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Anyone tinkering with Python long enough has been bitten (or torn to pieces) by the following issue… Read more "least Astonishment" And The Mutable Default Argument

Python 3 doesn't allow you to reference a class inside its body (except in methods): class A: … Read more Class Instance As Static Attribute

Suppose we have the following: args = (4,7,5) def foo(a,b,c): return a*b%c Python conveniently all… Read more Python: Is There Syntax-level Support For Unpacking, From Tuples, The Arguments To An *anonymous* Function?

While reading Python’s Execution model documentation, I realized that Python’s free variables do no… Read more Loose Late Binding V. Strict Late Binding

While reading Python’s Execution model documentation, I realized that Python’s free variables do no… Read more Loose Late Binding V. Strict Late Binding