Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Jul 16)

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Gabriel Genellina

QOTW: "That's a property of open source projects. Features nobody really
needs are not implemented." - Gregor Horvath
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/1fcefd79c7aa4832

"I'm working in a Java shop, with eclipse - one of the most intimate
IDE-lanaguage-relationships imaginable. I get all the auto-completion,
refactoring and whatnot-suppopport.

And I'd swap it for python + emacs every minute." Diez B. Roggisch


How to properly add dynamic methods to classes and instances:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/cc04b8e480d4be62/

Enumerating efficiently the power set of a given set
is not as easy as first thought:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/d9211cd6c65e1d3a/

A classic question revisited twice: Does Python pass parameters
by reference or by value?, and a clear explanation by Ben Finney:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/45732106f147ac07/
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/56e7d62bf66a435c/

Still looking for a way to cleanly reraise an exception after
modifying its message? Proves to be a hard task, this thread
started a couple weeks ago:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/ae351de24f72a834/

A subtle problem with disappearing processes when using os.wait
and subprocess.Popen simultaneously:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/d8a302bdbfdbf5ef/

For someone coming from electronics and close to the hardware, it's
hard to grasp some OOP concepts - but why should one care? (Plus some
anecdotes from some '60s newbies...)
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/916e1f2cfe390bbd/

Bools, their "misbehavior" as ints, and what will happen in Python 3000:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/e0e07894a2aa42cb/

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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.

The Python Papers aims to publish "the efforts of Python enthusiats".
http://pythonpapers.org/

Readers have recommended the "Planet" sites:
http://planetpython.org
http://planet.python.org

comp.lang.python.announce announces new Python software. Be
sure to scan this newsgroup weekly.
http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&as_ugroup=comp.lang.python.announce

Python411 indexes "podcasts ... to help people learn Python ..."
Updates appear more-than-weekly:
http://www.awaretek.com/python/index.html

Steve Bethard continues the marvelous tradition early borne by
Andrew Kuchling, Michael Hudson, Brett Cannon, Tony Meyer, and Tim
Lesher 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_usubject=weekly python patch

Although unmaintained since 2002, the Cetus collection of Python
hyperlinks retains a few gems.
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

Many Python conferences around the world are in preparation.
Watch this space for links to them.

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?ShowMatch=python&ShowStatus=all
The old Python "To-Do List" now lives principally in a
SourceForge reincarnation.
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=355470&group_id=5470&func=browse
http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0042/

The online Python Journal is posted at pythonjournal.cognizor.com.
(e-mail address removed) and (e-mail address removed)
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=djq&as_ugroup=comp.lang.python&num=100
http://groups.google.com/groups?meta=site=groups&group=comp.lang.python.*

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Kay Schluehr

Gabriel said:
QOTW: "That's a property of open source projects. Features nobody really
needs are not implemented." - Gregor Horvath

It's a good QOTW but social romantic nonsense nevertheless.

Not sure if it's important enough to be mentioned in weekly Python
news but Europython 2007 actually happened and took place in Vilnius.

Kay
 
C

Cameron Laird

It's a good QOTW but social romantic nonsense nevertheless.

Not sure if it's important enough to be mentioned in weekly Python
news but Europython 2007 actually happened and took place in Vilnius.

Kay

*I* sure think it's important; is there a summary or narrative
from the event you recommend?
 

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