Tag Archives: Bugs

Leaky method references

Posted on November 4, 2009 by lorg

After reading my last post regarding __del__, you should know that __del__ + reference cycle = leak. Let’s say that you do need to use __del__, so you decide to avoid reference cycles. You write your code in such a … Continue reading →

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Two Mathematical Bugs

Posted on March 8, 2008 by lorg

A few days ago, I discovered I had at least one, maybe two mathematical bugs. The first bug is in the line clipping algorithm. Here’s a quick reminder of what’s going on there: There are six points of interest: the … Continue reading →

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Python bug in __getslice__

Posted on May 5, 2007 by lorg

While working with Python, a co-worker found a puzzling behavior… He couldn’t get correct slices on an object he created. After puzzling over the problem, we found out the problem – __getslice__ seems to change its arguments: in a 32 … Continue reading →

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