Python编程语言中有哪些鲜为人知但很有用的特性?

尽量将答案限制在Python核心。 每个回答一个特征。 给出一个例子和功能的简短描述,而不仅仅是文档链接。 使用标题作为第一行标记该特性。

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参数解包 牙套 链接比较运算符 修饰符 可变默认参数的陷阱/危险 描述符 字典默认的.get值 所以测试 省略切片语法 枚举 其他/ 函数作为iter()参数 生成器表达式 导入该 就地值交换 步进列表 __missing__物品 多行正则表达式 命名字符串格式化 嵌套的列表/生成器推导 运行时的新类型 .pth文件 ROT13编码 正则表达式调试 发送到发电机 交互式解释器中的制表符补全 三元表达式 试着/ / else除外 拆包+打印()函数 与声明


当前回答

内置方法或函数不实现描述符协议,这使得不可能做这样的事情:

>>> class C(object):
...  id = id
... 
>>> C().id()
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: id() takes exactly one argument (0 given)

然而,你可以创建一个小的绑定描述符来实现这一点:

>>> from types import MethodType
>>> class bind(object):
...  def __init__(self, callable):
...   self.callable = callable
...  def __get__(self, obj, type=None):
...   if obj is None:
...    return self
...   return MethodType(self.callable, obj, type)
... 
>>> class C(object):
...  id = bind(id)
... 
>>> C().id()
7414064

其他回答

Python有GOTO

...它由外部的pure-Python模块实现:)

from goto import goto, label
for i in range(1, 10):
    for j in range(1, 20):
        for k in range(1, 30):
            print i, j, k
            if k == 3:
                goto .end # breaking out from a deeply nested loop
label .end
print "Finished"

就地值交换

>>> a = 10
>>> b = 5
>>> a, b
(10, 5)

>>> a, b = b, a
>>> a, b
(5, 10)

赋值语句的右边是一个表达式,用于创建一个新的元组。赋值的左边立即将(未引用的)元组解包为名称a和b。

赋值之后,新的元组不被引用,并标记为垃圾收集,绑定到a和b的值已经交换。

正如Python教程中关于数据结构的部分所述,

注意,多重赋值实际上只是元组打包和序列解包的组合。

三元运算符

>>> 'ham' if True else 'spam'
'ham'
>>> 'ham' if False else 'spam'
'spam'

这是在2.5中添加的,在此之前你可以使用:

>>> True and 'ham' or 'spam'
'ham'
>>> False and 'ham' or 'spam'
'spam'

然而,如果你想要处理的值被认为是假的,有一个区别:

>>> [] if True else 'spam'
[]
>>> True and [] or 'spam'
'spam'

pdb - Python调试器

作为程序员,要进行严肃的程序开发,首先需要的东西之一是调试器。Python有一个内置的模块,叫做pdb(自然是“Python调试器”的缩写!)

http://docs.python.org/library/pdb.html

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!