Python编程语言中有哪些鲜为人知但很有用的特性?
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当前回答
在Python 2中，你可以用反勾号将表达式括起来，从而生成表达式的字符串表示形式:
>>> `sorted`
'<built-in function sorted>'
这在python 3.X中消失了。
其他回答
列表理解
列表理解
比较更传统的(不含列表理解):
foo = []
for x in xrange(10):
if x % 2 == 0:
foo.append(x)
to:
foo = [x for x in xrange(10) if x % 2 == 0]
一个词:IPython
标签内省，漂亮的打印，%调试，历史管理，pylab，…值得花时间好好学习。
Python的禅宗
>>> import this
The Zen of Python, by Tim Peters
Beautiful is better than ugly.
Explicit is better than implicit.
Simple is better than complex.
Complex is better than complicated.
Flat is better than nested.
Sparse is better than dense.
Readability counts.
Special cases aren't special enough to break the rules.
Although practicality beats purity.
Errors should never pass silently.
Unless explicitly silenced.
In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess.
There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it.
Although that way may not be obvious at first unless you're Dutch.
Now is better than never.
Although never is often better than *right* now.
If the implementation is hard to explain, it's a bad idea.
If the implementation is easy to explain, it may be a good idea.
Namespaces are one honking great idea -- let's do more of those!
懒得初始化字典中的每个字段?没有问题:
在Python > 2.3中:
from collections import defaultdict
Python中<= 2.3:
def defaultdict(type_):
class Dict(dict):
def __getitem__(self, key):
return self.setdefault(key, type_())
return Dict()
在任何版本中:
d = defaultdict(list)
for stuff in lots_of_stuff:
d[stuff.name].append(stuff)
更新:
谢谢肯·阿诺德。我重新实现了一个更复杂的defaultdict版本。它的行为应该与标准库中的完全相同。
def defaultdict(default_factory, *args, **kw):
class defaultdict(dict):
def __missing__(self, key):
if default_factory is None:
raise KeyError(key)
return self.setdefault(key, default_factory())
def __getitem__(self, key):
try:
return dict.__getitem__(self, key)
except KeyError:
return self.__missing__(key)
return defaultdict(*args, **kw)
很明显，反重力模块。 xkcd # 353
