Python dataclasses can make your Python classes less verbose and more powerful at the same time. Here's an introduction to using dataclasses in your Python programs.

Python type hints are used ahead of time, by the type-checking system; for instance, in your editor or IDE. In other words, Python’s type hints are for the developer, not the runtime.

In Python 2 the concept of bytes and strings were pretty much interchangeable, and both came under the str type. This led to some very nasty conversion consequences and unpredictable behaviour.

In Python 2.6, converting a Python byte string (str) to a JArray of type JByte results in an array of 0x01 bytes instead of the original characters. The length matches, but all the bytes are 0x01 i ...

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Enforce explicit str / unicode distinction in Python 2 code, similar to Python 3 (str would behave more or less like Python 3 bytes), and discourage union types. This will make it harder to annotate ...

SINGAPORE – A reticulated python with a bloated belly was spotted at 12 Eunos Crescent on the morning of Dec 6. The National Parks Board (NParks) confirmed to The Straits Times that the ...

SINGAPORE – To “eat snake” in local parlance would mean to slack off, but a king cobra was recently made to work hard for its meal, a fellow reptile in the form of a python. The two snakes ...