QOTW: "My wild-ass guess is that, same as most other Open Source
communities, we average about one asshole per member." - Tim Peters
http://groups.google.com/group/comp....ab54fd90?hl=en
"[T]he only fundamentally new concept that has been added since Python
1.5.2 is generators. And a lot of the stuff you want generators for
can be emulated with sequences and extra buffer layers." - Fredrik Lundh
gene tani and Olivier Grisel collect information about memory- and
time-profiling:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp....6ae64a564ad5a/
Python builds in a convenience for, "this segment of
code isn't finished."
http://groups.google.com/group/comp....9dcce33a33fbb/
You want to constrain the time allowed to a particular
Python function to execute. A reasonably standard solution
is available. To limit *two* potentially concurrent functions,
though ... well, that's not a strength of Python:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp....d808b80fc8191/
Contest your Python coding:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp....fdb93af4e0b2f/
Sorting depends on comparisons. It is NOT possible, in
general, to memoize these comparisons, in the sense that
the Python run-time library should take on the responsibility
for developers. DSU and other situation-specific strategies
always remains available, of course:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp....07c9d7fabe6223
http://groups.google.com/group/comp....d64e6d8b77802/
Yes, Guido's at Google. He'll work on and with Python.
How much more "official" do you need it to be?
http://groups.google.com/group/comp....c95bd671542f3/
Peter Hansen and David Wahler lucidly explain how hard it
is to keep even a little security. A digital datum in any
one useful place is likely to leak all over, even for a
problem as seemingly simple as protection of a password
used for cron-automated access:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp....db21a084d6a99/
Is it "humane" that Ruby typically abbreviates "get(end)"
as "last"? Dave Benjamin and Kent Johnson discuss the
matter seriously and usefully (with examples!):
http://groups.google.com/group/comp....da62cd187dd65/
================================================== ======================
Everything Python-related you want is probably one or two clicks away in
these pages:
Python.org's Python Language Website is the traditional
center of Pythonia
http://www.python.org
Notice especially the master FAQ
http://www.python.org/doc/FAQ.html
PythonWare complements the digest you're reading with the
marvelous daily python url
http://www.pythonware.com/daily
Mygale is a news-gathering webcrawler that specializes in (new)
World-Wide Web articles related to Python.
http://www.awaretek.com/nowak/mygale.html
While cosmetically similar, Mygale and the Daily Python-URL
are utterly different in their technologies and generally in
their results.
For far, FAR more Python reading than any one mind should
absorb, much of it quite interesting, several pages index
much of the universe of Pybloggers.
http://lowlife.jp/cgi-bin/moin.cgi/P...grammersWeblog
http://www.planetpython.org/
http://mechanicalcat.net/pyblagg.html
comp.lang.python.announce announces new Python software. Be
sure to scan this newsgroup weekly.
http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=d...ython.announce
Steve Bethard, Tim Lesher, and Tony Meyer continue the marvelous
tradition early borne by Andrew Kuchling, Michael Hudson and Brett
Cannon of intelligently summarizing action on the python-dev mailing
list once every other week.
http://www.python.org/dev/summary/
The Python Package Index catalogues packages.
http://www.python.org/pypi/
The somewhat older Vaults of Parnassus ambitiously collects references
to all sorts of Python resources.
http://www.vex.net/~x/parnassus/
Much of Python's real work takes place on Special-Interest Group
mailing lists
http://www.python.org/sigs/
Python Success Stories--from air-traffic control to on-line
match-making--can inspire you or decision-makers to whom you're
subject with a vision of what the language makes practical.
http://www.pythonology.com/success
The Python Software Foundation (PSF) has replaced the Python
Consortium as an independent nexus of activity. It has official
responsibility for Python's development and maintenance.
http://www.python.org/psf/
Among the ways you can support PSF is with a donation.
http://www.python.org/psf/donate.html
Kurt B. Kaiser publishes a weekly report on faults and patches.
http://www.google.com/groups?as_usub...python%20patch
Cetus collects Python hyperlinks.
http://www.cetus-links.org/oo_python.html
Python FAQTS
http://python.faqts.com/
The Cookbook is a collaborative effort to capture useful and
interesting recipes.
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python
Among several Python-oriented RSS/RDF feeds available are
http://www.python.org/channews.rdf
http://bootleg-rss.g-blog.net/pythonware_com_daily.pcgi
http://python.de/backend.php
For more, see
http://www.syndic8.com/feedlist.php?...ShowStatus=all
The old Python "To-Do List" now lives principally in a
SourceForge reincarnation.
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid...70&func=browse
http://python.sourceforge.net/peps/pep-0042.html
The online Python Journal is posted at pythonjournal.cognizor.com.
ed****@pythonjournal.com and ed****@pythonjournal.cognizor.com
welcome submission of material that helps people's understanding
of Python use, and offer Web presentation of your work.
del.icio.us presents an intriguing approach to reference commentary.
It already aggregates quite a bit of Python intelligence.
http://del.icio.us/tag/python
*Py: the Journal of the Python Language*
http://www.pyzine.com
Archive probing tricks of the trade:
http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=d...python&num=100
http://groups.google.com/groups?meta....lang.python.*
Previous - (U)se the (R)esource, (L)uke! - messages are listed here:
http://www.ddj.com/topic/python/ (requires subscription)
http://groups-beta.google.com/groups...t=0&scoring=d&
http://purl.org/thecliff/python/url.html (dormant)
or
http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&as_q=+Python-URL!&as_ugroup=comp.lang.python
There is *not* an RSS for "Python-URL!"--at least not yet. Arguments
for and against are occasionally entertained.
Suggestions/corrections for next week's posting are always welcome.
E-mail to <Py********@phaseit.net> should get through.
To receive a new issue of this posting in e-mail each Monday morning
(approximately), ask <cl****@phaseit.net> to subscribe. Mention
"Python-URL!".
-- The Python-URL! Team--
Dr. Dobb's Journal (http://www.ddj.com) is pleased to participate in and
sponsor the "Python-URL!" project.
