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Code Style — The Hitchhiker's Guide to Python

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If you ask Python programmers what they like most about Python, they will often cite its high readability. Indeed, a high level of readability is at the heart of the design of the Python language, following the recognized fact that code is read much more often than it is written.

Code Style — The Hitchhiker's Guide to Python Code Style ¶ If you ask Python programmers what they like most about Python, they will often cite its high readability. Indeed, a high level of readability is at the heart of the design of the Python language, following the recognized fact that code is read much more often than it is written. One reason for the high readability of Python code is its relatively complete set of Code Style guidelines and “Pythonic” idioms. When a veteran Python developer (a Pythonista) calls portions of code not “Pythonic”, they usually mean that these lines of

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