Wandering Thoughts archives

2009-12-10:	How not to copy a file to standard output in Python
2009-12-05:	What version of Python is included in various current OSes
2009-11-17:	Finally understanding the appeal of 'Interfaces'
2009-11-16:	'Is-a' versus 'is-a-descendant-of'
2009-11-15:	A limitation of Python types from C extension modules
2009-11-08:	My problem with the obvious solution to my unexposed types problem
2009-11-07:	Solving unexposed types and the limits of duck typing
2009-10-28:	Python modules should make visible their (fundamental) types
2009-10-22:	How to waste lots of CPU time checking for module updates
2009-09-22:	Some trivia about Python frame objects
2009-09-21:	Exploring the frame object `f_builtins` member
2009-08-26:	A frame object's `f_locals` isn't always the locals
2009-08-22:	A gotcha with Python's new `signal.siginterrupt()`
2009-08-20:	Python modules should not reinvent `OSError`
2009-08-19:	Python, signal handlers, and `EINTR`
2009-07-26:	The anatomy of a hack to get around `try:`/`finally:` and generators
2009-07-25:	When code in generators runs
2009-06-15:	`try:/finally:` and generators
2009-06-08:	Another way that generators are not lists: modifying them
2009-05-23:	The drawback of using a language with a good interface to the OS
2009-05-22:	How CPython handles (and delays) Unix signals
2009-05-21:	Solving the Python `SIGCHLD` problem
2009-04-20:	Some ways to add versioning to pickled objects Why pickle is not a good way to save your data
2009-03-09:	What list methods don't make sense for heterogeneous lists
2009-03-08:	Python's theoretically missing core data type
2009-03-07:	What past problems of mine the collections module solves
2009-02-15:	How CPython optimizes allocations for some built-in types
2009-02-14:	Some of my assumptions about Python object allocation
2009-02-13:	The accumulator mini-pattern and `.setdefault()`
2009-01-23:	The HTML tax (in Python, and in general)
2009-01-15:	Why templating systems are the wrong answer for simple HTML generation
2009-01-12:	A surprising lack in Python's standard library
2009-01-03:	How to help programmers (parts 2 and 3): `os.environ` and `sys.argv`

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