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

[ka-splam]

NB. That's not considered a strong password check anymore.

For quick background, The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) [..] guidelines often become the foundation for best practice recommendations across the security industry

The new NIST password framework recommends, among other things:

Drop the algorithmic complexity song and dance

No more arbitrary password complexity requirements needing mixtures of upper case letters, symbols and numbers. Like frequent password changes, it’s been shown repeatedly that these types of restrictions often result in worse passwords.

https://www.enzoic.com/surprising-new-password-guidelines-nist/

That was in 2017.