...own, just like simple variable initializers) when the class is loaded (actually, when it's resolved, but that's a technicality). Instance initializers are executed in the order defined when the class is instantiated, immediately before the constructor code is executed, immediately after the invocat...

.....] Boolean values behave like the values 0 and 1, respectively, in almost all contexts, the exception being that when converted to a string, the strings "False" or "True" are returned, respectively. There is also, for Python 2: In numeric contexts (for example when used as the argument to an ...

... if it's a subclass. A static method lacks this information, so it cannot call an overridden method, for example. – Seb Oct 2 '12 at 15:58 ...

... datamap = eval(raw_input('Provide some data here: ')) means that you actually evaluate the code before you deem it to be unsafe or not. It evaluates the code as soon as the function is called. See also the dangers of eval. ast.literal_eval raises an exception if the input isn't a valid Python dat...

...round Google and StackOverflow trying to find a solution to this, but they all seem to relate to ASP.NET etc. 9 Answers ...

... A theta join allows for arbitrary comparison relationships (such as ≥). An equijoin is a theta join using the equality operator. A natural join is an equijoin on attributes that have the same name in each relationship. Additionally,...

...butes, the short answer is: no. The problem is that the attributes are actually defined as the arguments accepted by the getattr built-in function. As the user can reimplement __getattr__, suddenly allowing any kind of attribute, there is no possible generic way to generate that list. The dir functi...

...o guarantee that it returns a single value and it does not need to be lexically first only that it be the first match and that it's behavior is stable (multiple calls on same dict over time should yield same matching element). Unless dictionaries rearrange their unmodified hashes over time as other...

... After having tried for over two hours, I can safely say that all the method mentioned so far don't work across browsers, or for IE even across browser versions... For example (top upvoted answer): filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.BasicImage(rotation=0.083); /* IE6,IE7 */ ...

...mple) and has no common factors with it. This way the hash function covers all your hash space uniformly. Edit: The biggest disadvantage of this hash function is that it preserves divisibility, so if your integers are all divisible by 2 or by 4 (which is not uncommon), their hashes will be too. Thi...