Summary
Python can be deceptive - it looks so simple.
Description
Python can be deceptive - it looks so simple. Surely it will take only 5 to 10 minutes to learn.
Self taught programmers often miss important fundamentals in Python - including:
- Everything is an Object. Yes everything. Integers, 'real' objects, functions, classes. Ooooh template metaprogramming.
- It's only a name. Whoops. True, False, no longer None.
- 'Objects can change their type'. Not.
- How the heck to a actually make a copy
- Which parts of tuples are constant?
- Deep and Shallow - weren't not talking philosophy here
- Accidental name creation - there's no easy solution
- Argument passing, Mutable arguments, default arguments, Mutable default arguments
- Questions