[Python-Dev] xturtle.py a replacement for turtle.py(!?) ATTENTION PLEASE! (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Wed Jun 28 23:00:34 CEST 2006

It was already patched by the other Georg. Thanks for the quick fix, georgbot!

--Guido

On 6/28/06, Bob Ippolito <bob at redivi.com> wrote:

On Jun 28, 2006, at 1:05 PM, Gregor Lingl wrote: > Martin v. Löwis schrieb: >> Collin Winter wrote: >> >>> While I have no opinion on Gregor's app, and while I fully agree >>> that >>> new language features and stdlib modules should generally stay >>> out of >>> bug-fix point releases, xturtle doesn't seem to rise to that level >>> (and hence, those restrictions). >>> >> >> It's a stdlib module, even if no other stdlib modules depend on it; >> try "import turtle". >> >> In the specific case, the problem with adding it to 2.5 is that >> xturtle >> is a huge rewrite, so ideally, the code should be reviewed before >> being >> added. Given that this is a lot of code, nobody will have the time to >> perform a serious review. It will be hard enough to find somebody to >> review it for 2.6 - often, changes of this size take several years to >> review (primarily because it is so specialized that only few people >> even consider reviewing it). >> > Sorry Martin, but to me this seems not to be the right way to > manage things. > We have turtle.py revised in Python2.5b1 > > Please try this example (as I just did) : > > IDLE 1.2b1 ==== No Subprocess ==== > >>> from turtle import * > >>> beginfill() > >>> circle(100,90) # observe the turtle > >>> backward(200) > >>> circle(100,90) > >>> color("red") > >>> endfill() > IDLE internal error in runcode() > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<pyshell#6>", line 1, in > endfill() > File "C:\Python25\lib\lib-tk\turtle.py", line 724, in endfill > def endfill(): getpen.endfill() > AttributeError: 'function' object has no attribute 'endfill' > >>> > > An error occurs, because in line 724 it should read > def endfill(): getpen().endfill() File a patch, this is a bug fix and should definitely be appropriate for inclusion before the release of Python 2.5! -bob

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