So You Think You Know Python?
Python is a language full of delightful surprises, if you know where to look. This talk takes you on a guided tour of its most interesting quirks, from easter eggs buried in the standard library, to real-world examples of how the language's gotchas have tripped up even the most seasoned developers.
This talk goes through code, documentation, PEPs, mailing list threads, discussions in issue trackers, webcomics, and other sources to get the answers to the following questions (and more):
- Is midnight falsy?
- Why does
~Trueequal -2? - What is the hash of infinity?
- How many references to xkcd webcomics are in the standard library?
- Why can't raw strings end with an odd number of backslashes?
Tell us about your own experience with this topic
I am a regular speaker at my local Python meetup (Python WA in Perth, Western Australia) and have presented through a variety of topics (from Trusted Publishing to MicroPython):
What discussions can you have with attendees through this talk?
I am interested in trivia, gotchas, fun facts, and other esoteric things that people in the community know.
SWE with years of industry experience building web and mobile applications.
Interests include building custom mechanical keyboards, playing video games, and hiking. Also dabbles in GIS (Geographic Information Systems), linguistics, and music theory.