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PEP 466 -- Network Security Enhancements for Python 2.7.x PEP:466 Title:Network Security Enhancements for Python 2.7.x Author:Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com>, Status:Final Type:Standards Track Created:23-Mar-2014 Python-Version:2.7.9 Post-History:23-Mar-2014, 24-Mar-2014, 25-Mar-2014, 26-Mar-2014, 16-Apr-2014 Resolution:https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2014-April/134163.html Contents Abstract New security related features in Python 2.7 maintenance relea...
...rounding. In Perl, there is also a mode where all numbers are integers. This mode also has its share of problems, which arise from the fact that there is not even an approximate way of dividing numbers and getting meaningful answers. Suggested Interface For Python's Numerical Model While coercion rules will remain for add-on types and classes, the built in type system will have exactly one Python type -- a number. There are several things which can be considered "number methods": isnatural...
Minutes of the PSF Member Meeting at PyConDC 2004 <h1>Minutes of the 2004 member meeting</h1> The members of the Python Software Foundation (the "Corporation") held its annual meeting on March 25, 2004 at the George Washington University's Cafritz Center in Washington, D.C. Jeremy Hylton, secretary and treasurer, presided over the meeting. The following members attended the meeting: <ul> <li>David Ascher (also representing ActiveState) <li>Steve Holden &...
...rounding the two-argument form of assert statements. This will cause the interpreter to reinterpret what before would have been an assert with a two-element tuple that will always be True (assert (expression, message)) to an assert statement with a subject and a failure message, equivalent to the statement with the parentheses removed (assert expression, message).</description><author>Pablo Galindo Salgado <pablogsal@python.org></author><guid isPermaLink=&q...
PEP 621 -- Storing project metadata in pyproject.toml PEP:621 Title:Storing project metadata in pyproject.toml Author:Brett Cannon <brett at python.org>, Dustin Ingram <di at python.org>, Paul Ganssle <paul at ganssle.io>, Pradyun Gedam <pradyunsg at gmail.com>, Sébastien Eustace <sebastien at eustace.io>, Thomas Kluyver <thomas at kluyver.me.uk>, Tzu-ping Chung <uranusjr at gmail.com> Discussions-To:https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-621-round-3/...
Python Software Foundation Board Meeting Minutes 2006-04-10 The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors April 10, 2006 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat beginning at 17:00 UTC, 10 April 2006. Stephan Deibel presided at the meeting. David Goodger prepared these minutes. Contents 1 Attendance 2 Minutes of Past Meetings 3 ...
2013-11-15 PSF Board Meeting Minutes The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors November 15, 2013 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of Directors was held over Group Conference Call via phone and Internet Relay Chat beginning at 18:00 CET/ 12:00 EST, on November 15 2013. Van Lindberg presided over the meeting. Ewa Jodlowska prepared the minutes. All votes are reported in the form "Y-N-A" (in favor...
2013-08-16 PSF Board Meeting Minutes The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors August 16, 2013 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of Directors was held over Group Conference Call via phone and Internet Relay Chat beginning at 18:00 CEST/ 12:00 EDT, on August 16 2013. Van Lindberg presided over the meeting. Ewa Jodlowska prepared the minutes. All votes are reported in the form "Y-N-A" (in favor-Y‚...
PEP 263 -- Defining Python Source Code Encodings PEP:263 Title:Defining Python Source Code Encodings Author:mal at lemburg.com (Marc-André Lemburg), martin at v.loewis.de (Martin von Löwis) Status:Final Type:Standards Track Created:06-Jun-2001 Python-Version:2.3 Post-History: Contents Abstract Problem Proposed Solution Defining the Encoding Examples Concepts Implementation Phases Scope References History Copyright Abstract This PEP proposes to introduce a syntax to declare ...
PEP 242 -- Numeric Kinds PEP:242 Title:Numeric Kinds Author:paul at pfdubois.com (Paul F. Dubois) Status:Rejected Type:Standards Track Created:17-Mar-2001 Python-Version:2.2 Post-History:17-Apr-2001 Contents Abstract Rationale Supported Kinds of Ints and Floats Kind Objects Attributes of Module kinds Complex Numbers Examples Open Issues Rejection Copyright Abstract This proposal gives the user optional control over the precision and range of numeric computations so that a c...
