I believe Python's ExitStack feature does not get the recognition it deserves. I think part of the reason for this is that its documentation is somewhere deep down in the (already obscure) contextlib module because formally ExitStack is just one of many a... (more…)

"Willoughby-Hoye" scripts used OS call that caused incorrect measurements on Linux, Mojave... (more…)

Packt Publishing is the leading UK provider of Technology eBooks, Coding eBooks, Videos and Blogs; helping IT professionals to put software to work. (more…)

You run your program, and it crashes—it’s out of memory: If you’re lucky, you get a MemoryError exception. If you’re less lucky, you get a coredump. If you’re having a bad day, your computer locks up and you need to restart it. How do you figure out what ... (more…)

First published: February 11, 2020 by Carlos Villavicencio tags: Python, Mypy, Python types, TDD ... (more…)