EBCDIC translation?

[Harry George]

the gnu "recode" does ascii<-->ebcdic.  But that is just chars.  the
hard part is mvs real numbers <--> IEEE 754.  I have some code for
that in Modula-3, which might be translated to python.

Steve Holden <sholden at bellatlantic.net> writes:

> Excellent - thanks very much!
> 
> regards
>  Steve
> 
> Riaan Booysen wrote:
> > 
> > Steve Holden wrote:
> > 
> > > I tried creating a wxChoice (Windows drop-down) object assuming that
> > > size and position would be optional arguments, and was surprised to
> > > see:
> > >
> > > Traceback (innermost last):
> > >   [yada yada yada]
> > >   File "TaskRecord.py", line 43, in MakeBox
> > >     self.PrjChoice = wxChoice(self, PROJECT, ProjectList)
> > >   File "c:\program files\python\wxPython\controls.py", line 167, in __init__
> > >     self.this = apply(controlsc.new_wxChoice,_args,_kwargs)
> > > TypeError: Expected a 2-tuple of integers or a wxPoint object.
> > >
> > > When I change the offending line 43 to
> > >
> > >     self.PrjChoice = wxChoice(self, PROJECT,
> > >                               wxPoint(0,20), wxSize(-1,-1), ProjectList)
> > >
> > > the program runs correctly.  The position and size don't actually seem to
> > > be actioned.  In the C++ documentation the pos and size parameters are
> > > also required.  Anyone explain the logic here, or is this a feature?
> > 
> > Actually the pos and size parameters are not required if you're satisfied
> > with default values.
> > To only specify the list you have to use a keyword argument:
> > 
> >      self.PrjChoice = wxChoice(self, PROJECT, choices = ProjectList)
> > 
> > Riaan
> 
> --
> "If computing ever stops being fun, I'll stop doing it"

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