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class Book:
    ...
    def __hash__(self):
        return hash(self.author) ^ hash(self.other)

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class Book:
    ...
    def __lt__(self, other):
        return (self.author, self.title) < (other.author, other.title)

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class Config:
    def __init__(self, **entries):
        self.entries = entries

    def __add__(self, other):
        entries = (self.entries.items() + 
                    other.entries.items())
        return Config(**entries)
default_config = Config(color=False, port=8080)
config = default_config + Config(color=True)

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# Awkward
for options_shortcut in self.options_shortcuts:
    options_shortcut.this()
    options_shortcut.that()

# Better
for each in self.options_shortcuts:
    each.this()
    each.that()   

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# Instead of this
self.release_water()
self.shutdown()
self.alarm()

class Reactor:
    ...
    def release_water(self):
        self.valve.open()
        return self

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# Meh
def match(self, items):
    for each in items:
        if each.match(self):
            return each
# Is this supposed to reach the end? Is this a bug?

# Better
def match(self, items):
    for each in items:

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~/.ideas.md
    
# Software
    - doomed startup idea 1
    - some feature for an open-source project 
    - doomed startup idea 2
    - ...

# Blog posts
    - the .ideas file

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/usr/local/bin/pip run on Mon Jul  1 12:34:07 2013
Downloading/unpacking lxml

  Getting page https://pypi.python.org/simple/lxml/
  URLs to search for versions for lxml:
  * https://pypi.python.org/simple/lxml/
  Analyzing links from page https://pypi.python.org/simple/lxml/
    Skipping link https://pypi.python.org/packages/2.4/l/lxml/lxml-1.3.4.win32-py2.4.exe#md5=3007a5b7556d5115e34da2e220630d1d (from https://pypi.python.org/simple/lxml/); unknown archive format: .exe
    Skipping link https://pypi.python.org/packages/2.7/l/lxml/lxml-2.2.8-py2.7-win32.egg#md5=62180a1bf41e037cd2712957fa4acf62 (from https://pypi.python.org/simple/lxml/); unknown archive format: .egg

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/usr/local/bin/pip run on Mon Jul  1 12:34:07 2013
Downloading/unpacking lxml

  Getting page https://pypi.python.org/simple/lxml/
  URLs to search for versions for lxml:
  * https://pypi.python.org/simple/lxml/
  Analyzing links from page https://pypi.python.org/simple/lxml/
    Skipping link https://pypi.python.org/packages/2.4/l/lxml/lxml-1.3.4.win32-py2.4.exe#md5=3007a5b7556d5115e34da2e220630d1d (from https://pypi.python.org/simple/lxml/); unknown archive format: .exe
    Skipping link https://pypi.python.org/packages/2.7/l/lxml/lxml-2.2.8-py2.7-win32.egg#md5=62180a1bf41e037cd2712957fa4acf62 (from https://pypi.python.org/simple/lxml/); unknown archive format: .egg

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/usr/local/bin/pip run on Mon Jul  1 12:47:31 2013
Downloading/unpacking lxml

  Running setup.py egg_info for package lxml

    /usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.5/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py:267: UserWarning: Unknown distribution option: 'bugtrack_url'

      warnings.warn(msg)