TomBecker

In insert(1, ...) — "position 1" is second?

That difference finally clicked for me here.

26 Oct, 23:12 · 3

In How to avoid slow nested loops?

From several minutes to under a second. Wow.

26 Oct, 12:49 · 1

In RuntimeError: dictionary changed size during iteration

Changing values while iterating is fine, it's only adding/removing keys that breaks it.

25 Oct, 17:17 · 3

In How does the checker test a "live" countdown?

It's called dependency injection, in its simplest form.

25 Oct, 12:32 · 1

In How to avoid slow nested loops?

For each sensor ID in list A, I check if it's in list B.

25 Oct, 07:24

In How long should variable names be?

fuel_left_kg it is. Units in the name are useful though, right?

23 Oct, 13:32

In Stage 2 — split("-") breaks LIFE-SUPPORT-4

Same trick for file extensions: "archive.tar.gz".rsplit(".", 1).

23 Oct, 07:32 · 1

In Integers have no size limit?

sys.set_int_max_str_digits(0) removes that limit if you really need to print enormous numbers.

22 Oct, 15:15 · 6

In Why is decimals keyword-only?

So the star protects the option. Clever.

21 Oct, 07:50

In Hidden tests plant bugs — how does that work?

"Test the alert levels" was the warm-up for this.

21 Oct, 07:35