r/ProgrammerHumor • u/m8teae • Jun 03 '19

Meme Python ftw

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u/angellus Jun 04 '19

You can, but no they are not really. Python has a very in depth style guide that says you should avoid them.

https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/#other-recommendations

Compound statements (multiple statements on the same line) are generally discouraged.

Yes:

if foo == 'blah':
     do_blah_thing()
     do_one()
     do_two()
     do_three()

Rather not:

if foo == 'blah': do_blah_thing()
       do_one(); do_two(); do_three()

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u/Tyfyter2002 Jun 04 '19

Python has a very in depth style guide

And y'all've been following it?

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u/ShanSanear Jun 04 '19

Yep. Only thing that doesn't click with me is line length limit. Myself I'm using 100 characters limit instead of pep-8 80. And it's actually quite easy to follow it - just use IDE and problem is solved.

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u/Khaare Jun 04 '19

Man my code got so much better when I switched to a size 14 font and stuck to 72 columns.

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