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The join() function accepts an iterable as parameter. However, I was wondering why having: text = &… Read more Python: Understanding Iterators And `join()` Better

I am doing an audio player that received samples from an udp socket, and everything was working fin… Read more Python 3.4 Multiprocessing Queue Faster Than Pipe, Unexpected

Recently i came across a question & confused with a possible solution, code part is // code p… Read more Handling Map Function In Python2 & Python3

I've heard that __slots__ makes objects faster by avoiding a dictionary lookup. My confusion co… Read more How Does __slots__ Avoid A Dictionary Lookup?

So lists are unhashable: >>> { [1,2]:3 } TypeError: unhashable type: 'list' The f… Read more What Makes Lists Unhashable?

When I try to use print without parentheses on a simple name in Python 3.4 I get: >>> prin… Read more Printing Without Parentheses Varying Error Message Using Python 3

I started wondering how CPython can tell the difference between None as a default argument and None… Read more How Does Cpython Determine Whether A User Supplied An Optional Argument?

How does module loading work in CPython under the hood? Especially, how does the dynamic loading of… Read more How Does Module Loading Work In Cpython?

When I executed the following steps, both tuples (a and b) haven't retained their original IDs … Read more Why Don't Tuples Get The Same Id When Assigned The Same Values?

I'm reading each line of a file into both a list and a dict, with open('../data/title/prune… Read more Why Isn't My Dict Lookup Faster Than My List Lookup In Python?

Here is my code: from memory_profiler import profile @profile def mess_with_memory(): huge_lis… Read more What Does "del" Do Exactly?

I have a pandas.Series containing integers, but I need to convert these to strings for some downstr… Read more Converting A Series Of Ints To Strings - Why Is Apply Much Faster Than Astype?

When converting a bytearray-object (or a bytes-object for that matter) to a C-string, the cython-do… Read more Is An Explicit Nul-byte Necessary At The End Of A Bytearray For Cython To Be Able To Convert It To A Null-terminated C-string

When I executed the following steps, both tuples (a and b) haven't retained their original IDs … Read more Why Don't Tuples Get The Same ID When Assigned The Same Values?