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GIL-Free CPython Proof of Concept, Type Hints Case Study, Using @property, and More

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No-GIL Fork of CPython
This is a proof-of-concept implementation of CPython that supports multithreading without the global interpreter lock (GIL), from Facebook research. An overview of the design is described in the Python Multithreading without the GIL Google doc. Also see the related discussions on LWN and Hacker News.
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Why You Shouldn’t Invoke setup.py Directly
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Tests Aren’t Enough: Case Study After Adding Type Hints to urllib3
“Since Python 3.5 was released in 2015 including PEP 484 and the typing module type hints have grown from a nice-to-have to an expectation for popular packages. To fulfill this expectation our team has committed to shipping type hints for the v2.0 milestone. What we didn’t realize is the amount of value we’d derive from this project in terms of code correctness.”
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Welcoming the CPython Developer in Residence
Earlier this year, the Python Software Foundation announced the creation of the Developer in Residence role. The first Visionary Sponsors of the PSF have provided funding for this new role for one year. What development responsibilities does this job address? This week on the show, Łukasz Langa talks about becoming the first CPython Developer in Residence.
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Configuration Is an API, Not an SDK
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Python’s property(): Add Managed Attributes to Your Classes
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Tuesday, October 12, 2021

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Tuesday, September 14, 2021

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