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Re:Python Best Practice Patterns by collyw on Friday February 28, 2014 @12:51PM (#7320290)
Comments should explain why you are doing something while method names are a guide to what they are doing. I see them as for different purposes and one should not replace the other.
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Re:Python Best Practice Patterns by mercurial on Friday February 28, 2014 @05:07PM (#7321876)
Absolutely, unless you're writing end-user documentation.
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