Talk Python to Me: #86 Python at StackOverflow

If you run into a problem with some API or python code what do you do to solve it? I personally through a few keywords into google, sometimes even before checking the full docs.

Why does this work? Because invariably an excellent conversation and answer from StackOverflow comes back with just what I need.

This week you'll meet Martijn Pieters. One of the top Python contributors at StackOverflow with over 16,500 questions answered and a reputation of over 500,000.

Links from the show:

Martijn Pieters on the web : zopatista.com

Martijn Pieters on StackOverflow : stackoverflow.com/users/100297/martijn-pieters

Martijn Pieters on Twitter : @zopatista

Scaling Mercurial at Facebook : code.facebook.com/posts/218678814984400/scaling-mercurial-at-facebook

Top Questions:

Set literal gives different result from set function call :

stackoverflow.com/questions/40226063/set-literal-gives-different-result-from-set-function-call

What is a metaclass in Python? :

stackoverflow.com/questions/100003/what-is-a-metaclass-in-python

Asking the user for input until they give a valid response :

stackoverflow.com/questions/23294658/asking-the-user-for-input-until-they-give-a-valid-response

Accessing class variables from a list comprehension in the class definition :

stackoverflow.com/questions/13905741/accessing-class-variables-from-a-list-comprehension-in-the-class-definition

Why is Python 3.x's super() magic? : stackoverflow.com/questions/19608134/why-is-python-3-xs-super-magic

Why is "1000000000000000 in range(1000000000000001)" so fast in Python 3? :

stackoverflow.com/questions/30081275/why-is-1000000000000000-in-range1000000000000001-so-fast-in-python-3/

Why is the order in dictionaries and sets arbitrary? :

stackoverflow.com/questions/15479928/why-is-the-order-in-dictionaries-and-sets-arbitrary