[Tutor] Can someone explain this to me please

2015-08-21 Thread Jon Paris
ad it produces a value greeter than the supposed maximum while still keeping it as an int. I’m confused. If sys.maxsize _isn’t_ the largest possible value then how do I determine what is? Jon Paris jon.f.pa...@gmail.com ___ Tutor maillist - Tuto

Re: [Tutor] Identifying V3 examples

2015-07-24 Thread Jon Paris
On Jul 23, 2015, at 8:23 PM, Alan Gauld wrote: > On 23/07/15 20:10, Jon Paris wrote: > >> Anyway - thanks again. You’re the first “friendly face” I’ve encountered >> here. > > Hi Jon, that slightly worries me as list moderator. > > Can you explain what yo

Re: [Tutor] Identifying V3 examples

2015-07-23 Thread Jon Paris
On Jul 23, 2015, at 5:02 PM, Laura Creighton wrote: > In a message of Thu, 23 Jul 2015 15:10:14 -0400, Jon Paris writes: >>> You may find this program useful. >>> http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/40735/href=%27 >>> >>> But you still have to go

Re: [Tutor] Identifying V3 examples

2015-07-23 Thread Jon Paris
On Jul 23, 2015, at 4:42 PM, Laura Creighton wrote: > In a message of Thu, 23 Jul 2015 16:23:29 -0400, Jon Paris writes: > >> Well I confess that is what I was expecting, and certainly you have been >> very friendly for which I thank you. It did feel a little odd to come

Re: [Tutor] Identifying V3 examples

2015-07-23 Thread Jon Paris
On Jul 23, 2015, at 4:14 PM, Laura Creighton wrote: > In a message of Thu, 23 Jul 2015 15:10:14 -0400, Jon Paris writes: >> >> Thanks for the info Laura - I don’t think I can use it though unless it >> provides for activation against only one email account. For the va

Re: [Tutor] Identifying V3 examples

2015-07-23 Thread Jon Paris
On Jul 23, 2015, at 2:55 PM, Laura Creighton wrote: > In a message of Thu, 23 Jul 2015 10:54:09 -0400, Jon Paris writes: >> I’ve been posting to many different sites for twenty plus years and never >> had this kind of complaint. I can’t even find a way of telling my email >&g

Re: [Tutor] Identifying V3 examples

2015-07-23 Thread Jon Paris
On Jul 23, 2015, at 11:58 AM, Laura Creighton wrote: > In a message of Thu, 23 Jul 2015 09:59:22 -0400, Jon Paris writes: >> I am not familiar with the term “top post” - I’m guessing you mean that my >> reply came before your original message. >> >> My email does

Re: [Tutor] Identifying V3 examples

2015-07-23 Thread Jon Paris
On Jul 23, 2015, at 10:18 AM, Alan Gauld wrote: > On 23/07/15 14:59, Jon Paris wrote: > >> I am not familiar with the term “top post” > > See this wikipedia article which describes in detail all the > alternatives along with their relative merits. > > ht

Re: [Tutor] Identifying V3 examples

2015-07-23 Thread Jon Paris
On Jul 23, 2015, at 10:41 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 09:59:22AM -0400, Jon Paris wrote: > >> I am not familiar with the term “top post” - I’m guessing you mean >> that my reply came before your original message. > > Yes, it means "

Re: [Tutor] Identifying V3 examples

2015-07-23 Thread Jon Paris
On Jul 22, 2015, at 5:31 PM, Mark Lawrence wrote: > On 22/07/2015 15:16, Jon Paris wrote: >> Yup - the “xxx_todo_changeme” was the part that I meant. >> >> That might not constitute a “problem” for you but, for someone just starting >> out, exactly what is needed to

Re: [Tutor] Identifying V3 examples

2015-07-22 Thread Jon Paris
you are on the V3 list. Jon Paris jon.f.pa...@gmail.com On Jul 21, 2015, at 8:16 PM, Alan Gauld wrote: > On 21/07/15 21:19, Jon Paris wrote: >> The one example I specifically remember was this one >> http://code.activestate.com/recipes/ > > For Activestate check the lan

Re: [Tutor] Identifying V3 examples

2015-07-22 Thread Jon Paris
Yup - the “xxx_todo_changeme” was the part that I meant. That might not constitute a “problem” for you but, for someone just starting out, exactly what is needed to correct it was not obvious. I have subsequently resolved the issue. Jon Paris jon.f.pa...@gmail.com On Jul 22, 2015, at 9:52

Re: [Tutor] Identifying V3 examples

2015-07-21 Thread Jon Paris
practice to begin with - but what do I know. Most of the other examples 2to3 converted (once I discovered it existed and how to use it in my setup) or I was able to decipher myself. I’ll take a look at your tutorial - thanks. Jon Paris jon.f.pa...@gmail.com On Jul 21, 2015, at 1:35 PM, Alan

[Tutor] Identifying V3 examples

2015-07-20 Thread Jon Paris
I’m having problems identifying sites that feature V3 code. My learning is being hampered by having to worry about conversion for the vast majority of the examples I encounter. Any suggestions on how to deal with this? Jon Paris jon.f.pa...@gmail.com