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Python's Powerful Introspection

Python's Powerful Introspection

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Mike Driscoll
Mar 06, 2023
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One of the reasons Python is special is that it provides lots of tools that allow you to learn about Python itself. When you learn about yourself, it is called introspection. There is a similar type of introspection that can happen with programming languages.

Python provides several built-in functions that you can use to learn about the code that you are…

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