core.py

Happy New Year! In this episode we're talking about exceptions, how they work, and how they evolved. Expect the unexpected. # Timestamps (00:00:00)  INTRO (00:01:43)  How does a 'try' block work? (0...

8 Jan 20241h 31min

This time we're hosting a special guest: Carl Meyer from Meta. What is Cinder, how does it work, and how does it intersect with the future of Python 3? Find out in today's episode. 100% serious stuff!...

11 Dec 20231h 21min

What makes Python an interpreter? Today we're talking about ceval.c, the wonders of frame evaluation, and how it changed over the years. # Timestamps (00:00:00)  INTRO (00:00:59)  BACK TO PYTHON 2.6...

29 Nov 20231h 13min

What happens when you type “import abc”? Why does it say the module is frozen? What significant changes landed in Python in the past two weeks? And why does the “PR of the Week” jingle go so hard? Fin...

13 Nov 20231h 11min

We've read the PEP on making the Global Interpreter Lock optional so you don't have to. Timestamps (00:00:00) Intro (00:00:50) CURRENT STATE OF THINGS (00:00:58) Reference counting (00:01:35) Garbag...

30 Okt 20231h 14min

In this first episode Pablo and Łukasz talk about what happened in at the 2023 Cpython Core Developer sprint. Join us and learn from our ramblings about a possible new CPython new JIT compiler, how we...

30 Okt 20231h 11min