Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.redatomik.org!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed1.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.029 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.94; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Python': 0.05; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.10; 'python': 0.11; 'language,': 0.11; 'considers': 0.16; 'driscoll': 0.16; 'from:addr:rosuav': 0.16; 'from:name:chris angelico': 0.16; 'grasp': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; 'intermediate': 0.18; 'cc:2**0': 0.21; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.21; '(the': 0.22; 'am,': 0.23; '2015': 0.23; "python's": 0.23; 'sat,': 0.23; "i've": 0.24; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.24; 'mike': 0.24; 'developers': 0.24; 'wondering': 0.25; 'message- id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.28; 'asked': 0.28; "doesn't": 0.28; 'function': 0.30; "we're": 0.30; 'topics': 0.31; 'realize': 0.32; "who's": 0.32; 'curious': 0.33; 'subject:?': 0.34; 'received:google.com': 0.34; 'growing': 0.35; 'but': 0.36; 'subject:" ': 0.36; 'subject:: ': 0.37; 'beyond': 0.37; 'community': 0.38; 'someone': 0.38; 'enough': 0.39; 'build': 0.40; '30,': 0.63; 'course': 0.64; 'our': 0.64; 'between': 0.65; 'differences': 0.66; 'chrisa': 0.84; 'complex,': 0.84; 'float,': 0.84; 'to:none': 0.90; 'fun!': 0.95 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:cc :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=brDTjtxQB1aACc6HIwiRXDrnnA4BHCeUAP2NDt3A56I=; b=foA5m2kKl0Ub5/w0AKJZLdYYS30zJ62P5cw5Ee+qpqnvJ4mphWDw1KIRhqfJ+BOCUd 1e/O/RWavYtcrqHtNrLX9ULcCVDIjI94nxfKTgKA4w9mi14Agj3c3vlEwXoiLzom1x2x aHCLvLATm3WQRIBiA2fUV1QNbJfaDhu4kRTLkkHPZrgsO5E9+58JtJ30PVcCdKCbSPC/ TtuWz5H+BTCezAvS/p9/s8D7pGYbVVWn0HneqQKpvbVwrS05HG4Rstk/2YyTo9SJgc4k JiuU9bw50Wn36teLDj4jJghsP7wPwQjWl3an9nHFO6MjPBsSlLkc0ypVWx9JZZJa3l9e nXUQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.43.0.67 with SMTP id nl3mr15527586icb.59.1432915793066; Fri, 29 May 2015 09:09:53 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sat, 30 May 2015 02:09:53 +1000 Subject: Re: What is considered an "advanced" topic in Python? From: Chris Angelico Cc: "python-list@python.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20+ Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 25 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1432915802 news.xs4all.nl 2824 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:55430 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:91470 On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 2:01 AM, Mike Driscoll wrote: > I've been asked on several occasions to write about intermediate or advan= ced topics in Python and I was wondering what the community considers to be= "intermediate" or "advanced". I realize we're all growing in our abilities= with the language, so this is going to be very subjective, but I am still = curious what my fellow Python developers think about this topic. > Good fun! A few ideas: How to write decorators, particularly those that take parameters. The differences between the various number types (int, float, complex, Fraction, Decimal) and when you'd want each one. (CPython-specific) The dis.dis() function and what it can tell you about how Python operates These are all topics that have come up with my students; they're advanced enough to be outside the scope of the course itself (the course _uses_ decorators, but doesn't explain how to actually build them), but not beyond the grasp of someone who's mastered Python's fundamentals. ChrisA