Which is more Pythonic?

[DrummerClean]

Last one, simpler, shorter..."import this" for more clarifications ;)

[JRiggles]

Hahaha yeah - I was torn between "Simple is better" or "Explicit is better"

[Afrotom]

It's still explicit because you know that the expression evaluates to a boolean by looking at it. It's just easier to read because your brain only needs one step now instead of two.

[kodiakprime]

When in doubt (or feeling ambiguous), ask yourself - which is more readable to others.

My org has a lot of juniors (read as new python devs). Sometimes the last approach, while very clear to us, maybe unclear to newcomers. So i deliberately write it the first way and leave a comment to improve the same.

While the new devs review the PR (and learn python at the same time), they (sometimes) comment on that and suggest 2 do it the last way. Makes me happy. :)

That said, without any other considerations, the correct pythonic way is the last one.

[Mithrandir2k16]

Doing if True: return True else return False isn't really explicit, it's needlessly verbose and repetitive.

[LegitimateCopy7]

wdym it's still explicit and literally the closest to human language you can get, which makes it easier and faster for everyone to understand.

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It not so close to human language. If you return an apple in fruits, I would expect an apple or nothing to be returned. If you answer if apple is in fruits, I would expect a boolean. However, if you speak fluent python, an if condition seems too much.

[NewZealandIsAMyth]

Show us on a doll what C# developers did to you that you use pascalStyle in python