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"Sebastian Raschka \n",
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"last updated: 05/02/2014 ([Changelog](#changelog))\n",
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"last updated: 05/03/2014 ([Changelog](#changelog))\n",
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"[Link to this IPython Notebook on GitHub](https://github.com/rasbt/python_reference/blob/master/not_so_obvious_python_stuff.ipynb)\n",
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"- [Assigning types to variables as values](#variable_types)\n",
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"- [Only the first clause of generators is evaluated immediately](#generator_rhs)\n",
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"- [Keyword argument unpacking syntax - `*args` and `**kwargs`](#splat_op)\n",
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"- [Metaclasses - What creates a new instance of a class?](#new_instance)"
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"- [Metaclasses - What creates a new instance of a class?](#new_instance)\n",
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"- [Else-clauses: \"conditional else\" and \"completion else\"](#else_clauses)\n",
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"- [Interning of compile-time constants vs. run-time expressions](#string_interning)"
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"I would claim that the conditional \"else\" is every programmer's daily bread and butter. However, there is a second flavor of \"else\"-clauses in Python, which I will call \"completion else\" (for reason that will become clear later). \n",
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"But first, let us take a look at our \"traditional\" conditional else that we all are familiar with. \n",
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"Why am I showing those simple examples? I think they are good to highlight some of the key points: It is **either** the code under the `if` clause that is executed, **or** the code under the `else` block, but not both. \n",
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"If the condition of the `if` clause evaluates to `True`, the `if`-block is exectured, and if it evaluated to `False`, it is the `else` block. \n",
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"**In contrast** to the **either...or*** situation that we know from the conditional `else`, the completion `else` is executed if a code block finished. \n",
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"In the code above, we can see that the code under the **`else`-clause is only executed if the `try-block` was executed without encountering an error, i.e., if the `try`-block is \"complete\".** \n",
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"Let us have a look at the simple example below. Here we are creating 3 variables and assign the value \"Hello\" to them in different ways before we test them for identity."
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"It looks like that `'Hello'` and `'Hell'` + `'o'` are both evaluated and stored as `'Hello'` at compile-time, whereas the third version \n",
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"source": [
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"Finally, to show that this hypothesis is the answer to this rather unexpected observation, let us `intern` the value manually:"
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"#### 05/02/2014\n",
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"last updated: 05/02/2014 ([Changelog](#changelog))\n",
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"last updated: 05/03/2014 ([Changelog](#changelog))\n",
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"[Link to this IPython Notebook on GitHub](https://github.com/rasbt/python_reference/blob/master/not_so_obvious_python_stuff.ipynb)\n",
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"## Else-clauses: \"conditional else\" and \"completion else\""
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"[[back to top](#sections)]"
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"I would claim that the conditional \"else\" is every programmer's daily bread and butter. However, there is a second flavor of \"else\"-clauses in Python, which I will call \"completion else\" (for reason that will become clear later). \n",
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"# conditional else\n",
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"Why am I showing those simple examples? I think they are good to highlight some of the key points: It is **either** the code under the `if` clause that is executed, **or** the code under the `else` block, but not both. \n",
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"### Completion else\n",
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"try:\n",
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"else:\n",
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" print('no error in try-block')"
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"metadata": {},
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"try:\n",
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"In the code above, we can see that the code under the **`else`-clause is only executed if the `try-block` was executed without encountering an error, i.e., if the `try`-block is \"complete\".** \n",
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"The same rule applies to the \"completion\" `else` in while- and for-loops, which you can confirm in the following samples below."
