On: What makes code hard to read: Visual patterns of complexity (2023)

[robert_dipaolo]

I mostly agree, but for short one liners and where there will be no reuse elsewhere, instead of a function I prefer;

  something_is_valid = something > 0 and something != foo and something > bar
  if something_is_valid:
    # ....

It achieves the same thing without needing to scroll.