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Álvaro Ramírez
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Álvaro Ramírez

04 November 2013 Some python idioms

  • Prefer double quotes if escaping single quotes.
  • Prefer string interpolation over join. Eg. "'%s'" % member_default.
  • Prefer double underscore for privates.
  • Prefer with statement to implicitly close file.
with open(path, 'r') as text_file:
    text = text_file.read()
  • Prefer list comprehensions to filter.
  • Prefer using separate modules over classes if only using for separation.
  • Keep in mind: "eafp vs lbyl" (ie. just let it throw).
  • Prefer exceptions over assertions.
  • Throw ValueError for wrong input.
  • Return explicit False if remaining case is always false.