[shadowmatter]

Good list. My only thoughts:

Prefer itertools.izip instead of zip to avoid materializing a new list.

Appending the comma operator to the print statement suppresses the newline character and appends a space instead, which is how print 1, "world" works.

The only tip I'd add is using mapping keys in string formatting operations:

    >>> d = {'cow': 'moo'}
    >>> print 'the cow says %(cow)s' % d
    the cow says moo

[ch0wn]

In Python 3, zip() fortunately already returns an iterator.

[buster]

For python beginners i would not mention the print statement. It won't work for python 3.x.

So, beginners: Please use print() instead of print, to save you some hazzle when using python3 :)

[ch0wn]

Without `from __future__ import print_function`, print doesn't work the same way in Py2k, though.

[mahmoudhossam]

In 2.7, it does.

[buster]

Unfortunately not.. atleast not in my 2.7.3 prompt. Only with the __future__ import :(

[jau]

In 2.6.6 also works.

[ch0wn]

If you use print() in py2k, you're still using the print statement and group the argument in parentheses. It falls apart, if you try to use more than one argument, because it's interpreted as a tuple then.

Python3:

    >>> print("hello", "world")
    hello world

Python2:

    >>> print("hello", "world")
    ('hello', 'world')