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zip-instead-of-pairwise (RUF007)#

Fix is sometimes available.

What it does#

Checks for use of zip() to iterate over successive pairs of elements.

Why is this bad?#

When iterating over successive pairs of elements, prefer itertools.pairwise() over zip().

itertools.pairwise() is more readable and conveys the intent of the code more clearly.

Example#

letters = "ABCD"
zip(letters, letters[1:])  # ("A", "B"), ("B", "C"), ("C", "D")

Use instead:

from itertools import pairwise

letters = "ABCD"
pairwise(letters)  # ("A", "B"), ("B", "C"), ("C", "D")

References#