Python-URL! - 1999/10/18

by David Ascher - DejaNews: [1]

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: (see DN536378821)
• 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: (see DN536789633) 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: (see DN536905656) 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