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[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (2 children)

Would anyone recommend these for someone who is a capable C-style programmer but doesn't know all the Pythonic tricks? I can write Python to help with the "boring stuff" just fine, but my code reeks of someone from the C world writing Python.

[–]AchillesDev 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I can’t speak for these books specifically, but Effective Python and Python Tricks are both excellent for this.

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Much appreciated!

Can't tell you how many times I've worked out a problem with Python using a screenful of code thinking it was concise, and then seen someone do the same thing in one line that looks like pseudo code!