309 This blog post by Jean-Paul Calderone is commonly given as an answer in #python on Freenode. Filesystem structure of a Python project Do: name the directory something related to your project. …

Apr 22, 2013 · That is its primary purpose. Without the else-clause, the only option to run additional code before finalization would be the clumsy practice of adding the code to the try-clause. That is clumsy …

The current code generator emits no code for an assert statement when optimization is requested at compile time. - Python 2 Docs Python 3 Docs If you use assert to implement application functionality, …

Feb 1, 2019 · In Java the code is structured in packages with you each class in a separate file. Is there any similar practice in python? Is it better to have each class in a different python file and have them ...

The usage is clearly not bad practice here; you define the input and merely observe behavior. eval is handy for testing. Take a look at this search for eval, performed on the CPython git repository; testing …

Oct 21, 2010 · 45 I have been looking over the Python documentation for code formatting best practice for large lists and dictionaries, for example,

The goal is to simplify using many arguments in a Python program by writing a config (settings) file that dynamically can add an item. What is the best practice for using a settings (config) file or importing a …

I am new to Python as I want to expand skills that I learned using R. In R I tend to load a bunch of libraries, sometimes resulting in function name conflicts. What is best practice in Python. I h...

It is not bad practice to have scopped imports. So that the import applies only to the function you used it in. I think the code would be more readable though if the imports where grouped together at the top …

2 If try-except-finally is nested inside a finally block, the result from "child" finally is preserved. I have not found an official explanation yet, but the following code snippet shows this behavior in Python 3.6.