I hate "code snippets", the code examples in books and tutorials that leave out import/include statements and other "minor" details which make them impossible to actually run.
One benefit of having runnable examples is that the author can copy/paste the code and easily make them into unit tests.
I'm finding SO MANY typos in the draft of the 3rd edition of Automate the Boring Stuff.
Al Sweigart /
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