Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Sep 2)

Wed Sep 2 13:27:55 EDT 2009

QOTW: "I like how being very friendly means calling people after a guy who
tried to blow up the English Parliament." - Carl Banks
 http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/7a190c24d8025bb4
 unichr/ord cannot handle characters outside the BMP in a narrow build:
 http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/2fe770303f1d85ea/

 How to determine if a class implements a particular interface:
 http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/27ea61dd2aaa0fcb/
 Igor Novikov provides a lovely small pure-Python extension to
 manage ARGB cursors in Tkinter.
	http://tkinter.unpy.net/wiki/tkXcursor

 Why does `some_integer += 1` create a new integer object instead of
 incrementing the current value?
 http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/25b921e3b00ec2ae/

 Iterating and mutating a list from two or more threads:
 http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/b19381a806007f4d/

 Mapping message identifiers to methods:
 http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/8f7f1771945b4add/

 A class definition doesn't introduce a new lexical scope - and that's
 a Good Thing [long thread]:
 http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/2cd187fa256744fe/

 A clean way of adding directories to the module search path:
 http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/9052cc623088bdb2/

 Recipe: convert an existing module into a package or sub-package
 http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/9919cf2a60722344/

 Tools for designing professional-looking applications for Windows:
 http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/d22dcd394ab08333/

 The basics for doing Web applications in Python:
 http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/1176ea4e6814f466/

 What CAN'T be done in Python?
 http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/a368e85aa85ab436/

 Favorite debugging tools?
 http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/1efb7b97d5d94d9b/

 In 3.1, print() requires the terminal to be correctly configured with
 respect to locale settings:
 http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/8e666bb7eae9c859/

 Idea: expand the for statement to accept additional, nested 'for's and
 an '= if' clause:
 http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/83b1d70457345877/

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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" sites:
	http://planetpython.org
	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
 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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