Ian Kelly <ian.g.ke...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 1:45 PM, Mark Lawrence <breamore...@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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