treyhunner

treyhunner, 5 days ago

@hugovk Ooh! I missed this new feature!

This one actually seems really handy 💖

$ python3.13 -m random 6
1
$ python3.13 -m random 3.14159
3.0145311549545397
$ python3.13 -m random this is great
is

I will definitely be updating this article before October. 😁

treyhunner, 6 days ago

@cm_jc triple quotes aren't necessarily "bad" but I recommend against them to reduce the surprise factor when reading code.

Likewise I'd recommend this:

try:
something()
except:
pass. # suppress all exceptions

Over this:

try:
something()
except:
"suppress all exceptions"

The second one includes a string all on its own which Python won't parse. But as a Python programmer looking at that code, I don't immediately think "this string is a comment".

treyhunner, 6 days ago

@cm_jc I would definitely use a multi-line string. But that string wouldn't be ignored by Python. It would be interpreted as a string.

treyhunner, 6 days ago

@cm_jc yup just like that. Multi-line strings are great as strings.

They're also great as docstrings: https://pym.dev/docstrings/?watch

But I wouldn't use them as an equivalent to "multi-line comments" in another language (unless everyone else on your team reading your code is already bought in on that odd use).

treyhunner, 5 days ago

@ryancheley @lacey @CodenameTim I may be interested in this.I already have one writing session each week but I could use another.

treyhunner, 3 days ago

@erwinrossen I absolutely do. It's a reference to a YouTube video about ontology.

https://youtu.be/fXW-QjBsruE?feature=shared

treyhunner, 4 days ago

@bmispelon I've decided that pyclbr is pronounced "pickle bear" 🥒🐻