettickeraccumulation()

2004-12-05 Thread Anthony Baxter
On Monday 06 December 2004 11:33, Raymond Hettinger wrote: > pystone is good a predicting the relative performance of python apps on > difference hardware/software environments. This comes up so often that I'm almost tempted to add a disclaimer to the pystone output. I can't count the number of ti

Re: [Python-Dev] Rewriting PEP4

2004-12-06 Thread Anthony Baxter
27;re going to end up with crap like: if sys.version < (2,5) or sys.version >= (2,6): import froggie else: # froggie was removed in 2.5 and reinstated in 2.6 from compat import froggie and people will be shipping their own versions of the code to get around

Re: [Python-Dev] 2.4 news reaches interesting places

2004-12-09 Thread Anthony Baxter
issue. Also, the cellphone apps may make a good example. That was me. I gave a keynote (45 minute) version of the talk last week at OSDC, and I believe it was videoed and will be available eventually. This is good propaganda. Anthony -- Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's ne

Re: [Python-Dev] Re: 2.4 news reaches interesting places

2004-12-09 Thread Anthony Baxter
written in the past when helping coworkers and the like. Anthony -- Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's never too late to have a happy childhood. ___ Python-Dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listi

Re: [Python-Dev] Re: 2.4 news reaches interesting places

2004-12-09 Thread Anthony Baxter
On Friday 10 December 2004 06:25, Delaney, Timothy C (Timothy) wrote: > Michael Hudson wrote: > > Anthony's Australian, people expect this sort of thing from him :) > > As another Australian, I think that "Making Python Not Suck" implies > that if you don't do extra things, Python Sucks. > > This i

Re: [Python-Dev] an idea for improving struct.unpack api

2005-01-06 Thread Anthony Baxter
mething like a tuple of values - (INT, UINT, INT, STRING) (where INT &c are objects defined in the struct module). This also then allows users to specify their own formats if they have a particular need for something. Anthony -- Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It&#x

Re: [Python-Dev] 2.3.5 schedule, and something I'd like to get in

2005-01-08 Thread Anthony Baxter
idea next week, once I've been back at work for a couple of days and I've seen what stuff's backed up awaiting my time. At the moment I'm thinking of a 2.4.1 in maybe early March. The only really outstanding bugfix is the marshal one, afaik. Anthony -- Antho

[Python-Dev] Re: how to test behavior wrt an extension type?

2005-01-17 Thread Anthony Baxter
nd the ImportError on the new 'copytest' module, and the test skips if it's not built. Then we don't build it by default, but if someone wants to build it and check it, they can. I don't like this much, but I can't think of a better alternative. Shipping a new extensio

[Python-Dev] 2.3.5 delayed til next week

2005-01-17 Thread Anthony Baxter
s most likely for me... Anthony -- Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's never too late to have a happy childhood. ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://

Re: [Python-Dev] Strange segfault in Python threads and linux kernel 2.6

2005-01-24 Thread Anthony Baxter
e you write requests to a file in a spool directory, and have a python script that loops looking for requests, and generates responses. This is likely to be much simpler to debug and work with. Anthony -- Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's never too late to have a happy chil

[Python-Dev] 2.3 BRANCH FREEZE imminent!

2005-01-25 Thread Anthony Baxter
g, this will be the final release of Python 2.3. The next bugfix release will be 2.4.1, in a couple of months. (As usual - any questions, comments or whatever, let me know via email, or #python-dev on irc.freenode.net) Anthony -- Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's neve

Re: [Python-Dev] Strange segfault in Python threads and linux kernel 2.6

2005-01-25 Thread Anthony Baxter
s a sorta zombie "which" process > which it spawns. I wonder it this is a stuck thread waiting for some > signal... Quite likely. -- Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's never too late to have a happy childhood. ___

[Python-Dev] RELEASED Python 2.3.5, release candidate 1

2005-01-26 Thread Anthony Baxter
3 page, at http://www.python.org/2.3/highlights.html Enjoy the new release, Anthony Anthony Baxter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Python Release Manager (on behalf of the entire python-dev team) pgp2S8sRF5Q6Y.pgp Description: PGP

