Re: Current thinking on required options

Roel Schroeven writes: > Avi Gross via Python-list schreef op 20/04/2021 om 1:56: >> Sidestepping the wording of "options" is the very real fact that providing >> names for even required parts can be helpful in many cases. > > Very true. It's very much like named arguments in Python function call

Re: do ya still use python?

On 4/20/2021 4:32 AM, Alan Gauld via Python-list wrote: We see the same trend on the tutor list, traffic has dropped off by a factor of 3-5 times what it was at its peak. And the questions are changing too, fewer basic things about loops and writing functions, more about specific library modules

Re: do ya still use python?

On 4/20/2021 5:44 PM, dn via Python-list wrote: Are there reasons why someone might prefer StackOverflow to this list? For programming questions with testable answers, generally yes. But I sometimes advise SO questioners to redirect questions here when more appropriate. Advantages include

Re: do ya still use python?

On 20/04/2021 20.32, Alan Gauld via Python-list wrote: > On 20/04/2021 04:47, Dan Stromberg wrote: > >> Actually, this list is less busy than it was a decade or two ago, but >> that's probably because of things like stackoverflow, python-dev, pypy-dev, >> cython-devel, python-ideas, distutils-sig,

Re: Current thinking on required options

Avi Gross via Python-list schreef op 20/04/2021 om 1:56: Sidestepping the wording of "options" is the very real fact that providing names for even required parts can be helpful in many cases. Very true. It's very much like named arguments in Python function calls: they help to document precise

Re: do ya still use python?

we are in ML industry where python is used widely. On Tue, Apr 20, 2021, at 8:53 AM, Jon Ribbens via Python-list wrote: > On 2021-04-20, Paul Rubin > wrote: > > Ethan Furman mailto:ethan%40stoneleaf.us>> writes: > >> List, my apologies -- not sure how that one go

Re: do ya still use python?

On 20/04/2021 04:47, Dan Stromberg wrote: > Actually, this list is less busy than it was a decade or two ago, but > that's probably because of things like stackoverflow, python-dev, pypy-dev, > cython-devel, python-ideas, distutils-sig, issue trackers, code-quality, > and probably others. > > The

Re: do ya still use python?

On Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at 7:11:41 AM UTC+1, Paul Rubin wrote: > Jon Ribbens writes: > > Why do you say that? The group seems quite lively to me (and no I'm > > not counting spam etc). > No there is a lot happening in the Python world that never gets > mentioned here. Look at the 3.10 and 3.