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Python Performance: Why 'if not list' is 2x Faster Than Using len()
(blog.codingconfessions.com)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
There is no guarantee that the comment is kept up to date with the code. "Self documenting code" is a meme, but clearly written code is pretty much always preferable to unclear code with a comment, largely because you can actually be sure that the code does what it says it does.
Note: You still need to comment your code kids.