Error in : object of type ‘closure’ is not subsettable

I was finally able to work out the code for my scraping. It seemed to be working fine and then all of a sudden when I ran it again, I got the following error message: I am not sure why as I changed nothing in my code. Please advise.

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Python time.sleep() vs event.wait()

Using exit_flag.wait(timeout=DELAY) will be more responsive, because you’ll break out of the while loop instantly when exit_flag is set. With time.sleep, even after the event is set, you’re going to wait around in the time.sleep call until you’ve slept for DELAY seconds. In terms of implementation, Python 2.x and Python 3.x have very different behavior. … Read more

Java 8 Iterable.forEach() vs foreach loop

The better practice is to use for-each. Besides violating the Keep It Simple, Stupid principle, the new-fangled forEach() has at least the following deficiencies: Can’t use non-final variables. So, code like the following can’t be turned into a forEach lambda: Can’t handle checked exceptions. Lambdas aren’t actually forbidden from throwing checked exceptions, but common functional … Read more

Difference between del, remove, and pop on lists

The effects of the three different methods to remove an element from a list: remove removes the first matching value, not a specific index: del removes the item at a specific index: and pop removes the item at a specific index and returns it. Their error modes are different too: