Discover why 'if not mylist' is twice as fast as 'len(mylist) == 0' by examining CPython's VM instructions and object memory access patterns.
  • logging_strict@programming.dev
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    1 day ago

    type hints are static, not necessarily runtime.

    A chaos monkey throws everything at everything to see what breaks.

    That won’t be caught by perfect type hints, which is merely one tool in the toolbox.

    and when things break, often hear WAD, works as designed. Or some other nonsense excuse.