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0 pointscollyw12y ago0 comments

The beauty of expressive languages like Python is that you can fit a lot of logic into one line with list comprehensions and the likes. When it isn't obvious what it is doing straight away, add a comment.

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NateDad12y ago

This is almost always a bad idea. I've extracted many a python line into 2-4 lines to make it a hell of a lot more clear. Packing logic into a line is not a good thing. It may be fun and a challenge, but it makes for fragile code that is easy to get wrong and/or misunderstand.

collywOP12y ago

I often use list comprehensions where I would have previously used a for loop. It means you have less variables and are less likely to have side effects. I wouldn't say it is always a bad idea.

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collywOP12y ago

I often use list comprehensions where I would have previously used a for loop. It means you have less variables and are less likely to have side effects. I wouldn't say it is always a bad idea.

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