Unanswered Questions
131 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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Data processing pipeline design for processing data
I have a use case for which I need to build a data processing pipeline
Customer contact leads data coming from different data sources like csv, data base, api has to be first mapped to a universal ...
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Python and C++ repository structure
I'm refactoring the directory structure of a large Python repo that has a few dozen C and C++ files littered throughout. Is there a suggested architecture for a Python package that contains C/C++ code ...
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Calculating the multiplicative inverse of a number in a Galois field
I was told to come here from Stack Overflow because I was "looking for an algorithm". I'm trying to implement it in Python, but there is nowhere on the net that gives a straightforward way for ...
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How to Use Python as a "Macro" runner for a C# Application
I am working on an application that the user may wish to automate some features of (but we don't know what at the moment) I would like to provide them some kind of scripting interface so they can play ...
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Structuring a multi-language project?
I'm working on a project which involves writing code for multiple devices, each in its own language (in particular, Arduino and Python). I want to contain the entire project in a single directory, but ...
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How to structuring a read/write submodule in OOP Python
I am developing a python package that needs to be able to read/write from/to multiple formats. E.g. foo format and bar format. I am trying to contain the functions relating to each format in a single ...
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Confused about how to test Python scripts that install and configure a development setup on OSX (VMware? Docker-OSX?)
In my company we hire engineers for various "disciplines"—iOS, Android, Web, Backend, Data, etc. Engineers follow an onboarding workbook to install what they need for their discipline. iOS ...
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How to structure python modules/packages according to dependecy inversion
If I am working on a project, say it has this file structure:
car/
body/
__init__.py
doors.py
bonnet.py
engine/
cyclinderhead/
__init__.py
pistons.py
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Architecture and Security in a Web/Native app while generating PDFs
I am trying to make a system where a user can view/download his statements (say salary slips). The user will have ability to download PDF versions of these statements and can also save them to Google ...
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Can/Should I make an automatic installation of new python libraries after a git pull?
Imagine the following situation:
I'm working on a python project, and I install the library antigravity with pip.
I add the function fly() which uses the library, and I commit and push the changes.
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Python3: How to change the design of a class hierarchy to improve access to objects there buried?
I asked this question already at stackoverflow together with a serialization related part and at codereview for the design part only. Since the design related part receives no answers or comments on ...
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Software design strategy for a machine learning tool that outputs a subset of the text input (Information Extraction)?
Let's say I have thousands of pdfs that are each about 30k words written in conversational English. In each of the pdfs there is a name / names of a person/people who snowboard. There are also many ...
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How would I identify a gap in a set of curve data, and get its value?
I have a set of 2-D data (x,y) and it produces a set of curves,
and sometimes the set of curves do not overlap, and there is a
distinct separation between the groups of curves, how would I
identify ...
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How does the Zope Component Architecture (ZCA) relate to Service Component Architecture (SCA)?
I'm very new to the principle of Service Component Architecture and Zope in general, but the more I look, the more ZCA seems to be a good solution for a certain class of problems I often encounter.
I ...
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The Python module-as-singleton hack
I've seen (and once used) this idiom a few times in Python:
# At the end of a module:
if __name__ == '__main__':
main() # or whatever your entry point looks like, this line isn't important
else:
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