python Programming Glossary: kinds

How to do PGP in Python (generate keys, encrypt/decrypt)

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1020320/how-to-do-pgp-in-python-generate-keys-encrypt-decrypt

PyMe fine though those packages may be you will have all kinds of problems building under Windows. Instead why not avoid the..

List comprehension vs generator expression's weird timeit results?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11964130/list-comprehension-vs-generator-expressions-weird-timeit-results

will be faster because of short circuiting. But for other kinds of iterative tasks that are truly linear in the number of items..

“Large data” work flows using pandas

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14262433/large-data-work-flows-using-pandas

I am building consumer credit risk models. The kinds of data include phone SSN and address characteristics property..

Add scrolling to a platformer in pygame

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14354171/add-scrolling-to-a-platformer-in-pygame

very flexible and yet dead simple. It can use different kinds of scrolling by providing different camera_func functions and..

Which scripting language should I learn after Perl? [closed]

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/143586/which-scripting-language-should-i-learn-after-perl

I have used Perl for many years now mostly for doing all kinds of file parsing and system scripting jobs. Several newer scripting..

Simple example of how to use ast.NodeVisitor?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1515357/simple-example-of-how-to-use-ast-nodevisitor

of generic_visit normally you're only interested in a few kinds of nodes like we are here in Module and Name so we can just..

Differences between isinstance() and type() in python

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1549801/differences-between-isinstance-and-type-in-python

but a reasonably frequent use case to treat all kinds of strings and maybe other scalar types i.e. ones you can't..

Peak-finding algorithm for Python/SciPy

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1713335/peak-finding-algorithm-for-python-scipy

used for finding peaks in FFTs etc. Specifically in these kinds of problems there are multiple strong peaks and then lots of..

Why program functionally in Python?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1892324/why-program-functionally-in-python

various guises closures generators and occasionally other kinds of iterators . itertools as a commenter pointed out does include..

Parsing HTML in python - lxml or BeautifulSoup? Which of these is better for what kinds of purposes?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1922032/parsing-html-in-python-lxml-or-beautifulsoup-which-of-these-is-better-for-wha

lxml or BeautifulSoup Which of these is better for what kinds of purposes From what I can make out the two main HTML parsing..

What exactly do “u” and “r”string flags in Python, and what are raw string litterals?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2081640/what-exactly-do-u-and-rstring-flags-in-python-and-what-are-raw-string-litte

strings again in Python 2. and any of the other three kinds of quoting also produces exactly the same types of strings so..

when does Python allocate new memory for identical strings?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2123925/when-does-python-allocate-new-memory-for-identical-strings

len # Python 2.6.4 mac ppc Added 25jan There are two kinds of strings in Python memory or any program's Ustrings in a Ucache..

How can I remove (chomp) a newline in Python?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/275018/how-can-i-remove-chomp-a-newline-in-python

'test string' Note that Python's rstrip method strips all kinds of whitespace by default not just newlines as Perl does with..

Compiled vs. Interpreted Languages

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3265357/compiled-vs-interpreted-languages

compiled . However I understand that there are other kinds of interpreted and compiled languages. Aside from the fact that..

How to write a twisted server that is also a client?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3275004/how-to-write-a-twisted-server-that-is-also-a-client

and reactor.connectTCP . You can have as many different kinds of connections servers or clients as you want. For example from..

What kinds of patterns could I enforce on the code to make it easier to translate to another programming language?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3455456/what-kinds-of-patterns-could-i-enforce-on-the-code-to-make-it-easier-to-translat

kinds of patterns could I enforce on the code to make it easier to.. let me know. EDIT I am more interested in knowing what kinds of patterns I could enforce on the code to make it easier to..

How do I check if a string is a number in Python?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/354038/how-do-i-check-if-a-string-is-a-number-in-python

The issue is that any numeric conversion function has two kinds of results A number if the number is valid A status code e.g...

View onto a numpy array?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4370745/view-onto-a-numpy-array

will return a view though so don't be afraid to use all kinds of slicing tricks on large arrays. x.astype dtype will return..

How to learn Python: Good Example Code? [closed]

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/918/how-to-learn-python-good-example-code

I've found Code Like a Pythonista to be useful for those kinds of questions. It has small sections on module structure and..