Re: [Tutor] [python-win32] Good Book

2011-07-25 Thread Bill Allen
gn, two editions of this book for Python and Java: http://homepage.mac.com/s_lott/books/oodesign.html#book-oodesign --Bill Allen ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor

Re: [Tutor] Setting Up Emacs

2011-10-30 Thread Bill Allen
> > On 30/10/11 13:23, Rinu Boney wrote: > > >I am New To Python. > > > > > >I Would Like To Setup Emacs As A Python IDE. > > >I Don't Know Anything About Emacs! > > > > As others have also mentioned, try IDLE. It comes packaged with Python for Windows and is easily available for Python on Linux.

[Tutor] list comprehension efficiency

2012-02-18 Thread Bill Allen
Generally speaking, are list comprehensions more efficient that the equivalent for loop with interior conditionals for a given task? Do they compile down to the same Python byte code? Thanks, Bill Allen ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To

Re: [Tutor] question on self

2012-03-13 Thread Bill Allen
This little thread on the usage of self references when calling class instance methods and attributes was excellent, one of the best I have seen. Thanks, Bill Allen Sent from my iPhone On Mar 12, 2012, at 3:56, Alan Gauld wrote: > On 12/03/12 02:02, Michael Lewis wrote: > >> I

[Tutor] lists, name semantics

2015-04-17 Thread Bill Allen
If I have a list defined as my_list = ['a','b','c'], what is the is differnce between refering to it as my_list or my_list[:]? These seem equivalent to me. Is that the case? Is there any nuance I am missing here? Situations where one form should be used as oppos

Re: [Tutor] lists, name semantics

2015-04-18 Thread Bill Allen
Everyone that responded, Thanks very much for the excellent explanations! The distinction between a reference to an object and a seperate copy of the object is quite clear now. --Bill On Apr 18, 2015 1:44 AM, "Alan Gauld" wrote: > On 18/04/15 04:16, Bill Allen wrote: > >

Re: [Tutor] lists, name semantics

2015-04-18 Thread Bill Allen
print(b) will print the original copy of a which b now references which is [1, ["x", "y"], 3] On Apr 18, 2015 7:50 AM, "Peter Otten" <__pete...@web.de> wrote: > Bill Allen wrote: > > > Everyone that responded, > > > > Thanks very much fo

Re: [Tutor] lists, name semantics

2015-04-18 Thread Bill Allen
On Apr 18, 2015 4:11 PM, "boB Stepp" wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 3:28 PM, Bill Allen wrote: > > On Apr 18, 2015 7:50 AM, "Peter Otten" <__pete...@web.de> wrote: > > > >> Bill Allen wrote: > >> > >> > Everyone tha

[Tutor] cannot get a label message to display immediately

2015-08-14 Thread Bill Allen
y to go on this. Thanks, --Bill Allen ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor

Re: [Tutor] cannot get a label message to display immediately

2015-08-14 Thread Bill Allen
y case, as simple as this: def processing(*args): #my initial button click calls this ''' display messages in the information message_frame while the data is processed ''' info.set('PROCESSING, PLEASE WAIT...') #the label message I was wanting

Re: [Tutor] cannot get a label message to display immediately

2015-08-15 Thread Bill Allen
On Sat, Aug 15, 2015 at 2:21 AM, Alan Gauld wrote: That works for getting the message printed but it still leaves > > the problem that your UI locks up during the long process. > If its only for a couple of seconds it might be a mild hiccup > but if your processing took, say 5s or longer, the user

Re: [Tutor] cannot get a label message to display immediately

2015-08-15 Thread Bill Allen
> > > On Sat, Aug 15, 2015 Bill Allen wrote: > > Yes, I see. I will start working on reorganizing the code with that in > mind. One other thing that I have found that is quite interesting is that > with my current code the use of after() works as expect with the message to

[Tutor] cx_Oracle and Pyinstaller

2014-12-10 Thread Bill Allen
Configuration File = (DESCRIPTION = (ADDRESS_LIST = (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = )(PORT = <1521>)) ) (CONNECT_DATA = (SERVICE_NAME = ) ) ) -- --Bill Allen ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsu

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