Python is extremely easy to write, but hell to read. Rust code tends to be very easy to read.
On a big project, you are going to be reading a lot more code than you are going to be writing.
On a big project, you are going to be reading a lot more code than you are going to be writing.
As long as there is proper linting, both should be readable.
That being said, python is about the simplest language there is to read.
Of course if you have many times nested and improperly indented list comprehensions- sure that gets confusing. But that should be fixed with proper linting (black on its own should do it)
Curious about the examples you've seen that were difficult to parse!
foo = x if y else zMany languages support the ternary operator, where it would be:
foo = y ? x : z
Some languages like Rust and Kotlin do support assignment of an if statement like
foo = if (y) { x } else { z }
In the beginning of doing Rust I was missing the ternary operator, but now I couldn't care less.
foo = if y { x } else { y }