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OOP in Python, part 16: Class structure in Matplotlib
MP 61: Understanding how the Figure and Axes classes are implemented.
OOP in Python, part 15: Class structure in pathlib
MP 59: How file paths are modeled in pathlib.
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Does order matter in urls.py?
MP 58: Yes, but not for the reason I originally thought.
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OOP in Python, part 14: The Exception class hierarchy
MP 57: How exceptions are implemented in Python, and what they can show us about class hierarchies.
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Two different radians() functions
MP 48: Why does the order of import statements matter?
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OOP in Python, part 8: Comparing objects
MP 47: Overriding Python's built-in comparison methods.
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OOP in Python, part 7: The __new__() method
MP 46: A very technical method that can be helpful to understand.
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OOP in Python, part 3: The __init__() method
MP 39: Another bit of OOP magic.
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OOP in Python, part 2: What's so special about self?
MP 37: It's here, it's there, it's everywhere in a class.
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A small set of special integers
MP #30: An interesting optimization in the CPython interpreter.
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Settings that change, and settings that don't change
MP #29: Understanding subtle behaviors with "shared" objects.
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Python Lists: A closer look, part 2
MP #3: When lists break down...
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