TIL (Today I Learned)

The TIL series of articles contains very short articles documenting something I learned “today”.

Today I learned that the .join method in Python is a two-pass algorithm, and that's why joining a list comprehension is faster than a generator expression.

Today I learned about the math.nextafter method.

Today I learned that files can also be unpacked in Python.

Today I learned strings can also be unpacked in Python.

Today I learned about an algorithm that Python uses to sort out inheritance.

Today I learned about the ICPO rule for attribute lookup in Python.

Today I learned about a fake chess-playing AI from the 1700s.

Today I learned how to do ceiling division in Python just with //.