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This page contains pointers to a collection of idioms which I rely on to accomplish tasks quickly and with predictable results.

verbose python tracebacks: import cgitb; cgitb.enable(format="plain")

verbosity controls on logging: See trac_helper.py

pythonic relations: See my relation module and Alloy (which was my inspiration, though I've made nothing more than a poor knockoff).

relational error logging: See trac_helper.py and collect-pkgs.py.

email-based error reporting: See email_warnings.py.

pdb: from pdb import set_trace as debug ... debug()

rpm makefiles: See rpm-packaging as well as individual projects like olpc-netutils along with my Fedora packaging bibliography.

pymeta parser-based controllers: triagebot is based on a model-view-controller architecture where the controller object is assembled at runtime based on data collected with a metaclass.; pymeta makes it easy to pick the right response to complicated input.

python gdb macros: http://wiki.python.org/moin/DebuggingWithGdb

python memory profiling: guppy + Tomeu's memory leak testing writeup.

tree-based python context management: puritan's main.py and contexts.py

custom dbus decorators: sds stub

ipython for exploring interprocess communication: IPython is wonderfully helpful for exploring xml-rpc and dbus interfaces.

code to make pylint happy: rainbow's inject.py can be automatically checked for many errors by pylint because it passes all data explicitly through function calls.

C error handling: nss-rainbow uses a dash of code-generation and a lot of convention to be very consistent about error detection and handling.

C warning flags & Makefile tips: nss-rainbow's Makefile gets a number of things right, though it can still be improved in several ways.

scripts for user creation: provision users on new machines in a scripted fashion.

program with git: Puritan and other parts of our build system show some silly things you can do with git if you are so inclined.

