Python’s inbuilt heapq, or heap queue algorithm, does the job for you. Consider using functools.partial() You might be tempted to use a class because you’re constantly calling a function with ...

(Except that we call functions “methods” when they appear inside classes in Python!) You’d then simply use your graphics routines to draw those bad guys to the screen, based on the ...

One performance-enhancement technique common to many languages, and one Python can use too, is memoization—caching the results of a function call so that future calls with the same inputs don ...