Side note, seeing as Python defines this as an xor operation and the method name has "xor" in it, I would consider it a poor design choice to make that method do something not related to xor like …

Functions, in Python, are first class objects - which means you can pass a function as an argument to another function, and return functions. Decorators do both of these things. If we stack decorators, the …

What exactly do we mean by "adding"? What exactly do we mean by "storing the result in a"? python variables don't store values directly they store references to objects. In python the answers to both of …

Jan 7, 2009 · If you are trying to close a question where someone should be using this idiom and isn't, consider closing as a duplicate of Why is Python running my module when I import it, and how do I …

Nov 3, 2015 · In Python 2, getting the arguments to super and the correct method arguments right can be a little confusing, so I suggest using the Python 3 only method of calling it. If you know you're …

Sep 13, 2013 · I am new to Python. In one tutorial of connecting to mysql and fetching data, I saw the with statement. I read about it and it was something related to try-finally block. But I couldn't find a …

May 27, 2010 · See What does ** (double star/asterisk) and * (star/asterisk) do for parameters? for the complementary question about parameters. See What do ** (double star/asterisk) and * …

Jan 17, 2013 · In more detail, Python 2.x has docstrings, which allow you to attach a metadata string to various types of object. This is amazingly handy, so Python 3 extends the feature by allowing you to …

Oct 24, 2008 · Then each time you extract an object from the generator, Python executes code in the function until it comes to a yield statement, then pauses and delivers the object. When you extract …

Mar 4, 2013 · However, Python 3 changed the behavior of / to perform floating-point division even if the arguments are integers. The // operator was introduced in Python 2.6 and Python 3 to provide an …