[python-committers] Programming readability/usability study using Python

[Nick Coghlan]

Via Gary Bernhardt, here's an interesting study on things that can
make Python code hard to read:

http://arxiv.org/pdf/1304.5257.pdf

(I suggest trying the experiment yourself on Figure 1, before
continuing on to read the explanation in the text - the result may
surprise you!)

I've also followed up with the researchers regarding the experimental
design for their vertical whitespace question - I think it has some
flaws that limit its applicability in real world code, so perhaps I
can interest them in getting another paper out of it :)

Cheers,
Nick.

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