Archive for November, 2006
Thursday, November 30th, 2006
Viewing Python function documentation with __doc__
Earlier this morning, I was looking for a way to look up Python function definitions inside of the interpreter.
My work buddy (that would be you, gfast) came to the rescue by pointing out the (very handy) __doc__ built-in attribute, which returns Docstring of the function it’s attached to.
Sweet!
It’s always annoyed me that […]
4 Comments » - Posted in Python by dkaz
Sunday, November 26th, 2006
Ant-decapitating Fly
More nature reading…
One of the most bizarre groups is the genus Apocephalus, whose species are commonly referred to as the ant-decapitating flies. Darting from above, an Apocephalus female lands on its ant victim, pierces it […]
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Sunday, November 26th, 2006
Sting Index
I was watching a Florida-FSU game earlier today and one of the players came out of the game with an injury later dubbed a “stinger”.
I decided to Wikipedia the term, as I was curious whether a precise medical definition of a “stinger” existed. It did not, at least not on Wikiepdia, but I did run […]
