On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 07:57:09AM -0600, Mats Wichmann wrote:
> On 08/10/2017 05:23 PM, Alan Gauld via Tutor wrote:
> > On 10/08/17 14:39, C W wrote:
> >
> >> I suppose it's just a place holder, though I don't know when I would use it
> >> in my every day life.
> >
> > Probably never.
> >
> > L
On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 6:27 PM, Alan Gauld via Tutor wrote:
> On 11/08/17 19:13, Chris Warrick wrote:
>
>> False since Python 3.4/2.7.9. ensurepip installs Python on every new
>> Python install.
>
> Sorry Chris, that's not making sense? Do you mean ensurepip
> installs setuptools on every install
On 11/08/17 19:13, Chris Warrick wrote:
>>> a) people who just downloaded Python and never installed
>>>anything else
>
> False since Python 3.4/2.7.9. ensurepip installs Python on every new
> Python install.
Sorry Chris, that's not making sense? Do you mean ensurepip
installs setuptools on
On 11 August 2017 at 19:54, Mats Wichmann wrote:
> On 08/11/2017 09:54 AM, Alan Gauld via Tutor wrote:
>> On 11/08/17 13:35, Thomas Güttler wrote:
>>
>>> I guess most python installations have setuptools.
>>
>> I guess so too, although I don't know.
>> Those that don't are probably in one of two c
On 08/11/2017 09:54 AM, Alan Gauld via Tutor wrote:
> On 11/08/17 13:35, Thomas Güttler wrote:
>
>> I guess most python installations have setuptools.
>
> I guess so too, although I don't know.
> Those that don't are probably in one of two categories
> a) people who just downloaded Python and ne
On 11/08/17 13:35, Thomas Güttler wrote:
> I guess most python installations have setuptools.
I guess so too, although I don't know.
Those that don't are probably in one of two categories
a) people who just downloaded Python and never installed
anything else
b) people working for large parano
On 11/08/17 14:57, Mats Wichmann wrote:
>> obscure features. Most Python programmers never use ellipses,
>
> I guess what this means is when I post code snippets with some lines
> elided for greater readability of the point being made I should not use
> ellipses for that, as they're actually a sy
I start a new thread, since this is a new topic.
I don't have the deep knowledge like Chris, Steven or Alan.
I guess most python installations have setuptools. But this is only my naive
vague guess.
How high is the percentage of python installation which don't have setuptools?
I have no clue.
On 08/10/2017 05:23 PM, Alan Gauld via Tutor wrote:
> On 10/08/17 14:39, C W wrote:
>
>> I suppose it's just a place holder, though I don't know when I would use it
>> in my every day life.
>
> Probably never.
>
> Like most programming languages Python has a load of rarely used,
> obscure featur
