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Re: Spam
by Gregory Ewing Aug. 1, 2011

Aug. 1, 2011

Chris Rebert wrote: > On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 9:56 PM, Ghodmode <ghodmode(a)ghodmode.com> wrote: > >>I'm wondering how the list is managed. Can anyone post, or only >>members? > > Since we're gatewayed to USENET's comp.lang.python anyway, I'd > strongly suspect the former. You may get a better experience by reading the usenet group instead, and doing it through a good news site. I'm using news.individual.de, and seeing near enough to zero spam on comp.lang.python, so they must be doing a good job of filtering. -- Greg

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Re: Deeply nested dictionaries - should I look into a database or am I just doing it wrong?
by Gregory Ewing Aug. 1, 2011

Aug. 1, 2011

Andrew Berg wrote: > I have a method that writes the data to disk, but at this point, I don't > see any problems with just pickling the class instance. Just keep in mind that if you're not careful, pickles can end up being tied more closely that you would like to various internal details of your program, such as the precise names of the classes involved and which modules they live in. -- Greg

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Re: What's in a name?
by Gregory Ewing Aug. 1, 2011

Aug. 1, 2011

Andrew Berg wrote: > Well of course. All the good names are taken. :P > I even came up with cavelib and it was taken ( > http://www.mechdyne.com/cavelib.aspx ). A couple of ideas that don't seem to turn up anything software-related: Flummux Flavius -- Greg

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Spam
by Ghodmode Aug. 1, 2011

Aug. 1, 2011

I've noticed that python-list gets significantly more spam than the other lists I subscribe to. There's an example below. I'm wondering how the list is managed. Can anyone post, or only members? I've picked the email addresses of the list managers out of the list info page, but I wonder if you guys have enough time to skim the list and boot offending members. If not, is there someone who is active on the list that you could delegate administration privileges to? Maybe someone who has been an active member for a long time? I'm willing, but probably not qualified. I've been lurking on the list for a while, but I don't contribute much because I'm not very proficient with Python. Thank you. -- Ghodmode http://www.ghodmode.com/blog ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ashraf Ali <eaglebalti(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 10:54 AM Subject: Hello My Sweet Friends. To: python-list(a)python.org Hello Friends. How are you all? Please Visit the following link if you know about Pakistan and what happening in the world. http://bollywoodactresseshotpictures.blogspot.com/ http://jobopportunitiesinpakistan.blogspot.com/ http://hotfemaletennisplayershotphotos.blogspot.com/ http://watchonlineindianmovies.blogspot.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

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Quick question about threads and interpreters.
by Ira Gray Aug. 1, 2011

Aug. 1, 2011

Lets say I have a program that is running a python interpreter in the main thread. I come along, write a .DLL and throw it into the program. My .dll has its own thread (right?), separate from the main thread, and then makes a pyrun_simplestring call to the pythonxx.dll. The pyrun_simplestring call attempts to make contact with a function in the original python program. In short, I'm attempting to leverage existing functionality in the original python program from my .DLL. I'm sure that sounds confusing, so maybe: PythonInterpreter_MainThread is running some SourceCode, MyDLL_PyRun_SimpleString_OtherThread makes call(?) to the same SourceCode. Now, my question is: What happens? Is another python interpreter instance created in my .dll thread to handle that call? is my call 'separate' from the main thread interpreter? I'm hoping someone can point me towards some material to better understand what might happen if I did what I outlined above. It's a small school project (not homework, just a "hey, remember when I asked you about blahblah, well I got it working!") and I'd appreciate any guidance I could get into the dark arts of multiple threads and how they relate to python interpreters, and if multiple python interpreters are created (one for each thread) how making calls to the same code works. Thank you for your time.

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[ANN] PySAL 1.2
by Serge Rey July 31, 2011

July 31, 2011

On behalf of the PySAL development team, I'm happy to announce the official release of PySAL 1.2. PySAL is a library of tools for spatial data analysis and geocomputation written in Python. PySAL 1.2, the third official release of PySAL, brings a number of new features: - Directional (Space-Time) LISA Analytics - LISA Markov Spillover Test - Spatial Markov Homogeneity Tests - Markov Mobillity Indices - Support for a wide variety of spatial weights formats including - AcGIS SWM, Text, DBF - STATA - MATLAB MAT - MatrixMarket MTX - Lotus WK1 - DAT - and others - RTree spatial index - Getis-Ord G statistics for global and local autocorrelation - Optimized conditional randomization for local statistics - Optimized Block/Regime Spatial Weights - Thin Spatial Sparse Weights Class (WSP) along with many smaller enhancements and bug fixes. PySAL modules ------------- - pysal.core — Core Data Structures and IO - pysal.cg — Computational Geometry - pysal.esda — Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis - pysal.inequality — Spatial Inequality Analysis - pysal.spatial_dynamics — Spatial Dynamics - pysal.spreg - Regression and Diagnostics - pysal.region — Spatially Constrained Clustering - pysal.weights — Spatial Weights - pysal.FileIO — PySAL FileIO: Module for reading and writing various file types in a Pythonic way Downloads -------------- Binary installers and source distributions are available for download at http://code.google.com/p/pysal/downloads/list Documentation ------------- The documentation site is here   http://pysal.org/1.2/contents.html Web sites --------- PySAL's home is here   http://pysal.org/ The developer's site is here   http://code.google.com/p/pysal/ Mailing Lists ------------- Please see the developer's list here   http://groups.google.com/group/pysal-dev Help for users is here   http://groups.google.com/group/openspace-list Bug reports ----------- To search for or report bugs, please see http://code.google.com/p/pysal/issues/list License information ------------------- See the file "LICENSE.txt" for information on the history of this software, terms & conditions for usage, and a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. Many thanks to all who contributed! Serge, on behalf of the PySAL development team. -- Sergio (Serge) Rey Professor, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning Arizona State University http://geoplan.asu.edu/rey Editor, International Regional Science Review http://irx.sagepub.com

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Hello My Sweet Friends.
by Ashraf Ali July 31, 2011

July 31, 2011

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What's in a name?
by Andrew Berg July 31, 2011

July 31, 2011

I know I really shouldn't be spending too much time and effort on a name, but for some reason, it's really bothering me that I can't come up with good names for the projects I'm working on. The first (and main) project is a module that provides a class for holding information related to audio/video encoding/muxing and methods that encode/mux based on that info. The aim is to provide a backend for encoding/muxing programs. Essentially, one using the module can write a program that is essentially an interface without worrying about writing any wrappers around encoding/muxing programs or logic to manipulate related data. The other two are programs that use the module. One is a CLI program and the other is a PyQt GUI program. I came up with abstract names (see below) that I don't really like (because they're so abstract). I also came up with another name for the module that's okay: Maven (Module for Audio and Video ENcoding). In case you want to see the code (not complete by a long shot, and they need to be refactored): Module - http://elucidation.hg.sourceforge.net/hgweb/elucidation/elucidation/file/f8… CLI app - http://disillusion-cli.hg.sourceforge.net/hgweb/disillusion-cli/disillusion… I have no code written for the GUI app yet. Any ideas? -- CPython 3.2.1 | Windows NT 6.1.7601.17592 | Thunderbird 5.0 PGP/GPG Public Key ID: 0xF88E034060A78FCB

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