http://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/98141/popular/2005-04-01T07:57:55-08:00ActiveState Code Recipes2005-04-01T07:57:55-08:00Thomas Hellerhttp://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/98141/http://code.activestate.com/recipes/408762-yet-another-timeit-function/

<p style="color: grey"> Python recipe 408762 by <a href="/recipes/users/98141/">Thomas Heller</a> (<a href="/recipes/tags/debugging/">debugging</a>). </p> <p>Here is a handy function to use the timeit module from a script, creating a nice overview of the runtimes of one or more code snippets.</p> <p>All command line flags that the timeit module accepts can be used.</p> <p>The output can easily be customized.</p>

2001-07-13T08:39:47-07:00Thomas Hellerhttp://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/98141/http://code.activestate.com/recipes/65287-automatically-start-the-debugger-on-an-exception/

<p style="color: grey"> Python recipe 65287 by <a href="/recipes/users/98141/">Thomas Heller</a> (<a href="/recipes/tags/debugging/">debugging</a>). Revision 5. </p> <p>When Python runs a script and an uncatched exception is raised, a traceback is printed and the script is terminated. Python2.1 has introduced sys.excepthook, which can be used to override the handling of uncaught exceptions. This allows to automatically start the debugger on an unexpected exception, even if python is not running in interactive mode.</p>

2002-04-10T20:04:47-07:00Thomas Hellerhttp://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/98141/http://code.activestate.com/recipes/117248-installing-source-distributions-on-windows/

<p style="color: grey"> Python recipe 117248 by <a href="/recipes/users/98141/">Thomas Heller</a> (<a href="/recipes/tags/sysadmin/">sysadmin</a>). Revision 5. </p> <p>Distutil's bdist_wininst installers offer uninstallation support for Python extensions, many developers however only distribute sources in zip or tar.gz format. The typical steps to install such a distribution are: - download the file - unpack with winzip into a temporary directory - open a command prompt and type 'python setup.py install' - remove the temporary directory</p> <p>This script unpacks a source distribution into a temporary directory, builds a windows installer on the fly, executes it, and cleans everything up afterward.</p>

2002-01-29T23:53:14-08:00Thomas Hellerhttp://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/98141/http://code.activestate.com/recipes/110885-fileset-case-insensitive-but-case-preserving-set-o/

<p style="color: grey"> Python recipe 110885 by <a href="/recipes/users/98141/">Thomas Heller</a> (<a href="/recipes/tags/files/">files</a>). </p> <p>The filesystem on Windows usually preserves the case of filenames, but is case insensitive if you are accessing files.</p>

2001-03-27T11:40:20-08:00Thomas Hellerhttp://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/98141/http://code.activestate.com/recipes/52311-real-class-methods-in-python/

<p style="color: grey"> Python recipe 52311 by <a href="/recipes/users/98141/">Thomas Heller</a> (<a href="/recipes/tags/oop/">oop</a>). </p> <p>This recipe demonstrates 'real' class methods, like they are known from Smalltalk.</p> <p>Class methods implicitely receive the actual class as the first parameter.</p> <p>They are inherited by subclasses, and may as well be overridden.</p> <p>Class methods may return anything, although they are particularly useful as constructors.</p>

2001-03-16T05:33:25-08:00Thomas Hellerhttp://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/98141/http://code.activestate.com/recipes/52258-a-set-class-for-python/

<p style="color: grey"> Python recipe 52258 by <a href="/recipes/users/98141/">Thomas Heller</a> (<a href="/recipes/tags/oop/">oop</a>). </p> <p>A Set is a collection of items containing no duplicates.</p>