Links published on November 23, 2007
Python Descriptors, Part 1 of 2
Marty is putting on a nice little class in little-known but extremely useful Python features; if you’re not already subscribed to his blog, you should be.
Dynamic Functions
The * and ** syntax isn’t immediately obvious to most Python newcomers, but is an extremely powerful feature for defining functions or methods which take variable numbers of arguments, or which accept keyword arguments whose names aren’t necessarily known in advance. Marty has taken the time to write up a good introductory article explaining how they work.
Management Command Extensions Project
Michael Trier is starting a project to take advantage of Django’s relatively-new ability to write custom commands which will be picked up by manage.py; looks like cool stuff.