localize shell code: xs-upserv - just for kicks: a localized Makefile

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+This page contains pointers to a collection of idioms which I rely on to accomplish tasks quickly and with predictable results.
-==== Verbose Python Tracebacks ====
+; verbose python tracebacks
-Just import [http://teach.laptop.org/~mstone/nice_traces.py nice_traces]; if you're feeling fancy, then consider <tt>trace(sys.exc_info())</tt>
+: <tt>import [http://docs.python.org/library/cgitb.html cgitb]; cgitb.enable(format="plain")</tt>
+; verbosity controls on logging
-==== Handy report() function ====
+: See [http://dev.laptop.org/git?p=projects/mocktools;a=blob;f=trac_helper.py;hb=HEAD trac_helper.py]
+; pythonic relations
-See [http://dev.laptop.org/git?p=projects/mocktools;a=blob;f=trac_helper.py;hb=HEAD trac_helper.py]
+: See my [http://dev.laptop.org/git/users/mstone/relation relation] module and [http://alloy.mit.edu Alloy] (which was my inspiration, though I've made nothing more than a poor knockoff).
+; relational error logging
-==== Pythonic relations ====
+: See [http://dev.laptop.org/git?p=projects/mocktools;a=blob;f=trac_helper.py;hb=HEAD trac_helper.py] and [http://dev.laptop.org/git?p=projects/buildtools;a=blob;f=collect-pkgs.py;hb=HEAD collect-pkgs.py].
+; email-based error reporting
-See my [http://dev.laptop.org/git/users/mstone/relation relation] module and [http://alloy.mit.edu Alloy] (which was my inspiration, though I've made nothing more than a poor knockoff).
+: See [http://dev.laptop.org/git?p=projects/buildtools;a=blob;f=email_warnings.py;hb=HEAD email_warnings.py].
+; pdb
-==== Relational error logging ====
+: <tt>from pdb import set_trace as debug     ...    debug()</tt>
+; rpm makefiles
-See [http://dev.laptop.org/git?p=projects/mocktools;a=blob;f=trac_helper.py;hb=HEAD trac_helper.py] and [http://dev.laptop.org/git?p=projects/buildtools;a=blob;f=collect-pkgs.py;hb=HEAD collect-pkgs.py].
+: See [http://dev.laptop.org/git?p=users/mstone/rpm-packaging;a=tree rpm-packaging] as well as individual projects like [http://dev.laptop.org/git/projects/olpc-netutils olpc-netutils] along with my [[Developer/Fedora#Outside Reading|Fedora packaging bibliography]].
+; pymeta parser-based controllers
-==== Email-based error reporting ====
+: [http://dev.laptop.org/git?p=users/mstone/triagebot;a=blob;f=grammar.py;hb=grammar triagebot] is based on a model-view-controller architecture where the controller object is assembled at runtime based on data collected with a metaclass.
+: [https://launchpad.net/pymeta pymeta] makes it easy to pick the right response to complicated input.
+; python gdb macros
-See [http://dev.laptop.org/git?p=projects/buildtools;a=blob;f=email_warnings.py;hb=HEAD email_warnings.py].
+: http://wiki.python.org/moin/DebuggingWithGdb
+; python memory profiling
-==== RPM Makefiles ====
+: [http://dev.laptop.org/git/users/mstone/guppy guppy] + Tomeu's [[memory leak testing]] writeup.
+; tree-based python context management
-See [http://dev.laptop.org/git?p=users/mstone/rpm-packaging;a=tree rpm-packaging] as well as individual projects like [http://dev.laptop.org/git/projects/olpc-netutils] along with my [[Developer/Fedora#Outside Reading|Fedora packaging bibliography]].
+: [http://dev.laptop.org/git?p=users/mstone/puritan;a=blob;f=main.py;hb=f9#l16 puritan's main.py] and [http://dev.laptop.org/git?p=users/mstone/puritan;a=blob;f=contexts.py;hb=f9 contexts.py]
+; custom dbus decorators
-==== [https://launchpad.net/pymeta pymeta] parser-based controllers ====
+: [http://dev.laptop.org/git?p=users/mstone/sds;a=blob;f=sds/service.py;hb=HEAD sds stub]
+; ipython for exploring interprocess communication
-See [http://dev.laptop.org/git?p=users/mstone/triagebot;a=blob;f=grammar.py;hb=grammar triagebot] for cute tricks.
+: [http://ipython.scipy.org IPython] is wonderfully helpful for exploring xml-rpc and dbus interfaces.
+; code to make pylint happy
-==== Python GDB Macros ====
+: rainbow's [http://dev.laptop.org/git?p=users/mstone/security;a=blob;f=rainbow/rainbow/inject.py;hb=cli inject.py] can be automatically checked for many errors by [http://www.logilab.org/project/pylint pylint] because it passes all data explicitly through function calls.
+; C error handling
-http://wiki.python.org/moin/DebuggingWithGdb
+: [http://dev.laptop.org/git?p=users/mstone/nss-rainbow;a=tree nss-rainbow] uses a dash of code-generation and a lot of convention to be very consistent about error detection and handling.
+; C warning flags & Makefile tips
-==== Tree-based python context management ====
+: nss-rainbow's [http://dev.laptop.org/git?p=users/mstone/nss-rainbow;a=blob;f=Makefile;hb=HEAD#l2 Makefile] gets a number of things right, though it can still be improved in several ways.
+; scripts for user creation
-[http://dev.laptop.org/git?p=users/mstone/puritan;a=blob;f=main.py;hb=f9#l16 puritan's main.py]
+: [http://dev.laptop.org/git?p=users/mstone/provisioning;a=tree provision] users on new machines in a scripted fashion.
+; program with git
-==== Eschew object-orientation ====
+: [[Puritan]] and other parts of our [[build system]] show some silly things you can do with [http://git.or.cz git] if you are so inclined.
+; localize shell code
-rainbow's [http://dev.laptop.org/git?p=users/mstone/security;a=blob;f=rainbow/rainbow/inject.py;hb=cli inject.py] can be automatically checked for many errors by [http://www.logilab.org/project/pylint pylint] because it passes all data explicitly through function calls.
+: [http://dev.laptop.org/git?p=users/cjb/xs-rsync;f=xs-upserv;a=blob xs-upserv] - just for kicks: a localized Makefile
-==== C error handling ====
-[http://dev.laptop.org/git?p=users/mstone/nss-rainbow;a=tree nss-rainbow] uses a dash of code-generation to be very consistent about error detection and handling.

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