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Smalltalk blocks in Python
by Thierry Thelliez Jan. 28, 2000

Jan. 28, 2000

I come from the Smalltalk world and I am trying to understand Python. Is there a Smalltalk blocks equivalent in Python ? Java has a pale imitation with Inner classes. Thanks Thierry

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ObjectDomain status?
by hpasanen＠my-deja.com Jan. 28, 2000

Jan. 28, 2000

Hi, This brushes on Python, so I though someone here might know... I've recently evaluated ObjectDomain UML modeller for our internal use. (http://www.objectdomain.com/) The unique feature of their product is that it contains an embedded JPython as a scripting language, while the rest of it resembles Rational Rose a whole lot from the UI perspective. (perhaps too much?) All in all, ObjectDomain 2.5 seems to work reasonably well, but I can't get any response from ObjectDomain to my queries. I wonder if the company has gone belly-up? Anyone in the know? Would be a shame to see a prominent Python product going down the drain, but perhaps they'll Open-Source it? ;-) Regards, Harri Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

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syslog module and thread safety question
by Federico Grau Jan. 28, 2000

Jan. 28, 2000

Hi folks, I am building a daemon with python and will be incorporating threads into it. I have a parent object initializing itself (amongst other things opening a connection to syslog) and looking for files in a directory. When it finds a file it will be spawning a child thread and running a function to convert the file to another type. My question/concern is if I can simply pass the syslog object I initialized in the parent to the child thread for it (and its "brothers") to use also? thanks, Federico Grau ( donfede )

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lib reference in Unix man format
by Tao Lu Jan. 28, 2000

Jan. 28, 2000

Where can I find the lib reference in Unix man format? Forgive me if this has been asked before. Have been programming in Perl for years, I found those perlfunc/perlop/perlfaq are very convenient. Any similar work done for Python developers/newbies? Thanks, -- Tao

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Installing quirk...
by Per Soderstam Jan. 28, 2000

Jan. 28, 2000

Hi! I'm trying to build the Python1.5.2 release on a SPARC5 workstation running Solaris5 and i want another functionality for my pyhon promt (tsch type, with the up/down/left/right arrow positioning and command history as well as backspace instead of delete). Setting the SHELL (../tcsh) variable does not seem to work, but I'm no guru :). Do anyone understand my question? If so, do anyone have an answer? /Per -- Per Söderstam, Ericsson Microwave Systems AB, SE-431 84 Molndal, SWEDEN, tele: (+46) (0)31 7470195, e-mail: per.soderstam(a)emw.ericsson.se ******************************************************************** The views expressed above is my own and does not nessecarily reflect the policy of my employer. http://www.ericsson.se/microwave/

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RE: DARREN MULLIGAN SEEKING MODELS! 89582
by Gaetan Corneau Jan. 28, 2000

Jan. 28, 2000

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vim and tabs in Python code
by super_banane＠yahoo.com Jan. 28, 2000

Jan. 28, 2000

When I want to modify somebody else's Python code with vim, I run into problems quite easily. Say the previous author has used blanks for indentation instead of tabs as I do, and the following code gets a syntax error: <blank><blank><blank><blank>FirstLineOfCode <one 4-blank tabulation>SecondLineOfCode both look like: FirstLineOfCode SecondLineOfCode The first line was initially in the file, the second one was added by me. Since vim adds tabulations by default, how is it possible to add blanks instead? I guess that will not solve it: say that now my vim configuration is adding blanks. Now I am editing somebody else's code who uses tabulations, or a mix between tabulations and blanks, how do I add a line without first doing surgery on the file to check out what the indentation convention was (if there is any, that is)? I guess the whole problem comes from the fact that: - The indentation is seen by the interpreter but not by me, e.g. a 4-blank tab is seen the same as 4 blanks but not interpreted the same. Hard to tell something invisible is different from something else invisible. - Whatever intelligence you put in vim, will not help other kinds of editors, will it? I would appreciate, though, if anyone could give an advice about how to configure vim or preprocess somebody else's code to make it fit any given convention for indentation. -- Nicolas Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

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Gif charts
by Thierry Thelliez Jan. 28, 2000

Jan. 28, 2000

Thanks for everybody who answered the charts thread. I forgot to mention 3 things: - I need a gif (the chart will be put in a web page), - I imperatively need scattered plots (as well as histogram, line chart, possibly pie charts) - I want a nice legend system. There will possibly be several series in one chart. Thanks ! Thierry

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RE: vim and tabs in Python code
by Alex Martelli Jan. 28, 2000

Jan. 28, 2000

Nicolas writes: - The indentation is seen by the interpreter but not by me, e.g. a 4-blank tab is seen the same as 4 blanks but not interpreted the same. Hard to tell something invisible is different from something else invisible. Right, which is why VIM (and Emacs, and other good editors) make it easy for you to smooth this out. - Whatever intelligence you put in vim, will not help other kinds of editors, will it? Of course -- a bad editor remains bad. > I would appreciate, though, if anyone could give an > advice about how to configure vim or preprocess > somebody else's code to make it fit any given convention > for indentation. Look into the expandtab, smarttab and softtabstops options of VIM. Setting expandtab, any tab you enter becomes the right number of blanks; setting smarttab, the shiftwidth option becomes valid also for a tab you press at line start; softtabstop may make it more natural to erase (backspace) over multiple blank spaces just inserted by hitting a tab -- or it may not, try it out and see how it works for you. With :autocmd BufWritePre *.py retab, and similar settings, you can also ensure that tabs are always eliminated (or, always inserted!) when a file is written (or read, etc -- here, I've specified it for writing, and for Python source files only, but it's easy to tweak this!). Alex

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pytags ?????
by Keith Dart Jan. 28, 2000

Jan. 28, 2000

Is anyone aware of a program that generates ctags-like tags file, except for Python code? I guess it would be named something like pytags (ptags is already taken by perl-tags and prolog-tags). I can't seem to find one. /___\\|//__//// \ (+ +) \\\\ -- --------------------oOOo~(_)~oOOo---------------------------------------- Keith Dart <mailto:kdart@techie.com> <http://www.employees.org/~kdart/> ============================================================================

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