• cocobean@bookwormstory.social
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    2 年前

    I had to use Python for a bit at work and it was confusing

    pipenv, venv, virtualenv, poetry…wtf is all this shit

    a.b vs a['b'] vs a.get('b')…wtf is a KeyError

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      2 年前

      What happens in other languages you use when you try to access a non-existing key for a hash/map/dict?

      What language do you use that accessing an object attribute is the same that accessing a dict key?

      What knowledge do you have (or not) that KeyError is a mistery to you?

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        What language do you use that accessing an object attribute is the same that accessing a dict key?

        Javascript / Typescript.

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          Because that’s prone to errors. And the Zen of Python includes “explicit is better than implicit” and “Errors should never pass silently”. Languages that do otherwise create bad habits.