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Category Archives: Python gotchas
Gotcha — Mutable default arguments
Goto start of series Note: examples are coded in Python 2.x, but the basic point of the post applies to all versions of Python. There’s a Python gotcha that bites everybody as they learn Python. In fact, I think it … Continue reading
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Gotcha — forgetting parentheses
Goto start of series In Python, omitting the trailing parentheses from the end of a method call (one that takes no arguments) is not a syntax error. The place where this most frequently bites me is with the “close” method … Continue reading
Gotcha — backslashes in Windows filenames
Goto start of series Once upon a time there was a beautiful Windows programmer named Red Ridinghood. One day, Red’s supervisor told her that they were going to start building a new application called GrandmasHouse. The feature list for the … Continue reading
Gotcha — backslashes are escape characters
Goto start of series This is a language feature that is so common on Unix that Unix programmers never think twice about it. Certainly, a Unix programmer would never consider it to be a gotcha. But for someone coming from … Continue reading
Python Gotchas
What is a “gotcha”?The word “gotcha” started out as the expression “Got you!” This is something that someone who speaks idiomatic American English might say when he succeeds in playing a trick or prank on someone else. “I really got … Continue reading
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