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> you are not supposed to do this, says Python to you, because it's a bad practice and can lead to errors.

Isn't that one of the main themes of Python? That you can expect another programmer to have solved the same problem almost the same way..? I figure this is how that happens.

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Curiously, this approach is usually welcomed in corporate environments. Java and C# are on the same shelf in this regard. It limits creativity by leaving no doors for new ways of doing things. Certain class of programmers just can't bear when they are told what's right and what's wrong in programming.

Java, especially if you get into the OOP patterns fun, can present a million ways of doing things. Java is terrible about this.

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