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Python Coding Standards | ||
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The Zen of Python | ||
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Beautiful is better than ugly. | ||
Explicit is better than implicit. | ||
Simple is better than complex. | ||
Complex is better than complicated. | ||
Flat is better than nested. | ||
Sparse is better than dense. | ||
Readability counts. | ||
Special cases aren't special enough to break the rules. | ||
Although practicality beats purity. | ||
Errors should never pass silently. | ||
Unless explicitly silenced. | ||
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In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess. | ||
There should be one—and preferably only one—obvious way to do it. | ||
Although that way may not be obvious at first unless you're Dutch. | ||
Now is better than never. | ||
Although never is often better than right now. | ||
If the implementation is hard to explain, it's a bad idea. | ||
If the implementation is easy to explain, it may be a good idea. | ||
Namespaces are one honking great idea—let's do more of those! | ||
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Use explicit imports | ||
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Don't use: | ||
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``` | ||
from foo import * | ||
Bar() | ||
``` | ||
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Use: | ||
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``` | ||
from foo import Bar | ||
Bar() | ||
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Or: | ||
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``` | ||
import foo | ||
foo.Bar() |