Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Aug 4)

QOTW:  "More generally, as a program gets more complex, 'this will work so long
as we do X every time without fail' approaches 'this won't work'." - Nobody


    First alpha version of Python 3.2 is available for testing:
       http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/0fce328...
    
    Regular expressions, Unicode, and the LOCALE flag:
       http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/7fa36e0...
    
    The difference between str.split() and re.split() clearly explained:
       http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/8f0ab0c...
    
    A text encoding problem (involving Unicode, ASCII, disk files and a
    database), solved and explained:
       http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/7abe8aa...
    
    The 'Null Object' design pattern implemented in Python:
       http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/d0556e9...
    
    Subclassing versus redefining methods in individual instances:
       http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/1833cbf...
    super and multiple inheritance revisited:
       http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/2dc7a14...
       http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/c3888ad...
    
    How defaultdict compares to dict.setdefault; also, how __missing__ works:
       http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/139bf3f...
    
    Recursively merge two dictionaries:
       http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/9364db1...
    
    Time-optimizing a common vector operation (normalization) reveals some
    surprises:
       http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/3e89248...
    
    Why was Python not written in an object oriented language like C++ in
    the first place?
       http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/13566bf...
    
    Running multiple external processes concurrently:
       http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/b5bedf7...
    
    Detect whether the running interpreter is a debug version or not:
       http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/bcae0af...
    
    Python terminology for C++ programmers: member variable? virtual method?
    and so on ...
       http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/7390c80...
    

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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" site:
	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/...

    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&...

    nullege is an interesting search Web application, with the intelligence
    to distinguish between Python code and comments.  It provides what
    appear to be relevant results, and demands neither Java nor CSS be
    enabled:
	http://www.nullege.com

    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&...
    The old Python "To-Do List" now lives principally in a
    SourceForge reincarnation.
        http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=355470&group_id=...
	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

    Python articles regularly appear at IBM DeveloperWorks:

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/search/searchResults.js...

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