The perception of order of operations for comparisons can lead to counterintuitive results due to comparisons being chained, unlike C and some other languages
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Checking Against Infinity and NaN (not a number)
Comparisons with the non finite values of infinity and NaN (not a number) lead to interesting failure modes. The in operator can mask some of these failures.
When Assert Does Not Raise
Asserts are a common way to quickly verify that inputs or other conditions are met. Python considers asserts as debug, leading to them sometimes being ignored.
How Do You Make a Tuple
Many methods exist within Python to create a tuple. Some are intuitive while others behave in strange ways. While type checking can help, complications abound.
Iterators as Function Inputs
Iterators as function inputs in Python can cause complex errors, due to storing references, differences between iterators and iterables, and other subtleties.