Daily Python: PyCoder’s Weekly: Issue #459 (Feb. 9, 2021)

#459 – FEBRUARY 9, 2021
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How Python Integers Work

Python’s integer datatype is pretty different from most other languages because they allow arbitrary precision. Learn how integers work under the hood in this in-depth article.
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Python’s Tug of War Between Beginner-Friendly Features and Support for Advanced Users

Python has made some big improvements to tracebacks in recent versions. See how tracebacks have evolved over the last couple of major releases and where there’s still some work left to be done. Check out the discussion on Hacker News.
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Implementing C++ Virtual Functions in Cython

Learn how one team created Python bindings for a C++ library by implementing virtual functions in Cython. This article is a follow-up to an article we featured last year.
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Property-Based Testing With `hypothesis`, and Associated Use Cases

Testing software is hard. Property-based testing can help you create more effective tests. Learn how to do property-based testing with the hypothesis framework by looking at some real-world use cases.
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Python Steering Council Accepts PEP 634

Pattern matching, which adds a kind of switch-case statement to Python, has been accepted.
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Managing Python Dependencies With Pip and Virtualenv

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Inline Caching in Python Is a Success

“In 3.9, access to builtins and globals had sped-up considerably. In 3.10, regular attribute access and access to __slots__ are also faster. Most everyday Python programs will benefit. This is a huge win.”
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Homebrew Python Is Not For You

Installing Python on macOS with Homebrew is pretty easy, but it comes with some quirks that might not make it the best choice for your development environment. Learn why you might not want to install Python this way and how to fix some common issues you might encounter with Homebrew.
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C for Python Developers and Data Visualization With Dash

Are you interested in building interactive dashboards with Python? How about a project that takes a flat data file all the way to a web-hosted interactive dashboard? This week on the show, David Amos is back, and he’s brought another batch of PyCoder’s Weekly articles and projects.
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All Pythons Are Slow, but Some Are Faster Than Others

Python is not the fastest language around, so any performance boost helps, especially if you’re running at scale. It turns out that depending where you install Python from, its performance can vary quite a bit: choosing the wrong version of Python can cut your speed by 10-20%.
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