nedbat

nedbat, 1 month ago to random

Anyone with some Javascript/HTML knowledge want to help me fix what should be a simple problem with the coverage.py HTML report? https://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy/issues/1765

renedudfield, 1 month ago to python

In #python is there a standard for custom commands? (development scripts/tasks)

Like scripts in package.json with JavaScript or Makefile targets, or custom commands in rust (and alias in rust). For development tasks like format, test, make check... and custom dev scripts.

In python with setup.py you could define custom commands. But now?

Doesn't seem to be a standard for this, just a bunch of separate tools. But I would love to know if I'm missing something for custom commands/scripts.

nedbat, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

Is there a changelog for deadsnakes nightly builds? Looks like 3.11 was just removed. https://launchpad.net/~deadsnakes/+archive/ubuntu/nightly

Is there a way for me to know it's happening other than my GitHub Actions failing?

(update: I asked on the deadsnakes issue tracker: https://github.com/deadsnakes/issues/issues/281)

nedbat, 1 month ago to random

Be careful with negative assertions in tests!
assert file_doesnt_exist("old_name_for_file") will still be true after you change how files are named and accidentally make the file with the new name.

nedbat, 1 month ago to random

Pro-tip (that I should remember): just because you are online doesn't mean you have to defend all of your opinions.

mariatta, 1 month ago to random

Dear event organizers, thanks for putting it all together, but please also state:

• your time zone (and be explicit about "UTC+-???", instead of just "EST")

• your event hashtag (is it # EventName?, or # EventNameWithYear?)

nedbat, 1 month ago to random

In which I write a blog post simply to record what I learned reverse-engineering my own site's flexbox layout: https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202404/my_flexbox_layout.html

nedbat, 1 month ago to random

Just realized that I wore the same shirt for my 2012 PyCon talk about Unicode and eleven years later for my 2023 PyCon keynote. Not the same kind of shirt. The SAME SHIRT.
Unicode: https://nedbatchelder.com/text/unipain.html
Keynote: https://nedbatchelder.com/text/key23.html

Me in 2012: Unicode

yantor3d, 1 month ago to python

Currently having an argument in an MR about a function because the code in it is, quote, "not complicated or reused."

#python

hynek, 1 month ago to random

Kent Beck’s pithy “for each desired change, make the change easy (warning: this may be hard), then make the easy change” is so profound & underrated.

nedbat, 1 month ago to random

Coverage.py function coverage reports! Please try it and give feedback:

https://hachyderm.io/@coveragepy/112277073763026144

rochacbruno, 1 month ago to python

It is disappointing that #python TypedDict doesn't support setting default values.

from typing import TypedDict

class Con(TypedDict):  
 host: str  
 port: int = 9090

data = {"host": "test.com"}  
connection = Con(**data)  

I expected it to give me "port": 9090 by default but it does not!

Looks like building the dict as instance of Con doesn't make any difference than just building a {} and that is very confusing.

nedbat, 1 month ago to python

Do people run #Python unittest suites from inside Jupyter notebooks? Any insights into this as an approach? https://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy/issues/1762

nedbat, 1 month ago to random

Why do I have a directory in my $TMPDIR named ${DaemonNameOrIdentifierHere} ?

loriemerson, 1 month ago to random

"The Computer Girls" from Cosmopolitan Magazine (April 1967). "Now have come the big, dazzling computers--and a whole new kind of work for women: programming. Telling the miracle machines what to do and how to do it...And if it doesn't sound like women's work--well, it just is."

nedbat, 1 month ago to python

Quick #Python packaging tip: if you ever find yourself wanting to type import src.anything or from src import anything, turn back. src should never be part of an import.