PEP 447 -- Add __getdescriptor__ method to metaclass PEP:447 Title:Add __getdescriptor__ method to metaclass Author:Ronald Oussoren <ronaldoussoren at mac.com> Status:Deferred Type:Standards Track Created:12-Jun-2013 Post-History:02-Jul-2013, 15-Jul-2013, 29-Jul-2013, 22-Jul-2015 Contents Abstract PEP Status Rationale Background The superclass attribute lookup hook Aside: Attribute resolution algorithm in Python In Python code Example usage In C code Use of this hook ...
PEP 3131 -- Supporting Non-ASCII Identifiers PEP:3131 Title:Supporting Non-ASCII Identifiers Author:Martin von Löwis <martin at v.loewis.de> Status:Final Type:Standards Track Created:01-May-2007 Python-Version:3.0 Post-History: Contents Abstract Rationale Common Objections Specification of Language Changes Policy Specification Implementation Open Issues Discussion References Copyright Abstract This PEP suggests to support non-ASCII letters (such as accented characters...
2013-07-12 PSF Board Meeting Minutes The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors July 12, 2013 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of Directors was held over Group Conference Call via phone and Internet Relay Chat beginning at 18:00 CEST/ 12:00 EDT, on July 12 2013. Van Lindberg presided over the meeting. Ewa Jodlowska prepared the minutes. All votes are reported in the form "Y-N-A" (in favor-Yâop...
...rounding his project, M. A. Lemburg reported no issues except that he just does not have enough time to devote to his Moving PyPI to Amazon CloudFront project. Lemburg also reported on future plans for the project: "Check to see whether a trigger based approach to S3 syncing wouldn't be easier to implement right from the start." 5.7 PyCon US Website D. Napoleone, PyCon US Website Project, reported on new activities for the month: Schedule now live (url omitted...
...rounding design. The rules about non-modification of the shape itself remain in place, although colors may be modified with the permission of the Working Group. In general, designs we have approved generally use a rotation that is a multiple of 45°, but this is not strictly required. Show us the design for us to judge more accurately. However, reflections are not permitted. That is, the chirality of the logo must be preserved to preserve the literal shape. There may be instances where we can...
PEP 456 -- Secure and interchangeable hash algorithm PEP:456 Title:Secure and interchangeable hash algorithm Author:Christian Heimes <christian at python.org> BDFL-Delegate:Nick Coghlan Status:Final Type:Standards Track Created:27-Sep-2013 Python-Version:3.4 Post-History:06-Oct-2013, 14-Nov-2013, 20-Nov-2013 Resolution:https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2013-November/130400.html Contents Abstract Rationale Requirements for a hash function Current implementati...
2009-04-13 PSF Board Meeting Minutes The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors April 13, 2009 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat beginning at 16:02 UTC, 13 April 2009. Steve Holden presided at the meeting. David Goodger prepared these minutes. Contents 1 Attendance 2 Minutes of Past Meetings 3 Votes Taken ...
PEP 285 -- Adding a bool type PEP:285 Title:Adding a bool type Author:guido at python.org (Guido van Rossum) Status:Final Type:Standards Track Created:08-Mar-2002 Python-Version:2.3 Post-History:08-Mar-2002, 30-Mar-2002, 03-Apr-2002 Contents Abstract Review Rationale Specification C API Clarification Compatibility Resolved Issues Implementation Copyright Abstract This PEP proposes the introduction of a new built-in type, bool, with two constants, False and True. The bool t...
...rounding will happen exactly the same way that a human would do it, so BCD is still sometimes used in fields like finance, despite the computational and storage superiority of binary. So, if it weren't for the fact that computers themselves normally use binary for efficient computation and data storage, string representations of integers would probably always be in decimal. Unfortunately, computer hardware doesn't think like humans, so programmers and hardware engineers must often resort to thin...
The Python 2.3 Method Resolution Order By Michele Simionato. Abstract:This document is intended for Python programmers who want to understand the C3 Method Resolution Order used in Python 2.3. Although it is not intended for newbies, it is quite pedagogical with many worked out examples. I am not aware of other publicly available documents with the same scope, therefore it should be useful. Disclaimer: I donate this document to the Python Software Foundation, under the Python 2.3 lice...