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Jim Fasarakis-Hilliard

B.Sc CompSci, Harokopeio University, Athens

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I mainly fiddle with Python but I'm re-discovering C by peeking inside the CPython implementation.

Here's a little list of interesting Q's I've answered:
__sizeof__ str is larger than __sizeof__ a tuple containing that string
"is" operator behaves unexpectedly with integers
'is' operator behaves unexpectedly with non-cached integers
'is' operator behaves unexpectedly with floats
Why is a sorted list bigger than an unsorted list
Understanding memory allocation for large integers in Python
Dictionaries are ordered in CPython 3.6
Why does '() is ()' return True when '[] is []' and '{} is {}' return False?
How big can the input to Pythons input() function be?
Why does range(0) == range(2, 2, 2) equal True in Python 3?

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121 Most pythonic way to interleave two strings Jan 13 '16
107 What are Type hints in Python 3.5 Sep 14 '15
76 Function chaining in Python Aug 19 '16
69 Dictionaries are ordered in CPython 3.6 Oct 11 '16
63 Why does range(0) == range(2, 2, 2) equal True in Python 3? Jan 25 '16
49 Why does '() is ()' return True when '[] is []' and '{} is {}' return False? Jul 12 '16
46 'is' operator behaves unexpectedly with non-cached integers Dec 8 '15
44 Why does '() is ()' return True when '[] is []' and '{} is {}' return False? Jul 12 '16
33 Why is str.strip() so much faster than str.strip(' ')? Jul 9 '16
30 'is' operator behaves unexpectedly with non-cached integers Dec 8 '15
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