[Python-Dev] Re: Jython bugs or features? (original) (raw)

Samuele Pedroni pedronis@bluewin.ch
Mon, 25 Feb 2002 18:01:32 +0100

Dinu Gherman <gherman@europemail.com> wrote in message gherman-035CF3.16342425022002@news.t-online.com...

Hi,

I'm trying to get a little more familiar with Jython, but after having just installed the 2.1 final release on OS X I find the following rather surprising differences between Jython and CPython (2.1 and 2.2 respectively, but that doesn't matter here): 1. cStringIO.StringIO.reset() is missing in Jython 2. list() doesn't perform as expected in Jython

[namely it does not do a copy :( ]

Are these bugs and if so: how many people are actually using Jython, then, especially as books start to come out for it from O'Reilly and New Riders...?

Yes they are bugs. Please report them. Since 2.1 release (two month ago) there have been approximately 10000 download.

How are such bugs possible?

  1. the typical idiom for list(l) is l[:] (mildly irrelevant I know)
  2. if you check the test suite for CPython 2.1 and Jython there is no test for list(l) behavior
  3. the new reset method is also not tested by the test suite and is not reported in the NEWS file

(These are the result of some grepping, maybe I'm wrong but given the bugs probably I'm right).

We try to follow the big picture and the PEPs and check the NEWS file but for the rest the test suites are our best hope vs. delusional friend. If a feature is old, under-used, or through usage the bug does not show through, and un-tested things become tricky.

It is open source: Jython is as conforming as its community and CPython community ACTIVELY want it to be.

regards, Samuele Pedroni.