Paul Ganssle @pganssle@qoto.org
Programmer working at Google. Python core developer and general FOSS contributor. I also post some parenting content.
Joined Nov 2019
@AugierLe42e @bitecode So the suggestion is to invent a new format instead of using a popular, well designed one that solves some of the biggest pain points with the existing configuration?
@AugierLe42e @bitecode
pyproject.toml is not an alternative to setup.py.
There is an extensive discussion of why rejecting setup.cfg in PEP 518: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0518/#other-file-formats
From my experience writing INI files, they are surprisingly hard to use.
We know there's a lot of competition in this space, and appreciate your continued patronage of dateutil.easter.
P.S. The bug that that sometimes summons Lagothroptor the Forgotten has been recently fixed, so don't forget to upgrade!
Not sure when Easter is this year? Try dateutil.easter - the module that tells you when Easter is!
Trying to write a subinterpreter-compatible, subclassable Python C extension type that stores data on the class itself.
@skunksarebetter I randomly generate a short string, different every time I install a new OS.
@toast Indeed, smart enough to organize a world-wide conspiracy to reclaim the world's cities!
Why was "coronavirus disease" shortened to "COVID" and not "CORVID"? I suspect the influence of Big Crow.
unfiltered but probably okay
@offby1 Standard library always works well for me.
@bitecode That's "not even wrong". pyproject.toml and setup.cfg are complements, not competitors.
It's like saying, "You shouldn't use tires, you should use axles!" They serve entirely different purposes.
Paul Ganssle
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74/366 #366Challenge #xp
I read this book this morning. There are a few minor quibbles that I have with it, but otherwise there are a ton of great cases for open borders in here.
Is this a bad time to try to introduce my cool new greeting, the "eye five"?
Possibly naïve question, but with universities moving to online-only classes, what are they doing for "wet" lab classes?
Are they just postponed for a semester? (If such a thing happened in my senior year I think it would have seriously messed up my plans...)
I was vaguely hoping I could get the steering council to accept PEP 615 during a DST transition, but I dawdled too long and it won't be ready tonight.
England doesn't start DST until March 29th, Australia's DST ends April 5th, so I guess those are my new goals.
"Hi, I'm calling to report a leap day bug."
"Great! Where at?"
"Well..."
Comms guy: "Paul... The call, it's coming from *inside the Python documentation*"
https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html#examples-of-usage-date
PEP 615: Support for the IANA Time Zone Database in the Standard Library
Now available for discussion!
You can read it here: https://t.co/n0eDfoOCnS
And you can comment and review it on the discourse thread: https://t.co/V3jvzkduL5
#python #timezones #datetime #iana https://twitter.com/pganssle/status/1232351405186396162
Here's a #lifehack for those of you who grind your teeth at night: if you can't find your mouth guard, go to sleep eating a lollipop! The stick will keep your teeth apart!
I haven't checked with a dentist but I'm 99% sure this is sound advice.
Programmer working at Google. Python core developer and general FOSS contributor. I also post some parenting content.
Joined Nov 2019
