python Programming Glossary: technical

Why does Python pep-8 strongly recommend spaces over tabs for indentation?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/120926/why-does-python-pep-8-strongly-recommend-spaces-over-tabs-for-indentation

is a really a matter of taste and b easily dealt with by technical means editors conversion scripts etc. there is a clear way to..

Python relative imports for the billionth time

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14132789/python-relative-imports-for-the-billionth-time

be able to use anything in the package reliably at all. A technical note since Python 2.6 the module's name for package resolution..

Why the order in Python dictionaries is arbitrary?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15479928/why-the-order-in-python-dictionaries-is-arbitrary

in the order they currently reside in the table. The technical name for the underlying structure used by CPython the most commonly..

Search for string allowing for one mismatch in any location of the string

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2420412/search-for-string-allowing-for-one-mismatch-in-any-location-of-the-string

the alphabet size is only 4 no problem. Details from this technical report . The algorithm there is for approximate search usin..

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

learning experience it has been for us. You might find the technical Papers section at the above website interesting to jump start..

Should wildcard import be avoided?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3615125/should-wildcard-import-be-avoided

perspective. What are the common practices here Are there technical reason to use one style over the other python pyqt pyqt4 pylint..

Why doesn't Python have multiline comments?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/397148/why-doesnt-python-have-multiline-comments

comment and '''Hello I am a multiline comment''' But technically speaking these are strings correct I've Googled and read the.. and read the Python style guide but was unable to find a technical answer to why there is no formal implementation of multiline..

What are the differences between numpy arrays and matrices? Which one should I use?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4151128/what-are-the-differences-between-numpy-arrays-and-matrices-which-one-should-i-u

with each component squared element wise. There are other technical differences between matrix objects and ndarrays having to do..

What cross-platform GUI libraries are simple, lightweight, and have minimal dependencies?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/426718/what-cross-platform-gui-libraries-are-simple-lightweight-and-have-minimal-depe

ljdump if you're curious . I originally wrote it for a technical audience who is comfortable with editing textual config files..

Can I write native iPhone apps using Python

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/43315/can-i-write-native-iphone-apps-using-python

access the iPhone SDK are C C and Objective C. There is no technical reason why this could not change in the future but I wouldn't..

Financial technical analysis in python

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4406481/financial-technical-analysis-in-python

technical analysis in python Do you know if there is any financial technical.. analysis in python Do you know if there is any financial technical analysis module available for python I know Numpy has a little.. I know Numpy has a little but I'm looking for classic technical indicators like RSI Macd EMA and so on. Was wondering if they..

Details how python garbage collection works

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4484167/details-how-python-garbage-collection-works

python close file descriptor question

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4599980/python-close-file-descriptor-question

think this question is more of a coding style rather than technical issue. Said I have a line of code buf open 'test.txt' 'r' .readlines..

how to calculate the area of a polygon on the earth's surface using python

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4681737/how-to-calculate-the-area-of-a-polygon-on-the-earths-surface-using-python

surface says something about it but remains vague on the technical details If you want to do this with a more GIS flavor then you..

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

developers either hate or ignore Windows anyway. At a more technical level I think the basic assumption that most standard library.. to the sales people instead of the engineers and kept the technically obsolete Windows 9x around until 2001 instead of forcing developers..

Building a minimal plugin architecture in Python

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/932069/building-a-minimal-plugin-architecture-in-python

an application written in Python which is used by a fairly technical audience scientists . I'm looking for a good way to make the..

Choosing between Java and Python

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/954164/choosing-between-java-and-python

desires in the department Java and Python. Our manager is technical up to a point but he is strongly influenced by the Java developer... Rewriting Django to Struts will be a lot of work but it's technically feasible and can be done by n00bz or interns. My focus in..

Reclassing an instance in Python

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/990758/reclassing-an-instance-in-python

of the answers whether positive or not finds an actual technical problem in this method. A small exception is jls who mentions.. with a regular object of the old class. Summing up From a technical standpoint the method seems okay the pythonicity question remains..