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metaphorm on July 9, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Anti-Patterns in Python Programming

an anti-pattern is a design pattern gone bad. these aren't anti-patterns. they're just noobie mistakes and non-idiomatic expressions.

ascotan on July 9, 2014 [–]

is it an anti-pattern to call something an anti-pattern because the author isn't sure what an anti-pattern is?

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