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| Comment | Post #289488 |
It's hard to address the part where you "also heard that its 2-argument function signature is flawed" because we do not know **where** you heard it, and therefore we cannot possibly know *what argument* was being presented. This doesn't add anything to the post as it stands; if there *is* a flaw, the... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #289481 |
Post edited: mention specific point when the error-message improvement was added |
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| Edit | Post #289481 |
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| Edit | Post #289481 | Initial revision | — | 9 months ago |
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A: How can I properly type-hint methods in different files that would lead to circular imports? Import modules rather than names first to avoid a circular reference in the `import` statements; then use forward declarations, as before, to avoid a circular reference in the type annotations - like so: ``` process.py import helpers class Process: def dosomething(self, helper: "helper... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #289386 |
Post edited: remove noise, fix formatting, add link for lesser-known third-party library, improve grammar |
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| Comment | Post #289386 |
I couldn't understand the explanation of what you tried. For example "assign_coords is not an inplace operation" doesn't say what to try, it only describes a problem. If that was the title of a post on Stack Overflow, it's not useful to just show that; we should have the links as well. Aside from tha... (more) |
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| Suggested Edit | Post #289386 |
Suggested edit: remove noise, fix formatting, add link for lesser-known third-party library, improve grammar (more) |
helpful | 9 months ago |
| Edit | Post #289346 |
Post edited: improve title: fix grammar, indicate the specific context |
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| Suggested Edit | Post #289346 |
Suggested edit: improve title: fix grammar, indicate the specific context (more) |
helpful | 9 months ago |
| Comment | Post #289289 |
If the way it works inconveniences you, it shouldn't be hard to make a simple wrapper - checkout a target branch, run a normal merge command, then checkout the original branch again. [Since 2.22, the current branch name can be found with `git branch --show-current`](https://stackoverflow.com/question... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #289299 | Initial revision | — | 10 months ago |
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A: Why is git merge from rather than to? > I struggle to think of any use cases for merging from. Why was the merge command designed this way? The model here is that many developers on the same project are using branches to develop features independently; someone has to be in charge, and that is the person responsible for the `master` (r... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #289275 |
It seems like you're looking for something that happens *after* `onbeforeunload`, not before. Wouldn't that just be... `onunload`? (more) |
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| Edit | Post #289278 |
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| Edit | Post #289252 |
Post edited: organize chronologically; add references for when features were added; label sections with brief guidance (and edit details to avoid repetition) |
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| Edit | Post #289252 |
Post edited: Avoid repeating the main examples within the details |
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| Edit | Post #289252 |
Post edited: fix formatting typo; improve wording a bit more |
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| Edit | Post #289252 |
Post edited: Consistently show errors from 3.11; improve section warnings |
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| Edit | Post #289251 |
Post edited: fix error message as shown in contemporary versions; add note about how it looks in older versions |
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| Edit | Post #289251 |
Post edited: edit example to match the changes in my answer (to shorten it and avoid line-wraps) |
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| Edit | Post #289252 |
Post edited: fix wording (the Template example requires instantiating a library class, so not a one-liner) |
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| Edit | Post #289252 |
Post edited: Oops, that wasn't quite short enough |
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| Edit | Post #289252 |
Post edited: Shorten the main example to avoid ugly wrapping on summary headers |
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| Edit | Post #289252 |
Post edited: Add warnings/advice to the top based on my old Stack Overflow answer https://stackoverflow.com/a/73658493; hide details for each approach with a direct code example; fix references `spam_cans` -> `count` in examples |
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| Edit | Post #289278 |
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| Edit | Post #289278 | Initial revision | — | 10 months ago |
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A: Do we want a wiki (or similar) alongside Q&A? I think the framing of this question (and the prior discussion) is wrong, and I think that conditions have evolved since it was originally asked - in particular, we can now see how articles have turned out for other communities. Rather than try to define "wiki" or consider ways to implement that stra... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #289252 |
Post edited: Add inline-code formatting for details-section labels (refer: https://meta.codidact.com/posts/289271) |
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| Edit | Post #289252 |
Post edited: Fix header for %-style formatting, including relevant doc link |
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| Edit | Post #289252 |
Post edited: Even more detail, reorganization and polishing |
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| Edit | Post #289252 |
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| Edit | Post #289252 |
Post edited: Rearrange some points to exploit the labelled-example format more consistently |
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| Edit | Post #289252 |
Post edited: update and enhance information about f-string syntax limitations |
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| Comment | Post #289251 |
Regarding research and "readily accessible" information, please see [this meta question](https://software.codidact.com/posts/284979), where I put quite a bit of effort into explaining my own stance, as well as [my thoughts on how to grow the community](https://software.codidact.com/posts/285035/28917... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #289252 |
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| Edit | Post #289252 |
Post edited: tweak some wording to try to limit section headers to one line |
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| Edit | Post #289252 |
Post edited: More consistent formatting: establishing a style for the use of shaded <section>s |
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| Comment | Post #289255 |
Quick update: the new Q&A is [now live](https://software.codidact.com/posts/289264). (more) |
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| Edit | Post #289265 |
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| Edit | Post #289265 | Initial revision | — | 10 months ago |
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A: How can I output / display multiple values, with controlled spacing, without building a string? Using the `write` method The `write` method of a file offers a much more limited interface. It only accepts one argument - a string, for a file opened in text mode - and outputs just what it's given. Any additional desired spacing must be specified explicitly. Sometimes, this makes it practical... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #289264 | Initial revision | — | 10 months ago |
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How can I output / display multiple values, with controlled spacing, without building a string? I know that I can display a single string in the terminal window like `print("example")` (or similarly with a string in a variable), and I know how to open text files and write to them. I also know that I can create a "formatted" string, that contains multiple pieces of information, in a variety o... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #289170 |
When I'm answering questions about code nowadays, I tend to have way more prose than actual code. If there's a lot of code, it's because there are a lot of trivial examples that can't really be useful for others as-is. So I'm happy to stick with -BY license versions. Maybe this doesn't work for every... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #289252 |
Post edited: Whoops, totally forgot about string.Template the first time. |
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| Comment | Post #289255 |
In the (artificial) question here I intended specifically to distinguish the case of creating a new string (that could then be used within the program for other purposes). It's true that many people who need this kind of information are just trying to display something on screen; but I intended to po... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #289253 | Initial revision | — | 10 months ago |
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On self-answered questions, is it inappropriate to mark my own answer "Works for me" immediately? Would it discourage others from posting answers, if they saw that a question had an answer with a "works for me" indication applied immediately? (More so than just seeing an immediate, comprehensive answer?) Could that ever be desirable? Or would it cause hurt feelings etc.? (more) |
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| Comment | Post #289170 |
In re "I wish the terms of the site could be changed, to make it specifically forbidden to use this data for model training without permission."
Adding this sort of restriction explicitly is not possible using Creative Commons licenses, and the necessary *legal* work to create modified versions is... (more) |
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