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Category Archives: Programming
A better way to search for methods of Python objects
Python’s introspection abilities are quite extensive and useful. They are also well-documented, so I won’t go into the basics here. Check out this article if you need a good overview. N.B.: discussion and code below applies to both methods and … Continue reading
Catching warnings from the MySQLdb module
The MySQLdb Python module implements the Python DB API for MySQL. I’ve written about its use before. MySQL issues warning messages in a number of circumstances and PEP 249 (which specifies the Python DB API) describes a Warning error message … Continue reading
An improved ruby debugger invocation
I’d been wanting to write a post for some time on improvements I’ve found useful in using Ruby’s debugger. Friend Trevor Rosen beat me to the proverbial punch, however. Give his post a read first, I’ll wait. Now on top … Continue reading
Useful Bash functions to determine OS and more
In a number of my Bash aliases I need to check two constants: what sort of OS I’m on and whether it’s a production box or not. I use the former for aliases that allow me to install and search … Continue reading
Checking options with optparse callbacks
optparse is a flexible and powerful module for processing command line options in Python programs. I’ve used it for a while, but I didn’t have much occasion to get into callbacks until recently. A callback here is a user-defined function … Continue reading