Wandering Thoughts archives

2011-12-30:	Why I don't like Python 3 dropping the comparison function for sorting
2011-12-27:	Python 3 from the perspective of someone writing new Python code
2011-12-21:	Python 3 from the perspective of someone with existing Python code
2011-12-17:	Python 3 from the perspective of a Unix sysadmin
2011-12-13:	DWiki's code is now on Github (among other things)
2011-11-25:	Python instance dictionaries, attribute names, and memory use
2011-11-21:	A cheap caching trick with a preforking server in Python
2011-11-11:	My view of the right way to copy lists in Python
2011-10-07:	Python's philosophy of what closures close over
2011-10-03:	On CPython, cell objects, and closures
2011-10-01:	Understanding a tricky bit of Python generators
2011-09-23:	Python's attribute lookup order
2011-09-22:	An operational explanation of Python types
2011-09-19:	An operational explanation of Python metaclasses (part 4)
2011-09-18:	An operational explanation of Python metaclasses (part 3)
2011-09-17:	An operational explanation of Python metaclasses (part 2)
2011-09-12:	An operational explanation of Python metaclasses (part 1)
2011-08-26:	The problem for WSGI middleware
2011-08-18:	You should always use `super()`
2011-08-16:	An interesting way to shoot yourself in the foot and a limitation of `super()`
2011-08-07:	What I want out a Symbol type in Python
2011-08-03:	How I encode and decode the milter protocol (or, how to write a codec for a sane binary protocol)
2011-07-31:	Reference counting and multiple inheritance in (C)Python One of my testing little dirty secrets
2011-07-25:	A little thing that irritates me about common WSGI implementations
2011-07-14:	Ramblings on handling optional arguments in Python
2011-07-11:	Some things to think about when doing polymorphic WSGI
2011-07-10:	Exploiting polymorphic WSGI again to create `cat`
2011-06-23:	Milter tools for Python and an experiment with coding in public
2011-06-22:	A basic Namespace metaclass for Python Abusing Python classes as namespaces
2011-06-12:	Why `[]`, `{}`, and `()` are cheap in Python
2011-06-11:	Some notes on `__slots__` and class hierarchies
2011-06-10:	What `__slots__` are good for (or, how to use slots to save memory)
2011-06-06:	How much space a Python dictionary entry uses
2011-06-05:	A subtle difference between tuples and lists in CPython
2011-06-03:	Ints, `__slots__`, and Python 3
2011-05-29:	Getting the stages of the class namespace straight
2011-05-25:	How Django's form field ordering works
2011-04-28:	How CPython implements `__slots__` (part 2): access
2011-04-27:	Some notes on what `__dictoffset__` on types means in CPython
2011-04-21:	Nailing down new-style classes and types in Python How CPython implements `__slots__` (part 1): storage
2011-04-19:	Another reason to avoid using `__slots__` in your Python classes A difference between Python 'structs' and C structs
2011-04-06:	Monkey subclassing for fun and profit
2011-03-31:	A slightly unobvious trap with '`from module import *`'
2011-03-28:	Why you should avoid '`from module import whatever`'
2011-03-22:	How to add and use additional fields on Django model formsets Some notes on doing things with Django model formsets
2011-02-27:	Django's forms are security-smart the way you want them to be
2011-02-22:	Why I want read-only form fields in Django
2011-02-10:	Using Django forms with HTTP GETs
2011-02-02:	Django and primary keys versus surrogate keys
2011-01-31:	A little advantage of Django's automatic primary keys
2011-01-29:	Two things I have discovered about Django schema design
2011-01-26:	The various ways of writing a modern Python web app
2011-01-25:	The modern Python web application stack (as I understand it)
2011-01-20:	Something I've worked out about Django's admin interface
2011-01-18:	What I am trying to do with Django
2011-01-17:	Wrestling with how to design a schema for a Django app

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