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"output_type": "stream",
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"#### Completion else (for-loop)"
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"for i in range(2):\n",
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" print('completed for-loop')"
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"metadata": {},
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"outputs": [
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"output_type": "stream",
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"source": [
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"## Interning of compile-time constants vs. run-time expressions"
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|
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|
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"[[back to top](#sections)]"
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|
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"This might not be particularly useful, but it is nonetheless interesting: Python's interpreter is interning compile-time constants but not run-time expressions (note that this is implementation-specific).\n",
|
||||
"\n",
|
||||
"(Original source: [Stackoverflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15541404/python-string-interning))"
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"hello2 = 'Hell' + 'o'\n",
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"\n",
|
||||
"hello3 = 'Hell'\n",
|
||||
"hello3 = hello3 + 'o'\n",
|
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"\n",
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"print('hello1 is hello2:', hello1 is hello2)\n",
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"print('hello1 is hello3:', hello1 is hello3)"
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],
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"outputs": [
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"hello1 is hello2: True\n",
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"hello1 is hello3: False\n"
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]
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}
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],
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"cell_type": "markdown",
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"metadata": {},
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||||
"source": [
|
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"Now, how does it come that the first expression evaluates to true, but the second does not? To answer this question, we need to take a closer look at the underlying byte codes:"
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]
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"input": [
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"import dis\n",
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"def hello1_func():\n",
|
||||
" s = 'Hello'\n",
|
||||
" return s\n",
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"dis.dis(hello1_func)"
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"metadata": {},
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" 3 0 LOAD_CONST 1 ('Hello')\n",
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" 3 STORE_FAST 0 (s)\n",
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"\n",
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" 4 6 LOAD_FAST 0 (s)\n",
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" 9 RETURN_VALUE\n"
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}
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],
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},
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"input": [
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"def hello2_func():\n",
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" s = 'Hell' + 'o'\n",
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" return s\n",
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"dis.dis(hello2_func)"
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],
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"metadata": {},
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"outputs": [
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"text": [
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" 2 0 LOAD_CONST 3 ('Hello')\n",
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" 3 STORE_FAST 0 (s)\n",
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"\n",
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" 3 6 LOAD_FAST 0 (s)\n",
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" 9 RETURN_VALUE\n"
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]
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}
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],
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},
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"cell_type": "code",
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"collapsed": false,
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"input": [
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"def hello3_func():\n",
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" s = 'Hell'\n",
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" s = s + 'o'\n",
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" return s\n",
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"dis.dis(hello3_func)"
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],
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"language": "python",
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"metadata": {},
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"outputs": [
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{
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"output_type": "stream",
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"stream": "stdout",
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"text": [
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" 2 0 LOAD_CONST 1 ('Hell')\n",
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" 3 STORE_FAST 0 (s)\n",
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"\n",
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" 3 6 LOAD_FAST 0 (s)\n",
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" 9 LOAD_CONST 2 ('o')\n",
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" 12 BINARY_ADD\n",
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" 13 STORE_FAST 0 (s)\n",
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"\n",
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" 4 16 LOAD_FAST 0 (s)\n",
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" 19 RETURN_VALUE\n"
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]
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}
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],
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"prompt_number": 40
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},
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{
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"cell_type": "markdown",
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"metadata": {},
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"source": [
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"<br>\n",
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"It looks like that `'Hello'` and `'Hell'` + `'o'` are both evaluated and stored as `'Hello'` at compile-time, whereas the third version \n",
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"`s = 'Hell'` \n",
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"`s = s + 'o'` seems to be not interned. Let us quickly confirm the behavior with the following code:"
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]
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},
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{
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"cell_type": "code",
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"collapsed": false,
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"input": [
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"print(hello1_func() is hello2_func())\n",
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"print(hello1_func() is hello3_func())"
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],
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"language": "python",
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"metadata": {},
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"outputs": [
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{
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"output_type": "stream",
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"stream": "stdout",
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"text": [
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"True\n",
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"False\n"
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]
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}
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],
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"prompt_number": 42
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},
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{
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"cell_type": "markdown",
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"metadata": {},
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"source": [
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"Finally, to show that this hypothesis is the answer to this rather unexpected observation, let us `intern` the value manually:"
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]
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},
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{
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"cell_type": "code",
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"collapsed": false,
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"input": [
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"import sys\n",
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"\n",
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"print(hello1_func() is sys.intern(hello3_func()))"
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],
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"language": "python",
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"metadata": {},
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"outputs": [
|
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{
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"output_type": "stream",
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"stream": "stdout",
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"text": [
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"True\n"
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]
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}
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],
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"prompt_number": 45
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},
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{
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"cell_type": "markdown",
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"metadata": {},
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|
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@ -3390,8 +3938,12 @@
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"cell_type": "markdown",
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"metadata": {},
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"source": [
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"#### 05/03/2014\n",
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"- new section: else clauses: conditional vs. completion\n",
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"- new section: Interning of compile-time constants vs. run-time expressions\n",
|
||||
"\n",
|
||||
"#### 05/02/2014\n",
|
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"- new section in Python 3.x and Python 2.x key differences: for-loop leak<\n",
|
||||
"- new section in Python 3.x and Python 2.x key differences: for-loop leak\n",
|
||||
"- new section: Metaclasses - What creates a new instance of a class? \n",
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"\n",
|
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"#### 05/01/2014\n",
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