From: Grant Edwards <grante@visi.com> Newsgroups: comp.lang.python.announce Subject: Dr. Dobb's Python-URL! - weekly Python news and links (Dec 4) To: python-announce-list@python.org Date: 4 Dec 2000 11:24:37 -0600 Alex Martelli discusses the issues involved in using Python within Windows Script Control. http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=698664345 Alex Martelli shows a clever way to overload a method based on number of arguments. http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=975947338 Dale Strickland-Clark and Alex Martelli on using Python programs as drop targets under Win32. http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=700537932 http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=700557153 Andrew H. Chatham announces Python bindings for Ogg/Vorbis (MP3 patent/licensing free replacement for MP3) -- and requests help with dlopen(). http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=975946985 Nick Mathewson shows how to implement a general overloading module for python. http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=700076223 Gordon McMillan releases fixed Installer for Python 2.0 http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=700179180 Raymond Hettinger shows a module to provide dynamic inheritance and convenient composition. http://deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=700743048 Johannes Nix releases Python wrappers for ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture) that enable real-time audio processing. http://x53.deja.com/=dnc/getdoc.xp?AN=699878280 ======================================================================== Everything you want is probably one or two clicks away in these pages: Python.org's Python Language Website is the traditional center of Pythonia http://www.python.org although PythonLabs.com bills itself as "The Python Source", which is becoming increasingly true in 2000 http://www.pythonlabs.com/ PythonWare complements the digest you're reading with the daily python url http://www.pythonware.com/daily comp.lang.python.announce announces new Python software. Be sure to scan this newly-revitalized newsgroup at least weekly. http://deja.com/group/comp.lang.python.announce Andrew Kuchling writes marvelous summaries twice a month of the action on the python-dev mailing list, where the future of Python is truly determined http://www.amk.ca/python/dev The Vaults of Parnassus ambitiously collects Python resources http://www.vex.net/~x/parnassus/ Much of Python's real work takes place on Special-Interest Group mailing lists http://www.python.org/sigs/ Python Consortium emerges as an independent nexus of activity http://www.python.org/consortium Cetus does much of the same http://www.cetus-links.de/oo_python.html Python FAQTS http://python.faqts.com/ Python To-Do List anticipates some of Python's future direction http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/todo.py Python Journal is at work on its second issue http://www.pythonjournal.com Links2Go is a new semi-automated link collection; it's impressive what AI can generate http://www.links2go.com/search?search=python Archive probing trick of the trade: http://www.dejanews.com/dnquery.xp?QRY=&DBS=2&ST=PS&defaultOp=AND&LNG=ALL&format=threaded&showsort=date&maxhits=100&groups=comp.lang.python Previous - (U)se the (R)esource, (L)uke! - messages are listed here: http://purl.org/thecliff/python/url.html or http://www.dejanews.com/dnquery.xp?QRY=~g%20comp.lang.python%20Python-URL%21 Suggestions/corrections for next week's posting are always welcome. [http://www.egroups.com/list/python-url-leads/ is hibernating. Just e-mail us ideas directly.] To receive a new issue of this posting in e-mail each Monday morning, ask <claird@neosoft.com> to subscribe. Mention "Python-URL!". -- The Python-URL! Team-- Dr. Dobb's Journal (http://www.ddj.com) is pleased to participate in and sponsor the "Python-URL!" project. -- Cameron Laird <claird@NeoSoft.com> Business: http://www.Phaseit.net Personal: http://starbase.neosoft.com/~claird/home.html -- http://www.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-announce-list