Quoting from docs.python.org: "sys.argv The list of command line arguments passed to a Python script. argv[0] is the script name (it is operating system dependent whether this is a full pathname o...

I love being able to modify the arguments the get sent to a function, using settrace, like : import sys def trace_func(frame,event,arg): value = frame.f_locals["a"] if value % 2 == 0: value +=...

Today I ran against the fact, that sys.exit() called from a child-thread does not kill the main process. I did not know this before, and this is okay, but I needed long time to realize this. It wou...

I came across this question about memory management of dictionaries, which mentions the intern function. What exactly does it do, and when would it be used? To give an example: if I have a set call...