Discussions - comp.lang.python

	How to parse HTTP time header?
	...The parsedate() function in the rfc822 module does this and claims to be tolerant of slightly malformed dates, but that module is deprecated as of Python 2.5 in favor of the email module which hopefully has an equivalent function. HTH Philip By Philip Semanchuk - 2:48pm - 2 new of 2 messages

	Cancelling a python thread (revisited...)
	Hi, the Python threading module does not seem to provide a means to cancel a running thread. There are many discussions on the web dealing with this issue and many solutions are offered, but none of them seems to be applicable to my situation, which is as follows: I have a C library which does some very computationally intensive... more » By Sven Marnach - 1:04pm - 3 new of 3 messages

	How convert string '1e7' to an integer?
	It seems that int() does not convert '1e7'. I'm wondering what function to use to convert '1e7' to an integer? ...Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: '1e7' By Peng Yu - 12:17pm - 9 new of 9 messages

feedback on function introspection in argparse

This was posted to the argparse mailing list by Steven Bethard and now we'd like some feedback from comp.lang.python. We now have a branch[5] of argparse that supports an ``argparse.run`` function[6] which does some function introspection to build a command line parser from a function definition: ------------------------------ prog.py ------------------------------... more »

By Yuv - 9:45am - 5 new of 5 messages

	My own accounting python euler problem
	In the accounting department I am working for we are from time to time confronted to the following problem: A customer sends us a check for a given amount, but without specifying what invoices it cancels. It is up to us to find out which ones the payment corresponds to. For example, say that the customer has the following outstanding... more » By vsoler - 8:39am - 4 new of 4 messages

Serious Privileges Problem: Please Help

...Can we see the output of 'ls -lZ' and 'fixfiles check' on those directories, and see what the Apache (httpd.conf or .htaccess) configuration is for them? ---- Rami Chowdhury "Passion is inversely proportional to the amount of real information available." -- Benford's Law of Controversy 408-597-7068 (US) / 07875-841-046 (UK) / 0189-245544 (BD)... more »

By Rami Chowdhury - 8:09am - 2 new of 2 messages

	database handling
	I need some tutorial about python-mysql connectivity(database handling). Somebody please help me !! By asit - 6:24am - 2 new of 2 messages

	how to display the return type of an os method?
	once again, a thoroughly newbie question but what's the quickest way to display the return type of, say, os.stat()? i can obviously do this in two steps: ...<class 'posix.stat_result'> ... i'd just like to see that os.stat() returns a posix.stat_result object in one line. how dumb a question is that?... more » By Robert P. J. Day - 5:12am - 3 new of 3 messages

	exception due to NoneType
	In my program I want to catch exception which is caused by accessing NoneType object. Can anyone suggest me how this can be done ?? By asit - 5:06am - 6 new of 6 messages

	islam
	Dear , How are you in this changing life, in which the area of injustice is widening more and more ... Let me ask you these questions to be answered honestly. Are you searching for the true happiness? Are you looking for the true psychological and emotional stability? Are you bored of your life style?... more » By mohamed omar - 4:21am - 1 new of 1 message