python Programming Glossary: assumption
__lt__ instead of __cmp__ http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1061283/lt-instead-of-cmp other def __cmp__ self other assert isinstance other A # assumption for this example return cmp self.name self.age self.other other.name..
Finding the kth-smallest element in union of sorted arrays http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12555793/finding-the-kth-smallest-element-in-union-of-sorted-arrays immediately and the strict inequalities then follow by the assumption that no duplicates exist. We try to approach this tricky problem..
Can Regex be used for this particular string manipulation? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/138552/can-regex-be-used-for-this-particular-string-manipulation until the end of the string. This relies on your assumption that the quotes are always balanced. This is also not very efficient...
Read Specific Columns from csv file with Python csv http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16503560/read-specific-columns-from-csv-file-with-python-csv last column which shouldn't happen but let me know if my assumption was wrong. Your posted code has a lot of indentation errors..
What do backticks mean to the python interpreter: `num` http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1673071/what-do-backticks-mean-to-the-python-interpreter-num __repr__ respectively. EDIT Using the dis module proves my assumption def f1 a return repr a def f2 a return a.__repr__ def f3 a return..
Using try vs if in python http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1835756/using-try-vs-if-in-python of valid keys or attributes and catches exceptions if the assumption proves false. This clean and fast style is characterized by..
Python: Random is barely random at all? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2145510/python-random-is-barely-random-at-all to underestimate the probability. This is the incorrect assumption there is no requirement for the match to be to a specific individual..
Prevent a console app from closing when not invoked from an existing terminal? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2258771/prevent-a-console-app-from-closing-when-not-invoked-from-an-existing-terminal pause atexit.register press_any_key It's also making the assumption that all Windows users are invoking the application from the..
Final classes in Python 3.x- something Guido isn't telling me? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2825364/final-classes-in-python-3-x-something-guido-isnt-telling-me isn't telling me This question is built on top of many assumptions. If one assumption is wrong then the whole thing falls over... This question is built on top of many assumptions. If one assumption is wrong then the whole thing falls over. I'm still relatively..
Python's ConfigParser unique keys per section http://stackoverflow.com/questions/287757/pythons-configparser-unique-keys-per-section a mapping. I designed my config file schema around this assumption then sadly realized that this is not the case from ConfigParser..
How to do a Python split() on languages (like Chinese) that don't use whitespace as word separator? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3797746/how-to-do-a-python-split-on-languages-like-chinese-that-dont-use-whitespace order to maintain compatibility with software built on the assumption that unicode was still 16 bits so called surrogate pairs were..
How is Python's List Implemented? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3917574/how-is-pythons-list-implemented
How to find the mime type of a file in python? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/43580/how-to-find-the-mime-type-of-a-file-in-python content type header in the HTTP response. Based on that assumption in addition to the bytes of the file you also want to save the..
Authentication using any OpenID with Tipfy http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4851536/authentication-using-any-openid-with-tipfy at the Tipfy example code but it seems written under the assumption that the OpenID provider is hard coded to google. I would like..
Why don't scripting languages output Unicode to the Windows console? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4942305/why-dont-scripting-languages-output-unicode-to-the-windows-console anyway. At a more technical level I think the basic assumption that most standard library designers make is that all I O streams..
best way to extract subset of key-value pairs from python dictionary object http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5352546/best-way-to-extract-subset-of-key-value-pairs-from-python-dictionary-object dictionary see his answer if you aren't able to make that assumption. Alternatively as timbo points out in the comments if you want..
Will python SystemRandom / os.urandom always have enough entropy for good crypto http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5480131/will-python-systemrandom-os-urandom-always-have-enough-entropy-for-good-crypto in those tests I am producing junk passwords often. My assumption before was that if the entropy_avail was high enough say above..
Python Lambda - why? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/890128/python-lambda-why the potential of it being redefined in future releases my assumption based on the various definitions of it and the reduced coding..
Breadth-first search trace path http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8922060/breadth-first-search-trace-path bfs graph '1' '11' EDIT the above codes are based on the assumption that there's no cycles. thanks to @roberking . share improve..
Returning a lower case ASCII string from a (possibly encoded) string fetched using urllib2 or BeautifulSoup http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9012607/returning-a-lower-case-ascii-string-from-a-possibly-encoded-string-fetched-usi valid choices are ASCII iso 8859 1 utf 8 Is that a valid assumption and if yes perhaps there is a way to write a 'robust' function..
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