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Tag Archives: sub-class

Simple Python Tricks #10

28 Monday Oct 2024

Posted by Wyrd Smythe in Python

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Python classes, Python code, Simple Tricks, sub-class

Last time, Simple Tricks looked at some built-in Python functions. This time, we look at three built-in Python container classes, tuple, list, and dict, with a focus on designing useful sub-classes based on them.

We’ll explore the built-in __new__ and __init__ methods in detail along with some of the other built-in methods that help you to create rich new types. [The reader is assumed to be familiar with the basics of object-oriented programming.]

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Too much specialization!

06 Thursday Mar 2014

Posted by Wyrd Smythe in Python, Stories

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BOOL, code isolation, computer programming, encapsulation, software design, sub-class

To make this blog (I hope) useful, I have tips and advice and bits of advice. But the initial motivation was wanting to write about programming or software in general — topics too technical for my regular blog. In particular, I wanted a place to document past projects, ideas and personal (but sharable) thoughts about coding. I wanted a place to tell stories.

Today I have a story to tell about a programming project I’m working on.

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