Never run ‘python’ in your downloads folder

Re:Never run ‘python’ in your downloads folder by Alex3917 on Sunday August 23, 2020 @05:35PM (#24255470)

Yup. There are a lot of problems with Python, but you're not going to run into them for several years. If you're running into them right away then you're probably not a beginner.

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Re:Never run ‘python’ in your downloads folder by Izkata on Sunday August 23, 2020 @06:32PM (#24255861)

I'm not so sure. A couple times I've shown WTFpython [0] to a co-worker, who after spending a bit of time skimming through it mentions that they finally understand a bug they had when they were learning python. And which entry it is is usually different between them.

[0] https://github.com/satwikkansal/wtfpython

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Re:Never run ‘python’ in your downloads folder by Alex3917 on Sunday August 23, 2020 @06:37PM (#24255883)

Yeah there are some weird quirks relating to scope and mutable default arguments, but overall I think there are still way less WAT issues than with javascript.

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Re:Never run ‘python’ in your downloads folder by mekkkkkk on Monday August 24, 2020 @01:15AM (#24257694)

Wow. Thanks for sharing that! Fun!

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Re:Never run ‘python’ in your downloads folder by endgame on Sunday August 23, 2020 @07:32PM (#24256206)

I run straight into the zoo of packaging systems every time I try to do anything with python.

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