Python 3.13 is now in beta, with the second of four beta releases out later today!
It's now time to start testing your libraries with 3.13 and report any problems back to CPython so they can be fixed before the big October release. And make any updates you need to upgrade your library; keep an eye out for removals and deprecations.
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I wonder if there's a more efficient way of implementing decimal to #binary conversion in #python
Without recursion, it's ok, but there will be variable assignments operations, which seems to me as something not so efficient, comparing with recursion...
@tshirtman@diazona humm interesting. I hope I'm not abusing from your good will but, would you mind to elaborate a bit more, or even send some article for reference? I got curious with the "arbitrarily large numbers". Tks.
@desertplains https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#typesnumeric says "Integers have unlimited precision" which is to mean it can use as much memory as needed to store bigger values (until your operating system refuses to give more memory to your process). it's not like the C int type, for example, which will have minimum and maximum possible values. @diazona
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we had a great time with a record amount of sprinters, open space attendees AND i gave my first talk! I can't wait for next year! #python#openscience#opensource
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Needed to rename a test fixture in a #Python file, and find/replace wasn't up for the job. So I decided to give #VSCode a go:
I started by pressing Ctrl+F2, for "Change All Occurrences". I think that is basically find/replace, and hence didn't do what I wanted.
Instead, I installed the recommended Python extension, and pressed F2 for "Rename Symbol". That claims to have only made one change, and the references to the function are still using the old name.
So, consider me confused. I'm using #pytest, whereby the test fixtures are referenced as function arguments rather than being called directly. Maybe that's what VS Code is struggling with? Either way, I've now spent more time on this than just manually editing the text.
@mdione@jscholes "Change all occurrences" is using language-specific semantics to find uses of a variable. Here is a function called fx, but it's never used:
So I’m trying to write some little static designs with py5 in Thonny, and when I run the program, the sketch window opens but closes immediately, so I can’t really see what I’ve drawn. It only seems to happen when there is no “def draw():” component in the program (so, non-animated programs which only have the “def setup():” part). Is there a setting somewhere to tell Thonny to keep the sketch result open after running? #py5#Python#Thonny
@InstantArcade@mitten Oh, I'm just an enthusiast who uses it everyday, and I feel part of the py5 community and try to contribute to it! The creator an maintainer is Jim, @hx2A, and the official Mastodon account is @py5coding 😊
@levlaz I spent half an hour the other day debugging an issue where none of the changes I did seemed to make any difference. Turned out that file was in a different directory than the one I was in.
@anderseknert I swear this happens to be once a month 😅
Especially with go because Im always opening sub dirs in their own vscode instance because I am too dumb to get go.work to work for me consistently in complex projects.
I created a #python script to generate a custom #emulationstation collection of all 5-star #retrogaming games present on #steamdeck. this is a great way to have the best games easily at hand, especially when using large collections.
@steamdeckhq it is more of a specialized tool. What it does is after you are done setting up, have games, scraped metadata etc you can run this to generate a playlist like shown in the screenshot which contains only the 5 star games. Emulation station does not offer this as a filter by itself so this is a way to still get that list without manually having to add all the 5 star games through the UI one by one.
Hey Sphinx users, does anyone know how to configure a Sphinx project to not use #idN in inline anchors for subheadlines which start with integers (e.g. versions in release notes/changelogs)? I mean, other than prefixing the subheadline with 'v’ or ‘Release’? #python#sphinx
@jezdez IIRC, this comes out of docutils and isn't configurable on Sphinx's end AFAIK. You need some alphabetical character and a unique slug to docutils to not fall back to idN. Link below for the source of truth for this behaviour.
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).
I am completely happy using pip, conda/mamba to manage my dependencies and environments.
Lately (and not so lately) I've seen poertry, pixi, hatch, pipenv, pdm, rye, uv,... Of course I feel I'm missing something. What are your thoughts/comments about these tools?
Want to follow along with Nate Ohlson who's working on adopting hardened compiler options for #Python as a part of Google Summer of Code 2024? They're publishing to Mastodon!
