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Python Dictionary Comprehensions: When They Help and When They Hurt

A dictionary comprehension builds a dictionary in one line. Good for transforming, filtering and building lookups. Bad for nested logic, side effects and anything that needs error handling. Shorter code is not always better code.

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Python if __name__ == "__main__": What It Does and When You Need It

Importing a file runs it. if __name__ == "__main__" keeps a file's script part from running when another file imports it. Use it with a main() function, and know the cases where you don't need it.

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