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Correctness
Maintainability
Readability
Asking for permission instead of forgiveness
Comparing things to
None
the wrong way
Comparing things to
True
the wrong way
Using
type()
to compare types
Not using dict comprehensions
Not using dict keys when formatting strings
Not using
items()
to iterate over a dictionary
Not using named tuples when returning more than one value from a function
Not using unpacking for updating multiple values at once
Not using
zip()
to iterate over a pair of lists
Putting type information in a variable name
Test for object identity should be
is
Using an unpythonic loop
Using
map()
or
filter()
where list comprehension is possible
Using
CamelCase
in function names
Security
Performance
Django
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