The “if statement” in Python does this specifically by testing whether a statement is true, and then executing a code block only if it is. In other words: “IF this is true, THEN do this.” ...

The creators of the Python language are mulling a new proposal, PEP 622, that would finally bring a pattern matching statement syntax to Python. The new pattern matching statements would give ...

Python's saving grace can be found within the original premise above: all other things being equal, shorter code is more likely to be bug-free. When you combine Python's dynamic typing with its ...