This short cut is taken from Programming in Python 3: A Complete Introduction to the Python Language (Addison-Wesley, 2009) and provides self-containedcoverage of Python’s advanced features. Most of the techniques covered arenot needed every day, but in the right circumstances they can make a crucialdifference, allowing us to write clean and straightforward code rather thanhaving to resort to hacks and workarounds to achieve what we need. The shortcut explains a range of procedural, object-oriented, and functional-style techniques,and the information provided will be a considerable addition to mostPython programmers’ toolboxes.
Table of Contents:
Section 1: What This Short Cut Covers 3
Section 2: Branching Using Dictionaries 4
Section 3: Generator Expressions and Functions 5
Section 4: Dynamic Code Execution 9
Section 5: Local and Recursive Functions 16
Section 6: Function and Method Decorators 21
Section 7: Function Annotations 25
Section 8: Controlling Attribute Access 27
Section 9: Functors 31
Section 10: Context Managers 33
Section 11: Descriptors 37
Section 12: Class Decorators 42
Section 13: Abstract Base Classes 45
Section 14: Multiple Inheritance 52
Section 15: Metaclasses 54
Section 16: Functional-Style Programming 59
Section 17: Descriptors with Class Decorators 63
Section 18: About the Author 65
