__slots__ memory optimization in Python

Tue 28 March 2023

Illustration from realpython.com The other day, while working on fpdf2, I used @dataclass, a nice decorator that came in the standard library with Python 3.7, to quickly define a class that mostly stored data. Then a question came to my mind: is the __slots__ memory optimization compatible with …

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fpdf2.5.2 : SVG support and borb

Sun 24 April 2022

fpdf2 is a simple & fast PDF creation library for Python that I have been maintaining since mid-2020. In this article, I'm going to present some of the new features that landed since my last post on the subject. Hence, this will cover versions 2.5.0, 2.5.1 & 2 …

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