[Python-Dev] 2.3.5 and 2.4.1 release plans

2005-02-04 Thread Anthony Baxter
ry to get some time to do this in the next week or so. -- Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's never too late to have a happy childhood. ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python

[Python-Dev] Re: [Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Python future.c, 2.14, 2.15

2005-02-04 Thread Anthony Baxter
ng a variety of expressions, but not all expressions. It has > been present since Python 2.2. While this is undoubtedly a bug fix, I'm not sure that it should be backported - it will break people's code that is "working" now (albeit in a faulty way). What do people think? --

[Python-Dev] BRANCH FREEZE for 2.3.5

2005-02-07 Thread Anthony Baxter
Can people stay off the release23-maint branch while we cut 2.3.5 (final), starting in about 5 hours time (say, around 1200 UTC). Thanks, Anthony -- Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's never too late to have a happy childhood. ___

[Python-Dev] RELEASED Python 2.3.5, final

2005-02-08 Thread Anthony Baxter
major Python release (2.3) are available from the Python 2.3 page, at http://www.python.org/2.3/highlights.html Enjoy the new release, Anthony Anthony Baxter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Python Release Manager (on behalf of the entire python-dev

Re: [Python-Dev] Re: [ python-Bugs-1124637 ] test_subprocess is far tooslow (fwd)

2005-02-17 Thread Anthony Baxter
On Friday 18 February 2005 01:19, Fredrik Lundh wrote: > > does anyone ever use the -u options when running tests? I use "make testall" (which invokes with -uall) regularly, and turn on specific options when they're testing something I'm working with. -- Anthony Ba

[Python-Dev] 2.4.1c1 March 10th, 2.4.1 March 17th

2005-03-01 Thread Anthony Baxter
el Palin's play "The Weekend" from next Thursday - see www.stagtheatre.org for more details ) -- Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's never too late to have a happy childhood. ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@

[Python-Dev] Re: [Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Misc NEWS, 1.1193.2.27, 1.1193.2.28

2005-03-03 Thread Anthony Baxter
None check for __init__(). Won't this break working (but erroneous) code? If so, should it be applied to the 2.4 branch? >>> class f(object): ... def __init__(self): ... self.a = 1 ... return True ... >>> >>> a=f() >>> -- Anthony Baxter

Re: [Python-Dev] Re: [Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Misc NEWS, 1.1193.2.27, 1.1193.2.28

2005-03-03 Thread Anthony Baxter
; > OTOH, there is almost certainly some existing, working code that would > stop working. > > How about changing this to a warning in Py2.4? +1 That would seem to be the prudent choice. -- Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's ne

[Python-Dev] Re: [Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Modules ossaudiodev.c, 1.35, 1.36

2005-03-06 Thread Anthony Baxter
see the bugfix PEP for more rationale on this... Anthony -- Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's never too late to have a happy childhood. ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev

Re: [Python-Dev] Re: [Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Modules ossaudiodev.c, 1.35, 1.36

2005-03-07 Thread Anthony Baxter
t; 2.4. > > I'll revert the change on 2.4 if you (or anyone) really wants me to. > Otherwise, I'd rather leave it as-is and go fix more bugs. I really would like to see it reverted, please. Thanks, Anthony -- Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: No new features (was Re: [Python-Dev] Re: [Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Modules ossaudiodev.c, 1.35, 1.36)

2005-03-09 Thread Anthony Baxter
On Wednesday 09 March 2005 12:21, Greg Ward wrote: > On 09 March 2005, Anthony Baxter said (privately): > > Thanks! I really want to keep the no-new-features thing going for > > as long as possible, pending any AoG (Acts of Guido), of course. > > Grumble. How do you feel abo

[Python-Dev] BRANCH FREEZE for 2.4.1rc1, 0000 UTC, 2005-03-10

2005-03-09 Thread Anthony Baxter
inal. Please be _extraordinarily_ conservative with checkins to the release24-maint branch until 2.4.1 final is out. If in doubt, feel free to email me, or contact on any one of AIM: anthonyatekit, jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED], or IRC: #python-dev on Freenode. Anthony -- Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTE

[Python-Dev] rationale for the no-new-features approach

2005-03-09 Thread Anthony Baxter
the size of the community, meaning that there will be more volunteers to work on Python (hurrah!) Goal 4: Try and prevent something like try: True, False except NameError: True, False = 1, 0 from ever ever happening again.

