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Alyssa Coghlan

@ncoghlan_dev

CPython core developer, device security architect @(watch this space), cognitive science dabbler, secular humanist, charitably mercenary cynical idealist :)

 Brisbane, AU (Turrbal land)
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Joined March 2011
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Things that need trolling: authoritarian governments, corrupt multinationals, abusive "leaders". Who do weak sycophants harass? Vocal women.
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The good kind of conference driven development: identified a documentation hole based on a talk, posted a PR that evening to close it. #kiwipycon
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For anyone curious, the addition is a new "See also" block for concurrent.futures at the start of the threading docs (and a similar addition in multiprocessing): docs.python.org/3/library/th…
threading — Thread-based parallelism

threading — Thread-based parallelism

Source code: Lib/threading.py This module constructs higher-level threading interfaces on top of the lower level_thread module. Availability: not WASI. This module does not work or is not available...

docs.python.org
The scientific hierarchy of coding needs described by @Sydonahi is honestly pretty similar to what commercial software needs (just replacing scientific impact with business/bottom line impact in guiding the investment of time) #kiwipycon
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The hierarchy in question: nitter.gq/MultitudesCo/status/15…
Multitudes (@MultitudesCo) profile pictureMultitudes@MultitudesCo20 Aug 2022
Keynote on day 3 of #KiwiPycon: @Sydonahi asks "what does your hierarchy of coding needs look like?" and consider that when sharing your "good enough" code with the community, because if you got value out of it, chances are someone else will too 💕
A remix of Maslow's hierarchy of needs pyramid, with coding needs instead. Level 1 is for one of code (like good variable names), level 2 is reusable code like having docstrings, level 3 is sharing with your community (licenses, tutorials)

ALT A remix of Maslow's hierarchy of needs pyramid, with coding needs instead. Level 1 is for one of code (like good variable names), level 2 is reusable code like having docstrings, level 3 is sharing with your community (licenses, tutorials)

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High praise indeed from Tom Clark at #kiwipycon: "Context managers are no more complicated than they need to be" :)
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Teachers! Just a few more days to get #pyconline student showcase applications in for @PyConAU! Have your students made something cool using python? Maybe an assignment, side project, or game? We want to hear about it! 2021.pycon.org.au/education/
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contextlib2 21.6.0 has been released, updating the API to match Python 3.10 (including all the previously omitted asynchronous features from 3.7+): pypi.org/project/contextlib2…
contextlib2

contextlib2

Backports and enhancements for the contextlib module

pypi.org
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Release notes at contextlib2.readthedocs.io/e…
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With the inclusion of async generator based features, the minimum supported version is now Python 3.6+, so it will be interesting to find out if anyone is still using old Python versions with old versions of installation tools that ignore the Required-Python metadata field.
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If you like & recommend @AlSweigart's "Automate the Boring Stuff with Python" as an introduction to Python for beginners, nostarch.com/beyond-basic-st… is well worth a look as a "next step" book to help build folks build their debugging and code design skills
Beyond the Basic Stuff with Python

Beyond the Basic Stuff with Python

Go from beginner programmer to Python programmer with Beyond the Basic Stuff with Python!

nostarch.com
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Migrated my Hg repos from BitBucket to GitHub in advance of the sunset. Thanks to: * the git-hg authors (for the actual VCS conversion) * the hg convert extension authors (for cleaning out .git dirs that ended up in the hg repos) * stackoverflow.com/a/52313931… for the .git dir fix
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Also thanks to BitBucket/Atlassian for years of free hosting, and likewise for GitHub, as well as to the Mercurial and git developers for the version control tools themselves :)
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I am so happy @thePSF is able to financially support this. Thank you @asheeshlaroia for putting time aside for this @beeware project!
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Alyssa Coghlan retweeted
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PyCon AU@PyConAU13 Feb 2020
If you want to be a part of making PyCon AU happen, our specialist track call for proposals is open. You select the program, we'll help you bring it to life! PyCon AU is 5–7 Aug in Adelaide, CFP closes 24 Feb. 2020.pycon.org.au/program/
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If the researchers can get it to work, this would be an amazing resource: gousios.gr/blog/Introducing-… It seems plausible that they'll be able to get it to a "accurate enough to be useful" state, even though 100% accuracy is likely unattainable (at least for dynamic languages).
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#Python is now available in @MSMakeCode. That means when your students open Code Builder in #MinecraftEdu, they have a whole new programming language to explore! Learn more about this new opportunity for computer science learning: msft.it/6018TkFGo #Bett2020
The Minecraft: Education Edition Code Builder interface.

ALT The Minecraft: Education Edition Code Builder interface.

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TIL: >>> -1 >> 10 -1 (It's a thoroughly non-obvious consequence of floor division rounding towards negative infinity, and Python's binary right-shift operation on integers being defined in terms of floor division by powers of two)
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After a 7 month hiatus, I'm finally getting back to working on my Python locals() semantics cleanup PEP's reference implementation. Current status: segfault in test_sys_settrace resolved, new segfault in test_asyncio introduced. This counts as progress, yes?
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It actually was progress - adding the previously missing INCREF on set item operations had introduced an attempt to INCREF NULL on delete operations. Switching to the NULL-aware macros -> green tests :)
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One of the cooler parts of my day job: linkedin.com/posts/activity-… :)
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Non-LinkedIn version of the announcement: nitter.gq/IONITY_EU/status/12043… (the LinkedIn one had the specific thanks for the Tritium folks supporting the development & testing activities)
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