Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1999 20:18:14 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Dr. Dobb’s Python-URL! – weekly Python news and links (Oct
17)
From: David Ascher da@ski.org
This week’s selection consists mostly of down-and-dirty Python
tricks from Python experts, from buffers to pipes to the usual
regexp magic:
There are a few enthusiastic comments about why JPython is a
killer combination, in response to a query by Dan Star:
http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=536378821
Hrvoje Niksic puts forth a simple function which allows reading
from and writing to a Unix process while avoiding deadlocks:
http://www.egroups.com/group/python-list/69418.html
Robin Boerdijk gives insightful comments on the buffer interface
in his argument for having used a C extension in his xstruct
module:
http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=536789633
http://www.python.org/pipermail/python-list/1999-October/019510.html
Marc-Andre Lemburg tells how to execute .pyc files in a given
enviroment:
http://www.python.org/pipermail/python-list/1999-October/019581.html
Greg Andruk and Moshe Zadka both implement record separators for
file objects:
http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=536905656
http://www.python.org/pipermail/python-list/1999-October/019572.html
Tim Peters reviews reasons for realizing robust regexps:
http://www.egroups.com/group/python-list/69416.html
Everything you want is probably one or two clicks away in these
pages:
Python.org’s Python Language Website is the center of
Pythonia
http://www.python.org
Much of Python’s real work takes place on Special-Interest Group
mailing lists
http://www.python.org/sigs/
Python Consortium emerges as an independent nexus of
activity
http://www.python.org/consortium
Python To-Do List anticipates some of Python’s future
direction
http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/todo.py
Python Journal is at work on its second issue
http://www.pythonjournal.com
Links2Go is a new semi-automated link collection; it’s
impressive what AI can generate
http://www.links2go.com/search?search=python
Archive probing trick of the trade:
http://www.dejanews.com/dnquery.xp?QRY=&DBS=2&ST=PS&defaultOp=AND&LNG=ALL&format=threaded&showsort=date&maxhits=100&groups=comp.lang.python
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