Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Mar 17)

QOTW:  "... [T]hat kills yet another usage of C ..." - Maciej Fijalkowski
    http://morepypy.blogspot.com/2009/11/some-benchmarking.html


    Making operations in the Fraction class automatically return a subclass
    instance when called with subclass arguments:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/2512697...
    
    Providing alternate constructors for an existing class:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/99e87af...
    
    Checking existence of files matching a certain pattern:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/a95183b...
    
    How to gracefully exit the current process, when there are multiple
    threads, on Windows:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/5a6a7bc...
    
    How inspect.stack()/sys._getframe() interact with local variables and
    references:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/fc8bf69...
    
    Alternatives to the re module when looking for a large set of constant
    strings:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/63e6e17...
    
    Why does Python syntax allow "break" from no more than a single loop
    at one time?
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/96f3407...
    
    Trying to start a new Python meeting group is not easy:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/a24bf88...
    
    Bad interactions between cmd.exe code page (Windows), Popen, and the
    UTF-8 encoding:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/2da1f1d...
    
    An example showing how to use the locale module to format a number with
    thousand separators:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/42e63e3...
    
    How non-ASCII characters get entered from the Python interactive console:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/7727190...
    
    Raymond Hettinger on the rationale behind the collections.Counter class:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/64d0fe8...
    
    You could not go to PyCon Atlanta? No problem - many PyCon talks from
    the last two years are available here:
        httppycon.blip.tv/
        http://python.mirocommunity.org/
    
    An interesting problem: find out the the algorithm used to compute a
    given CRC
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/b22db1e...

    
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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

    Dr.Dobb's Portal is another source of Python news and articles:
        http://www.ddj.com/TechSearch/searchResults.jhtml?queryTe...
    and Python articles regularly appear at IBM DeveloperWorks:

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

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