ANN: P4D 1.2

[Kay Schluehr]

On 12 Aug., 12:54, Kay Schluehr <kay.schlu... at gmx.net> wrote:
> On 12 Aug., 10:50, Uwe Grauer <un... at nospam.onlinehome.de> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Kay Schluehr wrote:
> > > P4D = E4X style embedded DSL for Python but without E and X.
>
> > > The main feature of P4D 1.2 are *Bytelets*. While the primary purpose
> > > of P4D 1.1 was the support textual data which can be considered as
> > > isomorphic to XML the new release is focussed on binary data. Bytelets
> > > are P4D objects that are assembled from hexcode which is reified as a
> > > Hex object. Bytelets can also be serialized as Hex objects which makes
> > > them apt for low level communication. Bytelets can be used to parse
> > > hexcode into other Bytelets of the same structure and Bytelets can be
> > > cloned like object prototypes which makes it easy to produce sequences
> > > of variations of one Bytelet ( usually you do not derive from a
> > > Bytelet but modify a prototype ).
>
> > > For more information see:
>
> > >http://pypi.python.org/pypi/P4D
> > >http://www.fiber-space.de
> > >http://www.fiber-space.de/EasyExtend/doc/p4d/bytelets.html
>
> > That's a really bad name for the project as there is P4D (Python for
> > Delphi) already.
> > Maybe try to find a different naming to help distinguish your project
> > from other meanings.
>
> > Uwe
>
> Hmm... using three letter acronyms is a mess. Sorry for this
> interference!
>
> Actually "P4D" is not used innocently in the implementation code. It's
> also a file extension, a prompt, an XML namespace prefix, a class name
> etc. not just a project name and I'm not going to change all this.
>
> I also don't think this is too critical when context has been
> established but since the package is also distributed as "P4D" I'm
> going to rename it into "P4D Langlet 1.3" in the next release and
> adapt the URLs somewhat. I hope this helps avoiding confusion.
>
> Kay

Done. I removed the "P4D" project from PyPI and launched "P4D Langlet"
instead ( although in the version 1.2.2 not in 1.3 as mentioned
above).

Kay