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#424 We Will Test in Production

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Brian #1: The weird quirk with rounding in Python

  • Tom Nijhof-Verheesb
  • With numbers ending in .5, Python always rounds to an even number.
    • round(0.5) → 0
    • round(1.5) → 2
    • etc
  • This follows IEEE 754
  • You can use decimal if you need a different behavior.

Michael #2: Python interpreter adds tail calls

  • Ken Jin, a member of the project, has merged a new set of changes that have been benchmarked as improving performance by 10% for some architectures.
  • "Speedup is roughly equal to 2 minor CPython releases worth of improvements. For example, CPython 3.12 roughly sped up by 5%.”

Brian #3: Remove punctuation from a string with translate and maketrans

  • Rodrigo
  • “Don't use the method replace to remove punctuation from a Python string. Instead, use the method translate.”

Michael #4: Extra, extra, extra

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Joke: Startrek Testing

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Topics covered in this episode:
Watch on YouTube
About the show

Sponsored by us! Support our work through:

Connect with the hosts

Join us on YouTube at pythonbytes.fm/live to be part of the audience. Usually Monday at 10am PT. Older video versions available there too.

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Brian #1: The weird quirk with rounding in Python

  • Tom Nijhof-Verheesb
  • With numbers ending in .5, Python always rounds to an even number.
    • round(0.5) → 0
    • round(1.5) → 2
    • etc
  • This follows IEEE 754
  • You can use decimal if you need a different behavior.

Michael #2: Python interpreter adds tail calls

  • Ken Jin, a member of the project, has merged a new set of changes that have been benchmarked as improving performance by 10% for some architectures.
  • "Speedup is roughly equal to 2 minor CPython releases worth of improvements. For example, CPython 3.12 roughly sped up by 5%.”

Brian #3: Remove punctuation from a string with translate and maketrans

  • Rodrigo
  • “Don't use the method replace to remove punctuation from a Python string. Instead, use the method translate.”

Michael #4: Extra, extra, extra

Extras

Joke: Startrek Testing

  continue reading

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