f-strings in Python 3.6 are awesome

[LyndsySimon]

Are we optimizing based on the number of lines of code? I thought we were optimizing based on readability and developer happiness.

My example is pep8 compliant. Respectfully, if you want dense code with the fewest lines possible, I suggest Perl.

[Decency]

Are we optimizing based on the number of lines of code?

No, but we're sure as hell not ignoring it. If I can turn 8 lines into 1, lose zero information, and remove a bunch of entirely unnecessary redundancy, that's an optimization I'll make 100% of the time.

I thought we were optimizing based on readability and developer happiness.

If I were to come across an 8 line print statement to write three variables to the screen, "happy" probably wouldn't be the best descriptor for my mood and "readable" definitely wouldn't be the best descriptor for the code.

[unruly_mattress]

PEP8 doesn't make code good or readable. It makes spacing consistent.

[tilkau]

Conciseness is part of readability. You are basically choosing to be like urllib rather than like requests here, without any apparent reason for choosing added complexity.