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[Ned Batchelder @nedbat]

A Mastodon post about my latest blog post, about a podcast I was on: https://t.co/K1qBMH3kju (everything can be solved^H^H^H^H^H^Hcomplicated with one more layer of indirection…)

[Coverage.py @coveragepy]

Coverage․py 7.0 is out, but you might need to update your settings! Let me know how it goes…

(Also at https://t.co/ibw9FqaW1K)

[Ned Batchelder @nedbat]

I’m posting on Mastodon these days, including this announcement of a beta of coverage․py 7.0.0: https://t.co/YaNVZABkg4

Please try it and let me know if it works or if it doesn’t!

[Roy Kishony @RoyKishony]

Excited to launch Quibbler, an open-source Python package for interactive data analysis. Fun to use. Nothing to learn. Your standard code effortlessly comes to life! With the amazing Maor Kern, @kmaork. https://t.co/u7znAYBfYA, #python, #data

[Ned Batchelder @nedbat]

I’m not posting much here these days, but on Mastodon, I have a link to a clever way to use match/case with regexes to parse some #AdventOfCode inputs…
https://t.co/glnJxWhEfm

[Coverage.py @coveragepy]

New beta! Coverage․py 7.0.0b1 is out: https://t.co/4UsZaTmZWM

Many small improvements to path handling and combining data, plus markdown tables. Things might be broken! Let me know, please?

[Ned Batchelder @nedbat]

Also at https://t.co/IVHskcjI89

[Tufts Data Lab @TuftsDataLab]

Tufts University is looking for a Data Analytics Professor of the Practice, starting in September 2023. Apply here: https://t.co/HlOGWLRDUX 
#dataanalytics #rstats @bostonpython @DataSciNews @BigDataCareer @NewDataSciJobs

[Coverage.py @coveragepy]

Does PyCharm really use its own --omit switch on the command line? Should coverage․py combine the command line and the config? Or should the command line win like it does now?
https://t.co/QqwblbLf2a

[Ned Batchelder @nedbat]

Dinghy 0.15.0: now includes releases; control over whether to show bot activity; and “since: forever”.
Dinghy produces digests of GitHub activity.
https://t.co/GAkuJk2zSU

[Ned Batchelder @nedbat]

Many people might be thinking about new jobs this week. 2U/edX is hiring: https://t.co/0Xq8nNYchC
Almost all of our software is open source (as @OpenEdX): we educate the world, and give away software so that others can too.

(plz RT? thx)

[Ned Batchelder @nedbat]

Default values for #Python functions are stored once, and shared by all the function calls. You can (but don't!) change the object and future calls will see the changes.

[Coverage.py @coveragepy]

Should coverage․py report on excluded lines that were actually executed? How would you want that to work?
https://t.co/Ror98DPSY7

[Coverage.py @coveragepy]

Coverage․py 6.6.0 beta 1: improvements to file patterns and relative_files that mean you MIGHT have to tweak your settings. Please test this pre-release version and let us know if something isn’t working!
Install: https://t.co/yCasKvV7Qt
Changes: https://t.co/G2Y5Mqq0nM

[Ned Batchelder @nedbat]

“The idea that I can decide my open-source purpose feels a bit like a genie granting me a wish, and then I have to deal with the unanticipated plot twists that result.”

https://t.co/kJ4AThtBzM

[Ned Batchelder @nedbat]

Overload @ to peek at values. See what's going on inside #Python expressions:

[Coverage.py @coveragepy]

Looking for opinions: when combining data files, should “*/foo” match “foo/bar”? Should relative_files=True mean that we always match file paths by prefixes?
https://t.co/pt3yz7Mqnf

[Ned Batchelder @nedbat]

Sometimes compact syntax collides in surprising ways. Don't try to be too tricky!
More explanation: https://t.co/EjMcJk6rBK

[Ned Batchelder @nedbat]

Dinghy 0.13.3: A minor but user-driven change: the hover text for icons is easier to understand.
Dinghy produces compact digests of GitHub activity on pull requests, issues, projects, etc.
https://t.co/GAkuJk2zSU