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how do i put a c++ function in a python script
by Shaun Hogan March 1, 2000

March 1, 2000

i have some c code that creates an object gives it a couple of methods and calls those methods to return a value i want to include this c code in a python script and call the retuned values from the C++ code can anyone tell me how please? thanks shaun

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RE: collective behavior of canvas in Tkinter
by Grayson, John March 1, 2000

March 1, 2000

Canvas operations are usually facilitated by using tags. Give each of the canvas items in a collection the same tag. Then: base.move(item, stepx, stepy) becomes: base.move(tag, stepx, stepy) since the first argument on the move method is tagOrID. <(©¿©)>John Grayson ======================== General Dynamics Communications Systems 400 John Quincy Adams Road, Taunton, MA 02780-1069

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Using sequence indexes greater than 2^32 on 64 bit computers
by Jean Hemmi March 1, 2000

March 1, 2000

Hello, We're using a custom python sequence type on which we need to pass index values greater than 2^32 (64 bit integers)... We modified the definition of the sequence fonctions, so that they'd accept a long as parameter, instead of an int, but the interpreter still truncates the index values to the first 32 bits... We made a workaround with special methods (slice_get(), slice_set(), item_get(), item_set()), but the limitation prevents us from using the build-in features (both the[] notation and the operator functions - e.g. operator.getitem(). I believe this is a portage problem. Shouldn't the 'off_t' type be used, instead of 'int' for all parameters and types describing index values ? 64 bit computer and the use of multi-terabyte systems / multi-gigabytes files are coming around... Is there any plan for fixing the problem ? Thanks, Frederic Giacometti Arakne fred(a)arakne.com

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win32 IDE
by rockjock March 1, 2000

March 1, 2000

Are there any Win32 IDEs out there a la M$ Visual Studio? It's quite difficult counting pixels for every widget. Any help? -- Free audio & video emails, greeting cards and forums Talkway - http://www.talkway.com - Talk more ways (sm)

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Empty String in HREF Args and cgi.py
by Joseph C. Kopec March 1, 2000

March 1, 2000

Enclosed please find a question I tried to post several times today, but comp.lang.python does not seem to want to accept it -- I apologize if this causes a re-post. My original posting: Is it possible to put an empty string ("" -- not a blank space) in a URL argument list? For instance, in "/cgi-bin/myscript?val1=one&val2=XXX&val3=three" what should be in place of XXX for val2 to be an empty string? Is there an HTML character entity for an empty string (as opposed to   for a space)? Would "" or '' work? Or should I just leave XXX blank, like "...val2=&val3=three". Thanks in advance. My follow-up posting: When I said "URL" I should have said "HREF" -- I want to embed the script name plus argument list in a link. The script will be in Python, and I will be using the Python cgi.py module to process the arguments. Thus, my question is really "How can I put an empty string as a value in an HREF cgi script argument list in a manner that results in the empty string value being correctly processed by the Python cgi.py module?" I will also post this question to comp.lang.python, but any additional thoughts here would also be appreciated.

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Re: Phython as In-Game scripting language
by Shawn LeBlanc March 1, 2000

March 1, 2000

Greetings! >What sort of game are you writing? First person shooter on PC? Right now, it's more R&D than anything else. The idea is having a more-or-less generallized 3d engine, but the actual design seems to lean towards the Quake/Unreal model. So, we would be able to make a FPS with it, but that's not our goal as of yet. As a slightly off topic question, which other languages like Python could be embedded efficently in a game project? I've seen that several games use Lua (Grim Fandango), and there's got to be other games that use embedded languages. What would be the advantages and disadvantages of using Python in a game? with milk and cookies, Shawn ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

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To fix urllib.py or urllib2.py?
by Steve March 1, 2000

March 1, 2000

Hi, There are some outstanding issues with proxy handling in urllib.py in Python 1.5.2. Specifically, parsing of usernames and passwords in the proxy url are not handled correctly (see bug 221 in incoming), and the authorisation info is being passed to the proxy incorrectly (should be using 'Proxy-Authorization:' header). I have fixed these locally in urllib.py in 1.5.2, and I want to submit a patch against CVS, as there's no sign of these having been fixed there. However, there is now a new urllib, Jeremy Hylton's urllib2.py under CVS. Can anybody tell me which one I should be working against? Is the new one destined to be the definitive version, or should I patch both for the time being? Thanks, Steve

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String Search?
by j_l_alexander＠my-deja.com March 1, 2000

March 1, 2000

As a pre-note: Having just picked up Python, please excuse my ignorance. How exactly do I search for a given string within a string? i.e. how do I search for "foo" within the sentence "the foo falls at midnight"? The position of the string within the sentence isn't important, just the existance. TIA, -Jason Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

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Python and ASP question
by yosefgold＠hotmail.com March 1, 2000

March 1, 2000

I am trying to import a module (using the 'import' statement) into an ASP page and it does not seem to be working. Is this a limitation of Python/ASP or am I doing something wrong? My real goal is to import one of my own modules into the Application context. However, I tried importing some built in modules, like 'string' to see how these work. The ASP page does not seem to recognize the 'import' statement. If import is not allowed, that severely limits the usefullness of using Python as a ASP scripting language. The only other option would seem to be to make my Python components available as COM objects. If I do this however, I might as well write the ASP pages in Jscript or VBscript. Is anyone using Python as an ASP scripting language for real projects? Thanks, Yosef Gold yosefgold(a)hotmail.com Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

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Scanning folders
by Pieter Claerhout March 1, 2000

March 1, 2000

Hello, what is the best and fastest way to scan a whole list of folders to see if something is added or not. Please note that this should also work for more than 1000 folders (and it shouldn't slow down the system too much). Kind regards, Pieter

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