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10 Why does Python use indentation for grouping of statements?
28 sometimes stare at it a long time wondering as to why ``y`` is being decremented even
47 Why am I getting strange results with simple arithmetic operations?
53 Why are floating-point calculations so inaccurate?
94 Why are Python strings immutable?
111 Why must 'self' be used explicitly in method definitions and calls?
153 Why can't I use an assignment in an expression?
168 Why does Python use methods for some functionality (e.g. list.index()) but functions for other (e.g…
192 Why is join() a string method instead of a list or tuple method?
258 Why isn't there a switch or case statement in Python?
305 Why can't lambda expressions contain statements?
368 Why doesn't CPython use a more traditional garbage collection scheme?
385 Why isn't all memory freed when CPython exits?
399 Why are there separate tuple and list data types?
455 Why must dictionary keys be immutable?
537 Why doesn't list.sort() return the sorted list?
596 Why is there no goto?
626 Why can't raw strings (r-strings) end with a backslash?
652 Why doesn't Python have a "with" statement for attribute assignments?
707 Why don't generators support the with statement?
716 Why are colons required for the if/while/def/class statements?
738 Why does Python allow commas at the end of lists and tuples?