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Making httplib log debug information
As opposed to having it print to stdout. Here’s how…
Worst lock acquisition code ever.
Courtesy of CherryPy:
while True:
try:
lockfd = os.open(path, os.O_CREAT|os.O_WRONLY|os.O_EXCL)
except OSError:
time.sleep(0.1)
else:
os.close(lockfd)
break
self.locked = True
Really people, [...]
The Wordy Shipmates
In the unplanned spirit of Thanksgiving, I recently finished Sarah Vowell’s The Wordy Shipmates. Written as a cross between a history book and a mémoire on the Massachusetts Bay, it’s so-named as a commentary on the Pilgrams’ verbose writing style. Vowell has a bookish snarkiness that makes the book worthwhile. Read it.
Decorating your methods
You can read about Python Decorators in the PEP like I had to, or you can just skip to the good stuff.
Python decorators are a way of modifying a function, of quickly wrapping it. They’re sort of like aspect-oriented programming, in that they let you define logic that cross-cuts methods all over your program. Here’s [...]
PyLucene 2.0 on Ubuntu 5.10
I took me a mailing list post and some banging my head, but here’s how to get PyLucene 2.0 running on Ubuntu 5.10 (Breezy Badger):
Coffeeshop Typewriter
Good times…