Bio and Publications

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Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Python 3.9 Rearranging typing and collections.abc

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This is glorious. There was this sort of awkward shoving match between typing and collections.abc . Both had generic type definitions and i...
Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Type Hints to extend built-in structures

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Working on revisions to a book. Fun stuff. See  https://www.packtpub.com/product/python-3-object-oriented-programming/9781849511261 I may h...
Tuesday, October 13, 2020

Sources of Confusion: a "mea culpa" [Updated]

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 I am not patient. I have been dismissed as one who does not suffer fools gladly. This is a bad attitude, and I absolutely suffer from it. N...
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Tuesday, October 6, 2020

The Python Podcast __init__

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Check out https://www.pythonpodcast.com/steven-lott-learn-to-code-episode-283/ . This was a fun conversation on Python and learning. We didn...
Tuesday, September 15, 2020

One of the Modern Python Cookbook Recipes

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 See  https://opendatascience.com/removing-items-from-a-set-remove-pop-and-difference/ This puts the focus on a few important set operations...
Wednesday, September 9, 2020

Open Source Support Ideas

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"... [I] am thinking of building an in house conda forge, or buying a solution, or paying someone to set something up." The build ...
Tuesday, September 1, 2020

A Comprehensive Introduction to Python

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Python 101, by Michael Driscoll. 545 pages, available from leanpub.com in a variety of formats. Available soon in hardcover. The modern Py...