Category Archives: Python

What’s the point of inheritance in python ?

February 13, 2009 – 8:41 pm

Python is a fascinating language. It makes you think. Sometimes it can destroy your beliefs. My background is in statically typed languages. I came from C++, camped there for a while, then moved to python. I also explored Java recently. I would like to present my case by remembering the three pillars of object oriented [...]

By Stefano Borini | Also posted in C/C++, Design | Comments (2)

Multithreaded testing

February 27, 2008 – 9:20 pm

Suppose you have to perform tests. Lots of tests. Functional tests, where each test could take a lot of time. Suppose also that you don’t want to wait three days until your tests are done you have a massively parallel architecture available you are using python unittest framework you enjoy colors What would you do? [...]

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Script relocatability

November 28, 2007 – 9:51 pm

I wrote the first part of some research I did on script relocatability. The basic problem is to make a script and its resources relocatable. It is not meant to be correct, actually I believe there are many errors and inaccuracies, but it brings a lot of arguments to discuss. I will write the second [...]

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Python 3000 alpha released

August 31, 2007 – 7:41 pm

Python 3000 alpha has just been released, and I am downloading it right now. There are many changes, and a conversion tool is available to update 2.x sources to 3.0.

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