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“Parsing” in Python
Nov 10, 2019 programming python trust types

I recently read “Parse, Don’t Validate,” shared it with my coworkers, and let it bring me out of retirement on lobste.rs. It captures a concept that I’ve struggled to explain, leading to cases where I couldn’t say why I thought something was better beyond a vague “It’s a matter of taste.” That’s not very satisfactory as a justification when you’re trying to explain to someone why they should rework a piece of code in a review.