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Posted by Simon Larsén in Programming
At one point or another, every Python developer or hobbyist encounters the word CPython. For example, the dis module states that it exposes an "implementation detail of the CPython interpreter". What does that mean? Some ask themselves how CPython differs from Python, and then they move on with their lives …
Posted by Simon Larsén in Programming
The modern day ternary operator is well-known to most Pythonistas:
<expr_if_true> if <condition> else <expr_if_false>
It's officially known as a conditional expression and was introduced back in Python 2.5 with PEP 308. Some like it, some don't, and while discussing it with a colleague of mine he mentioned that …
Posted by Simon Larsén in Programming
Software engineering is a lifelong journey of learning. Regardless of how dedicated you are in your learning, there will never come a point where you have learned it all. As such, it's important to use all learning resources available to us. As is evident from the themes on my blog …
Posted by Simon Larsén in Programming
When it comes to programming languages, I consider myself something of a polyglot. To me, learning a new language is one of the most enjoyable things in all of software engineering. This is especially true when you start to venture into new paradigms; going from procedural to functional, functional to …
Posted by Simon Larsén in Programming
In this article, we are going to have a look at a method that accepts an option. That is to say, it accepts an argument that somehow decides how it operates. If you use a lot of libraries in your day-to-day programming, you're bound to come across methods that accept …