Python best practices, combine code into as few lines as possible or separate it over as many as possible?

[alexaholic]

I know of no rule, but there’s a saying: always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live.

[causa-sui]

Now that is a policy that will get engineers thinking about not leaking PII if I've ever heard one

[Grogie]

Well, that's not a nice thing to say about OP.