Re: [Python-Dev] Re: No new features

2005-03-09 Thread Anthony Baxter
all these hats, and at the same time thinking about what I've been told by other people (distro vendors, people running _very_ large sets of machines with Python software)] In an attempt to stir up some discussion - if you have a reason _for_ allowing new features in a minor release, suggest it!

Re: [Python-Dev] rationale for the no-new-features approach

2005-03-09 Thread Anthony Baxter
sue was a complete pain, it at least serves as a good example (in the http://www.despair.com/demotivators/mis24x30prin.html sense of the word ) Anthony -- Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's never too late to have a happy childhood. __

Re: [Python-Dev] Re: [Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Lib/idlelib NEWS.txt, 1.49.2.3, 1.49.2.4 idlever.py, 1.22.2.1, 1.22.2.2

2005-03-09 Thread Anthony Baxter
rwise it's moving > backward. No - Py2.4 shipped with idle 1.1. I must've updated it to 1.1.1 sometime after the 2.4 release (I vaguely recall doing this). -- Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's never too late to have a happy childhood. _

Re: [Python-Dev] LinkedHashSet/LinkedHashMap equivalents

2005-03-10 Thread Anthony Baxter
each with a slightly different final result, and for this reason alone I'm -0 on it for the library. Anthony -- Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's never too late to have a happy childhood. ___ Python-Dev mailing list Pytho

[Python-Dev] RELEASED Python 2.4.1, release candidate 1

2005-03-10 Thread Anthony Baxter
n 2.4 page, at http://www.python.org/2.4/highlights.html Enjoy the new release, Anthony Anthony Baxter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Python Release Manager (on behalf of the entire python-dev team) pgpYfyyr1urrz.pgp Description: PGP

Re: [Python-Dev] Can't build Zope on Windows w/ 2.4.1c1

2005-03-10 Thread Anthony Baxter
erse error messages. error: No such file or directory looks like a distutils error message. -- Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's never too late to have a happy childhood. ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://ma

Re: [Python-Dev] Re: Can't build Zope on Windows w/ 2.4.1c1

2005-03-10 Thread Anthony Baxter
tSuite.run() can now be successfully extended or overridden by subclasses. Formerly, the subclassed method would be ignored by the rest of the module. (Bug #1078905). -- Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's never too late to have a happy childhood. ___

[Python-Dev] branch release24-maint is unfrozen, 2.4.1rc2?

2005-03-10 Thread Anthony Baxter
Ok, the branch is unfrozen. At the current point in time, I think we're going to need an rc2. Anthony -- Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's never too late to have a happy childhood. ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev

[Python-Dev] Open issues for 2.4.1

2005-03-12 Thread Anthony Baxter
es for my tastes to say that going straight to a 2.4.1 final is a prudent course of action. -- Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's never too late to have a happy childhood. ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.or

Re: [Python-Dev] Re: [Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Lib/idlelib NEWS.txt, 1.49.2.3, 1.49.2.4 idlever.py, 1.22.2.1, 1.22.2.2

2005-03-12 Thread Anthony Baxter
available. See back to my earlier post of the subject of the rationale behind no-new-features - if we're going to keep to this, we should do it right. -- Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's never too late to have a happy childhood. ___

Re: [Python-Dev] Open issues for 2.4.1

2005-03-13 Thread Anthony Baxter
On Sunday 13 March 2005 18:35, Robey Pointer wrote: > [on the os.access unicode fix] Ok, I'm convinced - Martin, can you check this in? -- Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's never too late to have a happy childhood. ___

[Python-Dev] BRANCH FREEZE for 2.4.1rc2 at 2005-03-18 0000 UTC

2005-03-16 Thread Anthony Baxter
Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] IRC: #python-dev on Freenode. Thanks, Anthony -- Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's never too late to have a happy childhood. ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/li

Re: [Python-Dev] BRANCH FREEZE for 2.4.1rc2 at 2005-03-**17** 0000 UTC

2005-03-16 Thread Anthony Baxter
On Thursday 17 March 2005 00:28, Anthony Baxter wrote: > The release24-maint branch should be considered FROZEN as at UTC > on 2005-03-18 That should of course be 2005-03-17. -- Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's never too late to have

