Null Coalescing: Python's 'or' GOTCHA vs PHP's ??

Python's 'or' operator has a TRAP! PHP's ?? is safer! See why 0 and empty string break Python's approach. Mind = BLOWN!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbMLNBTpsOM

Important PSA For @jack !!!

`os.truncate(path, length)` truncates THE FILE, not the path string 😳 (with no warning)

Thank goodness you were in a venv!

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Friendly reminder, save yourself hours of #debugging by remembering that when you're dealing with Python regular expressions, by default, "." (Dot) does NOT match newline.

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