| SpComb | the syntax of the IRC protocol is trivial, but the semantics of the commands aren't |
| kbrooks | nzk, im here :-) |
| nzk | Yay After I workout and do my HW, I'll get back to coding in an hour or 2 |
| MC_Breit | gute nacht |
| sgtmattbaker | polpak: some of the wording.. like for a argument (I think) it used a name and then was like we call everyone "so and so" here. Like function(bill) and then it would have something else below |
| matiu | I'm trying to be clever and go: locals().update(mydict) but it's kinda half working Any idea what could be wrong? |
| nilton | matiu: it doesn't work except when locals() is globals() |
| matiu | in pdb, the new stuff is available, but not to the code :( so the only way is globals().update that's a bit too yucky for me.. |
| sipher | anyone know if a wxListCtrl has to be inside a panel for selected items to have the proper bgcolor? I have it in just a frame and it's darker than the demo |
| Zalamander | neither is a particularly good idea |
| polpak | matiu: it is yucky |
| nilton | matiu: depends on what is your final purpose... |
| werneck | matiu: what's exactly do you want ? |
| matiu | I'm validating the input of a form, that's coming in in a dictionary |
| nilton | so why do you need to do this? |
| matiu | I guess I could make a method which takes those params, and pass the dict with a ** eh.. |
| sgtmattbaker | I am starting to learn python, what should I use as a resource? I got about 50 pages into "Think Like a CS" and it began to get confusing. I have heard dive into python is good.. although I can't find it in Ubuntu (it is loaded by default) |
| Zalamander | sgtmattbaker I recommend the paper book "Learning Python" |
| kbrooks | matiu, sure. |
| Zalamander | Dive Into Python is OK, but relatively fast paced |
| matiu | so instead of saying x = self.request.get('senderName', ''), I can just go x |
| kbrooks | matiu, yeah ... |
| Zalamander | sgtmattbaker Dive Into Python is available online too |
| Darien | sgtmattbaker: I found the Python Pocket Reference (O'Reilly) is pretty keen get that and a pack of mini post-it notes and you're golden |
| nilton | matiu: you could do it this way: form.senderName |
| polpak | sgtmattbaker: /usr/share/doc/diveintopython |
| sipher | I need to find my copy of Learning Python so I can give it to someone asking about books |
| sgtmattbaker | Zalamander: I would rather use a free resource.. the reason I didn't do C++ is because there weren't that many good free resources |
| matiu | nilton, that doesn't work :( |
| polpak | sgtmattbaker: dpkg -L diveintopython shows you all the files installed by the package diveintopython |
| Zalamander | sgtmattbaker well, the free ones aren't necessarily the best ones, but I hope you find one you like :-) |
| polpak | sgtmattbaker: it's available freely online |