Very bad
[...]
from modu import *
[...]
x = sqrt(4) # Is sqrt part of modu? A builtin? Defined above?
Better
from modu import sqrt
[...]
x = sqrt(4) # sqrt may be part of modu, if not redefined in between
Best
import modu
[...]
x = modu.sqrt(4) # sqrt is visibly part of modu's namespace
Bad
# create a concatenated string from 0 to 19 (e.g. "012..1819")
nums = ""
for n in range(20):
nums += str(n) # slow and inefficient
print nums
Good
# create a concatenated string from 0 to 19 (e.g. "012..1819")
nums = []
for n in range(20):
nums.append(str(n))
print "".join(nums) # much more efficient
Best
# create a concatenated string from 0 to 19 (e.g. "012..1819")
nums = [str(n) for n in range(20)]
print "".join(nums)
foo = 'foo'
bar = 'bar'
foobar = foo + bar # This is good
foo += 'ooo' # This is bad, instead you should do:
foo = ''.join([foo, 'ooo'])
You can also use the % formatting operator to concatenate a pre-determined number
of strings besides str.join() and +. However, according to PEP 3101, the % operator became
deprecated in Python 3.1 and will be replaced by the str.format() method in the later versions.
foo = 'foo'
bar = 'bar'
foobar = '%s%s' % (foo, bar) # It is OK
foobar = '{0}{1}'.format(foo, bar) # It is better
foobar = '{foo}{bar}'.format(foo=foo, bar=bar) # It is best