This probably isn't a good motivating example - my first thought was that this is an overcomplicated way to write "This is the playlist: " + ", ".join([

This probably isn't a good motivating example - my first thought was that this is an overcomplicated way to write "This is the playlist: " + ", ".join([ 'Take me back to Eden', # My, my, those eyes like fire 'Alkaline', # Not acid nor alkaline 'Ascensionism' # Take to the broken skies at last ]) Which is easier to read and exactly as long. (In fact, without 3.12-compatible syntax highlighting, my first intuition upon reading the first line would be to suspect the code of having a typo.)