[Python-Dev] RELEASED Python 2.4.1, release candidate 2

2005-03-17 Thread Anthony Baxter
idate have been fixed in this version. Highlights of the previous major Python release (2.4) are available from the Python 2.4 page, at http://www.python.org/2.4/highlights.html Enjoy the new release, Anthony Anthony Baxter [EMAIL PROTECTED] P

Re: [Python-Dev] docstring before function declaration

2005-03-20 Thread Anthony Baxter
ately followed by a function? Is it the module docstring or the function docstring? -- Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's never too late to have a happy childhood. ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.py

Re: [Python-Dev] docstring before function declaration

2005-03-21 Thread Anthony Baxter
ines" currently have no meaning in Python, and adding a meaning to them is not my idea of a good thing. -- Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's never too late to have a happy childhood. ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@pyth

Re: [Python-Dev] @decoration of classes

2005-03-22 Thread Anthony Baxter
ification - it _was_ in the PEP, but when I did the big rewrite to match the state of the art, the class decoration stuff was ripped out. If it's thought worthwhile, someone could update the PEP to include Guido's message. -- Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's

Re: [Python-Dev] docstring before function declaration

2005-03-23 Thread Anthony Baxter
't seem to be solvable, so I'm a solid -1 on this change. (In addition, I should note that I tried editing a moderate sized file to put the docstrings before the defs - to my eyes, it made the file more cluttered and much less pleasing to the eye) -- Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTEC

[Python-Dev] BRANCH FREEZE for 2.4.1 final, 2005-03-30 00:00 UTC

2005-03-29 Thread Anthony Baxter
delay, the branch will be unfrozen for 2.4.2 in about 6 months time. -- Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's never too late to have a happy childhood. ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailma

[Python-Dev] RELEASED Python 2.4.1 (final)

2005-03-30 Thread Anthony Baxter
e, at http://www.python.org/2.4/highlights.html Enjoy the new release, Anthony Anthony Baxter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Python Release Manager (on behalf of the entire python-dev team) pgpMCj4iJZ5nA.pgp Description: PGP sign

[Python-Dev] BRANCH UNFROZEN

2005-03-30 Thread Anthony Baxter
Ok, 2.4.1 seems good, so the release24-maint branch is unfrozen for bugfixes. We'll aim for a 2.4.2 around August/September, assuming no critical bugs come up before then... -- Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's never too late to have a

Re: [Python-Dev] RE: [Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Lib/logging handlers.py, 1.19, 1.19.2.1

2005-03-31 Thread Anthony Baxter
nt to backport an API change and new feature? What Raymond said. Please don't add new features to the maintenance branch. Anthony -- Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's never too late to have a happy childhood. ___ Python-Dev maili

Re: [Python-Dev] Re: hierarchicial named groups extension to the re library

2005-04-07 Thread Anthony Baxter
;s far more accessible than searching the mailing list archives. (note that I'm not talking about this particular case, but about PEPs in general - I have no opinion on the current proposal, because I'm not a heavy user of REs) -- Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It'

Re: [Python-Dev] IPV6 with Python- 4.2.1 on HPUX

2005-04-13 Thread Anthony Baxter
n, but simply that gcc on that platform was utterly broken. Please try with the HP compiler instead, see if that is any better. Anthony -- Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's never too late to have a happy childhood. ___ Python-De

Re: [Python-Dev] Unified or context diffs?

2005-04-13 Thread Anthony Baxter
people don't suddenly start saying they prefer contextual diffs. Should probably say either context or unified diffs - I'm sure there's vendor supplied 'diff' programs out there that don't support -u ed-style patches, of course, are RIGHT OUT. Anthony -- Anthony

Re: [Python-Dev] Inconsistent exception for read-only properties?

2005-04-17 Thread Anthony Baxter
On Monday 18 April 2005 05:17, Barry Warsaw wrote: > Unless there are any objections in the next few days, I will take this > as a pronouncement and make the change at least in 2.5 and 2.4. God no - this isn't suitable for a bugfix release. It seems fine for 2.5, though. -- Ant

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