#255 Closember eve, the cure for Hacktoberfest?

Watch the live stream: Watch on YouTube About the show Sponsored by us: Check out the courses over at Talk Python And Brian’s book too! Special guest: Will McGugan Michael #1: Wrapping C++ with Cython By Anton Zhdan-Pushkin A small series showcasing the implementation of a Cython wrapper over a C++ library. C library: yaacrl - Yet Another Audio Recognition Library is a small Shazam-like library, which can recognize songs using a small recorded fragment. For Cython to consume yaacrl correctly, we need to “teach” it about the API using `cdef extern It is convenient to put such declarations in *.pxd files. One of the first features of Cython that I find extremely useful — aliasing. With aliasing, we can use names like Storage or Fingerprint for Python classes without shadowing original C++ classes. Implementing a wrapper: pyaacrl - The most common way to wrap a C++ class is to use Extension types. As an extension type a just a C struct, it can have an underlying C++ class as a field and act as a proxy to it. Cython documentation has a whole page dedicated to the pitfalls of “Using C++ in Cython.” Distribution is hard, but there is a tool that is designed specifically for such needs: scikit-build. PyBind11 too Brian #2: tbump : bump software releases suggested by Sephi Berry limits the manual process of updating a project version tbump init 1.2.2 initializes a tbump.toml file with customizable settings --pyproject will append to pyproject.toml instead tbump 1.2.3 will patch files: wherever the version listed (optional) run configured commands before commit failing commands stop the bump. commit the changes with a configurable message add a version tag push code push tag (optional) run post publish command Tell you what it’s going to do before it does it. (can opt out of this check) pretty much everything is customizable and configurable. I tried this on a flit based project. Only required one change # For each file to patch, add a [[file]] config # section containing the path of the file, relative to the # tbump.toml location. [[file]] src = "pytest_srcpaths.py" search = '__version__ = "{current_version}"' cool example of a pre-commit check: # [[before_commit]] # name = "check changelog" # cmd = "grep -q {new_version} Changelog.rst" Will #3: Closember by Matthias Bussonnier Michael #4: scikit learn goes 1.0 via Brian Skinn The library has been stable for quite some time, releasing version 1.0 is recognizing that and signalling it to our users. Features: Keyword and positional arguments - To improve the readability of code written based on scikit-learn, now users have to provide most parameters with their names, as keyword arguments, instead of positional arguments. Spline Transformers - One way to add nonlinear terms to a dataset’s feature set is to generate spline basis functions for continuous/numerical features with the new SplineTransformer. Quantile Regressor - Quantile regression estimates the median or other quantiles of Y conditional on X Feature Names Support - When an estimator is passed a pandas’ dataframe during fit, the estimator will set a feature_names_in_ attribute containing the feature names. A more flexible plotting API Online One-Class SVM Histogram-based Gradient Boosting Models are now stable Better docs Brian #5: Using devpi as an offline PyPI cache Jason R. Coombs This is the devpi tutorial I’ve been waiting for. Single machine local server mirror of PyPI (mirroring needs primed), usable in offline mode. $ pipx install devpi-server $ devpi-init $ devpi-server now in another window, prime the cache by grabbing whatever you need, with the index redirected (venv) $ export PIP_INDEX_URL=http://localhost:3141/root/pypi/ (venv) $ pip install pytest, ... then you can restart the server anytime, or even offline $ devpi-server --offline tutorial includes examples, proving how simple this is. Will #6: PyPi command line Extras Brian: I’ve started using pyenv on my Mac just for downloading Python versions. Verdict still out if I like it better than just downloading from pytest.org. Also started using Starship with no customizations so far. I’d like to hear from people if they have nice Starship customizations I should try. vscode.dev is a thing, announcement just today Michael: PyCascades Call for Proposals is currently open Got your M1 Max? Prediction: Tools like Crossover for Windows apps will become more of a thing. Will: GIL removal https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/18CXhDb1ygxg-YXNBJNzfzZsDFosB5e6BfnXLlejd9l0/mobilebasic?urp=gmail_link https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/872869/0e62bba2db51ec7a/ vscode.dev Joke: The torture never stops IE (“Safari”) Eating Glue