INFO.2820 — Undergraduate Id: 041472 Offering: 1 Credits: 3-3 Description This course introduces the fundamentals of Python including data types, expressions, control structures, file input and output ...

When you try to call list ('123'), Python thinks you're trying to call your own list, not the built-in function. So, always use descriptive names that don’t clash with Python's core features.

In Python, the mere act of making a function call incurs a relatively large amount of overhead. If some function is called repeatedly in a tight loop, even if it isn’t a long-running function ...