Name: Robert Carrington - C for Yourself: Exploring Python Internals at the REPL (PyTexas 2017) @PyTexas
Uploaded: 2017-12-13T01:29:31-0400
Duration: 8 min 17 s
Description: Completely ignoring how Python is implemented can get you into some nasty bugs. Having a basic mental model will protect you, and it doesn’t require reading CPython source code! I’ll show you a fun way to dissect common Python types down to the level of bytes, using the ctypes library and the REPL.

Robert Carrington - C for Yourself: Exploring Python Internals at the REPL (PyTexas 2017) @PyTexas

Uploaded December 2017 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

Completely ignoring how Python is implemented can get you into some nasty bugs. Having a basic mental model will protect you, and it doesn’t require reading CPython source code! I’ll show you a fun way to dissect common Python types down to the level of bytes, using the ctypes library and the REPL.

Robert Carrington - C for Yourself: Exploring Python Internals at the REPL (PyTexas 2017)