Python编程语言中有哪些鲜为人知但很有用的特性?

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当前回答

进口反重力

其他回答

对迭代器的多个引用

你可以使用列表乘法创建对同一个迭代器的多个引用:

>>> i = (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10) # or any iterable object
>>> iterators = [iter(i)] * 2
>>> iterators[0].next()
1
>>> iterators[1].next()
2
>>> iterators[0].next()
3

这可以用来将一个可迭代对象分组成块,例如,就像这个来自itertools文档的例子

def grouper(n, iterable, fillvalue=None):
    "grouper(3, 'ABCDEFG', 'x') --> ABC DEF Gxx"
    args = [iter(iterable)] * n
    return izip_longest(fillvalue=fillvalue, *args)

“解包”到函数参数

def foo(a, b, c):
        print a, b, c

bar = (3, 14, 15)
foo(*bar)

执行打印时:

3 14 15

元组在for循环、列表推导式和生成器表达式中的解包:

>>> l=[(1,2),(3,4)]
>>> [a+b for a,b in l ] 
[3,7]

在这个习语中,用于迭代字典中的(键,数据)对:

d = { 'x':'y', 'f':'e'}
for name, value in d.items():  # one can also use iteritems()
   print "name:%s, value:%s" % (name,value)

打印:

name:x, value:y
name:f, value:e

Python的禅宗

>>> import this
The Zen of Python, by Tim Peters

Beautiful is better than ugly.
Explicit is better than implicit.
Simple is better than complex.
Complex is better than complicated.
Flat is better than nested.
Sparse is better than dense.
Readability counts.
Special cases aren't special enough to break the rules.
Although practicality beats purity.
Errors should never pass silently.
Unless explicitly silenced.
In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess.
There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it.
Although that way may not be obvious at first unless you're Dutch.
Now is better than never.
Although never is often better than *right* now.
If the implementation is hard to explain, it's a bad idea.
If the implementation is easy to explain, it may be a good idea.
Namespaces are one honking great idea -- let's do more of those!

字典中无限递归的很好处理:

>>> a = {}
>>> b = {}
>>> a['b'] = b
>>> b['a'] = a
>>> print a
{'b': {'a': {...}}}