Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Mar 17)
Cameron Laird
Fijalkowski
http://morepypy.blogspot.com/2009/11/some-benchmarking.html
Making operations in the Fraction class automatically return a
subclass
instance when called with subclass arguments:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/2512697a901d4752/
Providing alternate constructors for an existing class:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/99e87afb58f3ef3d/
Checking existence of files matching a certain pattern:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/a95183b7ae931b7a/
How to gracefully exit the current process, when there are multiple
threads, on Windows:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/5a6a7bcfd30fb7ce/
How inspect.stack()/sys._getframe() interact with local variables
and
references:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/fc8bf697fa9a01a4/
Alternatives to the re module when looking for a large set of
constant
strings:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/63e6e177be7dea21/
Why does Python syntax allow "break" from no more than a single
loop
at one time?
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/96f3407480ed39ab/
Trying to start a new Python meeting group is not easy:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/a24bf882c72c555/
Bad interactions between cmd.exe code page (Windows), Popen, and
the
UTF-8 encoding:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/2da1f1de573e5663/
An example showing how to use the locale module to format a number
with
thousand separators:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/42e63e3a53f03593/
How non-ASCII characters get entered from the Python interactive
console:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/77271907fb195aca/
Raymond Hettinger on the rationale behind the collections.Counter
class:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/64d0fe87f7ea9e6/
You could not go to PyCon Atlanta? No problem - many PyCon talks
from
the last two years are available here:
httppycon.blip.tv/
http://python.mirocommunity.org/
An interesting problem: find out the the algorithm used to compute
a
given CRC
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/b22db1e3e63db596/
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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
Just beginning with Python? This page is a great place to start:
http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/Programmers
The Python Papers aims to publish "the efforts of Python
enthusiasts":
http://pythonpapers.org/
The Python Magazine is a technical monthly devoted to Python:
http://pythonmagazine.com
Readers have recommended the "Planet" site:
http://planet.python.org
comp.lang.python.announce announces new Python software. Be
sure to scan this newsgroup weekly.
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python.announce/topics
Python411 indexes "podcasts ... to help people learn Python ..."
Updates appear more-than-weekly:
http://www.awaretek.com/python/index.html
The Python Package Index catalogues packages.
http://www.python.org/pypi/
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/donations/
The Summary of Python Tracker Issues is an automatically generated
report summarizing new bugs, closed ones, and patch submissions.
http://search.gmane.org/?author=status%40bugs.python.org&group=gmane.comp.python.devel&sort=date
nullege is an interesting search Web application, with the
intelligence
to distinguish between Python code and comments. It provides what
appear to be relevant results, and demands neither Java nor CSS be
enabled:
http://www.nullege.com
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://code.activestate.com/recipes/langs/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, see:
http://www.python.org/channews.rdf
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/
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
Enjoy the *Python Magazine*.
http://pymag.phparch.com/
*Py: the Journal of the Python Language*
http://www.pyzine.com
Dr.Dobb's Portal is another source of Python news and articles:
http://www.ddj.com/TechSearch/searchResults.jhtml?queryText=python
and Python articles regularly appear at IBM DeveloperWorks:
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/search/searchResults.jsp?searchSite=dW&searchScope=dW&encodedQuery=python&rankprofile=8
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