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The Zen of Python clearly says explicit is better than implicit. But it’s so easy to do implicit variables in Python that, especially in large projects, sh*t hits the fan very quickly.

“Python has an ethos, starting with the Zen of Python [which features guidelines for Python’s design] that is all focused on code [being] read more than it is written,” said Erik LaBianca, ...

In this sense, the Zen of Python has upheld its verdict: most of the time, there is indeed only one good way of doing things, whether that is with classes or without.

The Zen of Python states that there should be one obvious way to do things. String formatting in Python deviates greatly from this rule, because there is a slew of ways to do it.