Re: Python Worst Practices

From	cl@isbd.net
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Subject	Re: Python Worst Practices
Date	2015-02-26 10:09 +0000
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Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 1:45 PM, Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> > http://www.slideshare.net/pydanny/python-worst-practices
> >
> > Any that should be added to this list?  Any that be removed as not that bad?
> 
> Using XML for configuration is a good example of a worst practice, but
> using Python instead isn't best practice. There are good arguments
> that a configuration language shouldn't be Turing-complete. See for
> instance this blog post: http://taint.org/2011/02/18/001527a.html
> 
I agree wholeheartedly about XML, it's just not designed for what half
the world seems to be using it for.  Rather like HTML in a way, that
should have been a proper mark-up language.

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Chris Green
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