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Matt Westcott  
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 More options Nov 12 2009, 6:17 pm
From: Matt Westcott <matt...@west.co.tt>
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:17:22 -0800 (PST)
Local: Thurs, Nov 12 2009 6:17 pm
Subject: Re: Proposal: Secrets of the standard library
On Nov 10, 10:12 pm, Paul Battley <pbatt...@gmail.com> wrote:

> There are a bunch of useful classes and methods in the standard
> library (and even in the core in some cases) that seem to be
> overlooked often, but which may help to solve problems just a little
> bit more easily or elegantly.
[...]
> Does that sound interesting?

Definitely. A couple of weeks back I stumbled upon the Generator class
for the first time while stuck on a messy problem with iterators, and
it was one of those moments of enlightenment on the path to becoming a
better coder - just the sort of thing I'd most like to gain from a
conference like this.

- for that matter, if Generator isn't on Paul's list then I would
gladly do an 8-minute slot on the project in question <http://
matt.west.co.tt/music/midibeep/>  - while it was just a toy project
really, I think it would make a good self-contained case study in why
you might want to use Generator. And it's reassuringly non-webby and
has a certain amount of geek-porn appeal too...

- Matt


 
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