• funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works
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    21 hours ago

    _ (sic) as a variable name is often used when a function returns multiple outputs but you only want one

     def my_function:
          return 1, 2, 3
    
     _, two, _ = my_function()
    
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      20 hours ago

      Underscore alone is a special variable name and I’m pretty sure anything assigned to it goes straight to garbage collection. Whereas _myvariable is typically use to indicate a “private” class variable or method (Python doesn’t have private so it’s just a convention).