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Suggest improved introduction to Style/#Idioms
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Idioms Idioms
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Idiomatic Python code is often referred to as being *Pythonic*. A programming Idiom, put simply, is _a way_ to write code. The notion of programming Idioms
is discussed amply at `c2 <http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ProgrammingIdiom>` and at `Stack Overflow <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/302459/what-is-a-programming-idiom>`.
Idiomatic Python code is often referred to as being *Pythonic*.
Although there usually is one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it;
_the_ way to write idiomatic Python code can be non-obvious to Python beginners. So,
good idioms must be consciously acquired.
Some common Python idioms follow:
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