Hackers' Pub

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

CF Bolz-Tereick @cfbolz@mastodon.social

4/23/2025, 3:23:21 PM

Public

Today's example of "you can just do things":

A colleague complained about Python's error message "TypeError: unhashable type" being hard to understand when trying to use eg a list as a dict key or set element. I also always have trouble explaining this problem to beginner students, so I filed an issue. Then @vstinnerVictor Stinner 🐍 wrote a patch and opened a PR two hours later, which I reviewed and merged. Now:

screenshot of Python console with the code:

d = {}
key = [1, 2, 2]
d[key] = 123

producing the error message:

TypeError: cannot use 'list' as a dict key (unhashable type: 'list')

If you have a fediverse account, you can quote this note from your own instance. Search https://mastodon.social/users/cfbolz/statuses/114387963175874531 on your instance and quote it. (Note that quoting is not supported in Mastodon.)