From the page: > Generally speaking, less code is better than more code This is true, but, generally speaking, readable code is better than compact code. Maki

From the page: > Generally speaking, less code is better than more code This is true, but, generally speaking, readable code is better than compact code. Making it harder to scan through the code, or requiring more horizontal reading to understand code while you're scanning through it, is objectively bad. This is going to push people towards making less-readable code for literally zero benefit. Considering how many of the checks in pylint are to make your code more readable, this is a clear step backwards. I agree with him about the problems involved in while loops; there are cases where what you actually want is "loop forever until you die", but they are pretty rare, and all the rest can be converted into some other form of loop; that said, those situations also seem to more likely complicate the understanding of your code in many situations. All in all, while-used is highly opinionated but has a point to make; consider-ternary-expression is an asinine addition that's going to push people towards writing objectively worse code for literally no benefit other than reducing line count. If that's your KPI, then sure, fill your boots, but it makes zero sense to enable it by default. Edit: To clarify, it does not seem as though PyLint is enabling this by default, but I'm concerned that some shops will enable it by default and push their developers to write worse code.