python-interactive – Tarik Billa

Randomly change the prompt in the Python interpreter

August 26, 2023 by Tarik

According to the docs, if you assign a non-string object to sys.ps1 then it will evaluate the str function of it each time: If a non-string object is assigned to either variable, its str() is re-evaluated each time the interpreter prepares to read a new interactive command; this can be used to implement a dynamic … Read more

What is the meaning of a forward slash “/” in a Python method signature, as shown by help(foo)? [duplicate]

February 22, 2023 by Tarik

As explained here, the / as an argument marks the end of arguments that are positional only (see here), i.e. arguments you can’t use as keyword parameters. In the case of __eq__(self, value, /) the slash is at the end, which means that all arguments are marked as positional only while in the case of … Read more