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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Why Python When There Is Perl?
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2024 06:04:13 -0000 (UTC)
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On 21 Mar 2024 05:36:18 GMT, rbowman wrote:

> I'm looking at some C code using the OpenSSL
> library to connect to a host/port, do a HTTPS transaction. and return
> the result. There's a generous amout of error checking and handling and
> it's 84 lines rather than 1.

You can do it in Python, leave most of the error checking to the default 
settings, and end up with maybe a dozen lines of code.

> The sniipets aren't long but he goes into list comprehension,
> decorators, some of the more obscure dunders, setting up classes with
> class variables,
> instance variables, and static functions using decorators, why you might
> want to do so, and how they work.

Does he mention descriptors? They are rather key to understanding how 
instance/class/static method dispatching works (and properties).

Does he talk about metaclasses? There is one use of them in the standard 
library (that I’m aware of), and I recently came up with another one.