Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:32:26 -0800 > From: James Thiele <[email protected]> > Subject: [SEAPY] Topic for SeaPig > To: A group of Python users in Seattle > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I'll give an informal talk on three relatively new new Python features that > many people > seem to find intimidating but which can be useful in fairly simple ways. > These are > decorators, the "with" statement, and defaultdict. For each I'll give a > quick summary > of why they're in Python, my take on why people don't use them, and a > simple > example of how they're useful. >
At the February meeting? Well, then maybe I will attend if I can - when is it? (I ignored the announcement 'cause I just assumed I wouldn't be able to make it, but I'm very much in this talk's target audience...) ;-) DG
