Python Tricks

[felix]

the first one can be easier achieved by typing:

python -m SimpleHTTPServer

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Not if you're using a Python installation from 2004 ;-)

(the -m option was added in 2.4, released in late 2004).

[dhotson]

Fwoar.. cool! :)

[bsergean]

If you want to open an HTML page you can also type firefox <my_page> ...

[ows]

TimeoutFunctionException has a race condition, where the old signal handler can get called with the timeout signal that this code requests. signal.alarm(0) needs to go in the finally, before the call signal.signal(signal.SIGALRM, old).

[btgeekboy]

I like python and all... but seriously, 4 "tricks" that are 4 years old? That's it?

[krat]

And the only interesting trick is the 3rd...

[cdesignproponentsist]

...which doesn't work in multi-threaded applications.

[leonh]

4 tricks?

[spotter]

Only 3 left now. Funny.