Wandering Thoughts archives

2013-12-31:	Reversing my view on Python 3 for new general code: avoid it Link: Alex Gaynor's 'About Python 3'
2013-12-12:	Some observations from playing with PyPy on DWiki
2013-12-10:	My current view of PyPy
2013-11-27:	The difference between CPython and Python
2013-11-25:	From CPython bytecode up to function objects (in brief)
2013-11-17:	Sending and receiving file descriptors in Python
2013-10-09:	An interesting bug with module garbage collection in Python
2013-10-07:	What happens when CPython deletes a module
2013-10-06:	What reloading a Python module really does
2013-09-20:	Nested conditional expressions in Python (and code golf)
2013-09-17:	The pain (or annoyance) of deploying a simple WSGI thing
2013-09-13:	Why I think `dir()` excludes metaclass methods
2013-08-28:	I'm vaguely yearning for a simpler framework than Django
2013-08-10:	The importance of names, illustrated through my mistake
2013-07-31:	A Python code structure problem: exception handling with flags
2013-07-23:	When Python regexp alternation is faster than separate regexps
2013-07-19:	A bit on the performance of lexers in Python
2013-06-21:	A Django application design puzzle about modularity
2013-06-16:	Python 3 has very little benefit for ordinary Python programmers
2013-06-14:	The core issue in the Python 3 transition (from my view)
2013-05-11:	The consequences of importing a module twice
2013-05-07:	Python's relative import problem
2013-04-28:	My sysadmin view of Python virtualenvs
2013-04-14:	Python's data structures problem
2013-04-13:	Classic linked lists versus Python's list (array) type
2013-03-22:	The problem with trying to make everything into a Python module
2013-03-17:	Argument validation using functions
2013-02-28:	A decorator for decorators that accept additional arguments
2013-02-24:	You should avoid using `socket.SOMAXCONN`
2013-02-17:	Some brief opinions and notes on uWSGI
2013-02-14:	The cost of an API mistake in the socket module's `fromfd()`
2013-02-11:	The sinking feeling of discovering a design mistake in your code
2013-01-31:	Why you should support specifying comparison keys (and functions)
2013-01-28:	Some patterns for easy to parse Domain Specific Languages in Python

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