Tuesday, November 30, 2021

PyCoder’s Weekly: Issue #501 (Nov. 30, 2021)

#501 – NOVEMBER 30, 2021
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Late-Bound Argument Defaults for Python

Python supports default values for arguments to functions, but those defaults are evaluated at function-definition time. A proposal to add defaults that are evaluated when the function is called has been discussed at some length on the python-ideas mailing list.
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Data Visualization Interfaces in Python With Dash

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Rats in Doom: A Novel VR Setup for Rodents

A novel VR setup developed for rodents that lets rats play Doom. Uses Python for the controller interface.
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CPython Dev in Residence: Weekly Report, November 22–28

A short review of try/except, exception handling in asyncio today, and the future of asyncio error handling.
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Programmers Should Stop Celebrating Incompetence

The creator of Ruby on Rails on programmer competence: “The world has never had a greater need for programmers than it does today. It’s never had a greater need for competent programmers than it does today. Let’s skip the overly self-deprecating nonsense that nobody knows what they’re doing, and trying to learn things in depth is not for us.”
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How to Ditch Codecov for Python Projects

“Codecov’s unreliability breaking CI on my open source projects has been a constant source of frustration for me for years. I have found a way to enforce coverage over a whole GitHub Actions build matrix that doesn’t rely on third-party services.”
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How to Write a Great Stack Overflow Question

“The single best thing you can do when asking for coding help online is provide a short, complete example script that others can copy, paste, and run without any modification to reproduce your problem.”
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Experimental APIs in Python 3.10 and the Future of Trust Stores

“In Python 3.10.0 there were a few new APIs added to the ssl module related to certificate chains that weren’t listed in the Python 3.10 release notes due to being experimental.”
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The Problem With Python’s map and filter (And How We Might Fix It)

The author explores the pros and cons of Python’s default map() and filter() implementation and potential improvements that could be made.
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The Rinds of the Cheese Shop Menu

A silly analysis of the weird and wonderful contents of PyPI: What are the longest package names? Numeric vs non-numeric version names?
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