| python Programming Glossary: meaningfulWhy is if not someobj: better than if someobj == None: in Python? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/100732/why-is-if-not-someobj-better-than-if-someobj-none-in-python  not already one. Roughly we are asking the object are you meaningful or not This is done using the following algorithm If the object.. 
 can I use expect on windows without installing cygwin? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1042778/can-i-use-expect-on-windows-without-installing-cygwin  sendeof are unimplemnted at this time as I could not find meaningful Windows versions of these functions. additionally consoles do.. 
 BaseException.message deprecated in Python 2.6 http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1272138/baseexception-message-deprecated-in-python-2-6  __str__ and __repr__ are already implemented in a meaningful way especially for the case of only one arg that can be used.. 
 default value of parameter as result of instance method http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13075044/default-value-of-parameter-as-result-of-instance-method  below . If you don't forsee the need to pass None as a meaningful argument to your methods I would advocate using that.  share.. 
 Python string 'join' is faster(?) than '+', but what's wrong here? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1349311/python-string-join-is-faster-than-but-whats-wrong-here  O's never worse than N So for the rest of us here's a more meaningful and interesting set of measurements python mtimeit s'r str x.. 
 Text difference algorithm http://stackoverflow.com/questions/145607/text-difference-algorithm  and even better can compute their difference in a meaningful way like two similar files should have a similarity score higher.. 
 Can't set attributes of object class http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1529002/cant-set-attributes-of-object-class  flexibility you gain a lot of bytes per instance probably meaningful only if you have zillions of instances gallivanting around but.. 
 Get timer ticks in Python http://stackoverflow.com/questions/156330/get-timer-ticks-in-python  is smaller¹ than the wall time i.e. time.time t0 is more meaningful when benchmarking code # linux t0 time.clock do_something t.. 
 Find unique rows in numpy.array http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16970982/find-unique-rows-in-numpy-array 
 Python: Difference between class and instance attributes http://stackoverflow.com/questions/207000/python-difference-between-class-and-instance-attributes  between class and instance attributes  Is there any meaningful distinction between class A object foo 5 # some default value.. 
 How to convert a Date string to a DateTime object? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2721782/how-to-convert-a-date-string-to-a-datetime-object  that lets me compare it to datetime 2009 04 01 in a meaningful way. Surely there must be some built in method. I mean if I.. question   Since the string is in ISO format it can be meaningfully compared directly with the ISO format version of the datetime.. 
 List filtering: list comprehension vs. lambda + filter http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3013449/list-filtering-list-comprehension-vs-lambda-filter 
 How do you return multiple values in Python? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/354883/how-do-you-return-multiple-values-in-python  abstract identifiers. As pointed out in practice you'd use meaningful identifiers Now we have a mechanism whereby we can project out.. 
 What is the difference between encode/decode? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/447107/what-is-the-difference-between-encode-decode  sets and thus can be applied to 8 bit strings in a meaningful way s.encode 'zip' 'x x9c xbc r x00 x02 x01z' You are right.. 
 How can I efficiently process a numpy array in blocks similar to Matlab's blkproc (blockproc) function http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5073767/how-can-i-efficiently-process-a-numpy-array-in-blocks-similar-to-matlabs-blkpro  block view to 2D array. No error checking made. Therefore meaningful as implemented only for blocks strictly compatible with the.. 
 “Private” (implementation) class in Python http://stackoverflow.com/questions/551038/private-implementation-class-in-python  class used by the above functions but which is not meaningful outside the module. At first I decided to hide this implementation.. 
 Matplotlib - label each bin http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6352740/matplotlib-label-each-bin  I'd like to make the x axis labels a bit more meaningful. Firstly the x axis ticks here seem to be limited to five ticks... 
 The tilde operator in Python http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8305199/the-tilde-operator-in-python  x invert ~x invert Any class in which it is meaningful to have a complement or inverse of an instance that is also.. ex ' xff' do not support this operator even though it is meaningful to invert all the bits of a byte string.   share improve this.. 
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