Python 3.13 No-GIL: What You Need to Know, Introduction The Global Interpreter Lock (GIL) is a core component of CPython that has been part of the interpreter since the 90s. Essent...

Compile cpython on M2,Short instruction how to succefully complie cpython from source code on M2. You need to sure that xcode installed or xcode-select --install Enter fullscreen m...

Profiling Your Python Code with cProfile, Introduction Python is a flexible, powerful programming language, but like any tool, it's not always the fastest option for a given task. ...

Running your pytests faster,Open your conftest.py and type the following lines: import gc # Like gc.disable() but overrides your dependencies that do # gc.disable() and gc.enable()...

CPython and more...,So, yesterday I stumbled upon an insightful post on the actual use case for CPython and who should use it, by Nick Coghlan (CPython core dev). Some of the use c...

Is Python compiled or interpreted?,It looks like an easy question to answer, obviously interpreted, because Python code is run line by line at runtime. But it's wrong. If your are ...

Making Python Integers Iterable,Iterables in Python are objects and containers that could be stepped through one item at a time, usually using a for ... in loop. Not all objects ca...

What’s New in Python 3.9 alpha2?,Python is set to release a new version next year, the shiny 3.9. This one omitted the sys.argv change rolled back in alpha2 Here’s our take of th...

Map vs List comprehension in Python,So, I was trying to learn Elm (I just gave up), then I saw this feature request: Request: add list comprehensions #147 deadfoxygrandpa posted on...

Extend is sometimes faster than Append,I just was comparing the performance difference between [].append(x) and [] + [x]. I just realized [].append(x) was faster. But when i tried ...

(Im).mutable ->(OOP)bjects and CPython, Introduction The Python programming language uses data structures in novel ways. It builds off of primitive data types in C to form a data s...