Funky Programming

Multiple Assignments

This is where more than one variable is given a value at one time.

a, b = 1, 2
	

This feature makes swapping easy:

a, b = b, a
	

It is most useful when doing calculations with more than one variable involved:

a, b = b, a + b
	

instead of:

c = a
a = b
b = c + b
	

Functional Programming

Python has some support for functional programming in the lambda keyword, this allows you to create functions on the fly.

Pythons Protocols

All of the syntactic sugars that make Python quick and easy to program in are available to the program. For example, you create a class that has the semantics of a list, you can define certain functions for your class and use all the normal syntax with your new class.