Slots seem to be poorly documented. What they do is simple, but whether they are used is tricky. This is a little mini-post on slots.
[Read More]Basics of metaclasses
This is a quick tutorial over the basics of what metaclasses do.
The Metaclass
Metaclasses, while seemingly a complex topic, really just do something very simple. They control what happens when you have code that turns into a class object. The normal place they are executed is right after the class statement. Let’s see that in action by using print as our metaclass.
[Read More]Factory classmethods in Python
I haven’t seen a great deal of practical documentation about using classmethods as factories in Python (which is arguably the most important use of a classmethod, IMO). This post hopes to fill in that gap.
[Read More]Making an autoload extension for IPython
I recently decided to try my hand at making an auto-load extension for Python and Plumbum. I was planning to suggest it as a new feature, then I thought it might be an experimental feature, and now it’s just a blog post. But it was an interesting idea and didn’t seem to be well documented process on the web. So, here it is.
The plan was to make commands like this:
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Uncertainty extension for IPython
Wouldn’t it be nice if we had uncertainty with a nice notation in IPython? The current method would be to use raw Python,
from uncertainties import ufloat
print(ufloat(12.34,.01))12.340+/-0.010
Let’s use the infix library to make the notation easier. We’ll define |pm| to mean +/-.
Plumbum color
I’ve been working on a color addition to Plumbum for a little while, and I’d like to share the basics of using it with you now. This library was originally built around a special str subclass, but now is built on the new Styles representation and is far more powerful than the first implementation. It safely does nothing if you do not have a color-compatible systems (posix + tty currently), but can be forced if need be. It is included with Plumbum, so you don’t have to add a requirement for your scripts that is non-essential (as color often is). It is integrated with plumbum.cli, too. Also, I’ve managed to accelerate the color selection algorithims about 8x, allowing near game-like speeds. (see the fullcolor.py example).