> Roughly half of that is entirely closing braces/parens... This is good, as it improves the code's readability. > ...but the other half is actual code reduct

> Roughly half of that is entirely closing braces/parens... This is good, as it improves the code's readability. > ...but the other half is actual code reduction/simplification, mostly from loop comprehensions. This may not be good, as it can reduce the code's readability. List comprehension should only be used moderately, else you will end up with this: http://blog.garlicsim.org/post/3504711416/nastiest-python-list-comprehension-ever http://blog.garlicsim.org/post/3504711416/nastiest-python-li... Also, with python, at least you gain performance advantage by using list comprehension.