Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Dec 9)

[Cameron Laird]

QOTW:  "I'm not sure you ever understood what the problem was, or
where, but
I'm happy you feel like you've solved it." - Marco Mariani
    http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/8ec7ad4fcc714538


    Python 2.7a1, the first alpha release of the 2.7 series, is
available now:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/743e13e80290fbbf/

    A bidirectional dictionary structure analyzed:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/785d100681f7d101/

    How to define and use a nested class:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/6649dfa6eb9797c8/

    PyCon 2010 registration opens:
        http://pycon.blogspot.com/2009/11/registration-for-pycon-2010-is-open.html

    Why not have a local variable scope smaller than a function?
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/57a8dec0d5d5deda/

    How to test whether two floating point values are "close enough"
to be
    almost equal:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/54ec18c06c46caaf/

    A special notation for accessing dynamic attribute names:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/2f5674a1f451b12f/

    Computed attributes, properties, and the descriptor protocol
"magic":
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/c07268689549cf01/

    Name resolution, global names, importing modules, and how all of
them
    interact:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/55afecc0d9e3e6c/
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/de91efba9c5d68ae/

    Are there any high-volume Python-powered websites?
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/7e388f22cccf7c4b/

    How decoupled are the Python web frameworks?
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/f04940f9d4b136bc/

    Moving from Python 2 to Python 3: A "cheat sheet" by Mark
Summerfield
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/53716c4136be473b/
    The sheets:
        http://www.informit.com/promotions/promotion.aspx?promo=137519

    Thoughts about bytecode optimization and measuring overhead of the
eval
    loop:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/115b24c0ee9ee06a/

    Python as the starting point for a career on IT:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/907419d0cdd68570/

    Idea: get around the GIL using XMLRPC
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/9f84e7aa634de4f5/

    Bored and looking for something to do in Python:
        http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/bba7c231bb9940a4/


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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/topics

    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&group=gmane.comp.python.devel&sort=date

    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&ShowStatus=all
    The old Python "To-Do List" now lives principally in a
    SourceForge reincarnation.
        http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=355470&group_id=5470&func=browse
        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?queryText=python
    and Python articles regularly appear at IBM DeveloperWorks:
        http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/search/searchResults.jsp?searchSite=dW&searchScope=dW&encodedQ
uery=python&rankprofile=8

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