What's Python's equivalent to Java InputStream's available method?
Java's InputStream provides a method named available which returns the number of bytes that can be read without blocking. How can I achieve this in Python? ...
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Drupal: Views, blocks and template?
I have a block view called: "MYVIEW" And I have a region on my template called: "right". What must I call the template file to edit this? The following does not work: block-MYVIEW.tpl.php block-right--MYVIEW.tpl.php ...
iPhone Object Allocation, GeneralBlock-24 & GeneralBlock-48
Hi All, I'm finishing up my third iPhone App. Cleaning up code and such. I have 3 memory leaks after the launch of the application. These remain constant no matter what I do in the App (no more leaks). The issue is that my Net Object Allocation keeps growing up. There are two blocks in particulat, GeneralBlock-24 & GeneralBlock-48 that ...
C# - writing method blocks...
Hi, this is a general question regarding method block structures. Does anyone have an opinion on what is a better way to design methods given the 2 alternatives below? private void Method1() { if (!A) { return; } if (!B) { return; } if (!C) { return; } // DO WORK....... ...
MATLAB set_param for From Wave Device
hi guys does anybody knows hot to set the parameters of a from wave device block in a simulink model? i.e. i need to set the "samples per frame" parameter. it must be something like ('Model Name/ From Wave Device','Samples Per Frame',1024) ... but it doesnt work like this. is it even possible to set the parameters of this block??? glob...
Naming: BEGIN ~ END vs LIVE ~ EVIL block structured languages
Curly Bracket languages are well known: (wikipedia) Other programming languages can have BEGIN ~ END vs LIVE ~ EVIL block structuring. eg A) BEGIN ~ END, DO ~ END, IF ~ END IF - examples: Ada, Modula, Pascal, PL/I, Ruby etc... B) IF ~ FI, DO ~ OD, CASE ~ IN ~ OUT ~ ESAC - examples: Action!, ALGOL 68, Bourne shell, Co...
java socket / output stream writes : do they block?
Hi all, If I'm only WRITING to a socket on an output stream, will it ever block? Only reads can block, right? I am asking because someone told me writes can block but I only see a timeout feature for the read method of a socket - socket.setSOTimeout(). It doesn't make sense to me that a write could block but I'd like to hear for sure...
Are <hr> and <br> inline or block elements?
My guess is that <br> might be inline and that <hr> might be block. But I don't really have a clue... ...
display:block inside display:inline
I want to understand what happens when an element whose CSS is display:block is a DOM child of an element whose CSS is display:inline (so that the block element is a child of an inline element). This scenarios is described in the Anonymous block boxes section for the CSS 2.1 specification: the example includes the following rules ... b...
Difference between block and &block in Ruby
What do they mean? Why sometimes I should use block and other times &block inside functions that accept blocks? ...
Ruby: Proc#call vs yield
What are the behavioural differences between the following two implementations in Ruby of the thrice method? module WithYield def self.thrice 3.times { yield } # yield to the implicit block argument end end module WithProcCall def self.thrice(&block) # & converts implicit block to an explicit, named Proc 3.times { b...
Are there any advantages in using block initialization?
Is there any reason to do use block initialization, like this: x = Observer.new do add_event(foo) some_other_instance_method_on_observer self.some_attribute = something end instead of initializing attributes using the dot operator on an instance variable like this: x = Observer.new x.add_event(foo) x.some_other_instance_method_...
EntLib 4.1 Logging Application Block Category filter
How can I define Categories and Category filter in SQLDB and make my Logging Application Block refer to these instead of the ones in application configuration file ? Any sample would be more helpful. ...
A massive and non-trivial way to block many URLS on Windows XP ?
Hello, My GF is from a country X. She is now living abroad but is addicted to internet and often spends many hours per day on her laptop browsing "nonsense" information by websites from that country X, or written in a language used by people from that country X. She hates this habit of hers, and asks me to block as many possible URL fr...
Only decompress a specific bzip2 block
Say I have a humongous bzip2 file (over 5GB), and say I want to decompress only block #x, because there is where my data is (block is different every time). How would I do this. I have thought about making an index of where all the blocks are, then cut the block I need from the file and apply bzip2recover to it. I have also thought abo...
Convert Single Line Comments To Block Comments
I need to convert single line comments (//...) to block comments (/*...*/). I have nearly accomplished this in the following code; however, I need the function to skip any single line comment is already in a block comment. Currently it matches any single line comment, even when the single line comment is in a block comment. That can't ha...
Reducing calculation time for derivative blocks in SimMechanics
I have a program in SimMechanics that uses 6 derivative blocks (du/dt). It takes about 24 hours to do 10 secs of simulation. Is there any way to reduce the calculation time of the Simulink derivative blocks? ...
Link into full div - html and css
Hello, I have: <div class="sliderPart"> <a href="#computers"> <strong>Some text</strong> </a> </div> .sliderPart { width: 25%; height: 100%; } .sliderPart a { display:block; position:relative; text-decoration:none; height: 100...
How to cycle through matrix blocks?
I have some matrix which I want to cycle through blocks, the matrix could be of many different sizes, but I can know the size, is there a way to fast cycle through blocks? i.e: to fast output the indexes of the blocks, suppose a matrix of 4*4 I should have: Block1: (0,0),(0,1)(1,0)(1,1) Block2: (0,2),(0,3)(1,2)(1,3) Block3: (2,0),(2,1)(...
Is it possible to use a script to block adware recursive links in a browser window?
I know there are a lot of client-side solutions for nasty adware and their recursive links, but I was wondering if it is possible to use a script in the html to prevent the links from displaying in a user's browser who has adware on their machine and is visiting my web site? I am NOT a programmer. I am designer, and I know just enough t...