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[–] limdaepl@feddit.org 2 points 12 hours ago

If the conventions suck you have to break them. How else can you improve things?

map and filter are almost always inferior to generators and comprehension expressions in terms of readability. If you prefer the former, it’s just because you got used to it, not because it’s better.