Is Using Semi-Colons in python looked down upon?

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I am fairly good at python but I am wondering if using semi colons is looked down upon in any way. When I see code snippets online or I look at friends code etc I don't see them. If they are looked down upon, why? I don't see a problem with them. I would use them like this for example:

print("What you do want {}?".format(name));choice = input(">> ")

They add nothing. Why use them? Use `choice = input("What you do want {}?".format(name)\n>> ")` instead. *>looking down on them — Patrick Artner, Sep 28 '18 at 15:47
Python has established coding style guidelines https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/? — John, Sep 28 '18 at 15:50
See [here](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8236380/why-is-semicolon-allowed-in-this-python-snippet) — pushkin, Nov 05 '18 at 14:46

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 28 '18 at 15:50

It's normally discouraged as it detracts from readability, from PEP8:

Compound statements (multiple statements on the same line) are generally discouraged.

Yes:
if foo == 'blah':
    do_blah_thing()
do_one()
do_two()
do_three()
Rather not:
if foo == 'blah': do_blah_thing()
do_one(); do_two(); do_three()
While sometimes it's okay to put an if/for/while with a small body on the same line, never do this for multi-clause statements. Also avoid folding such long lines!

Rather not:
if foo == 'blah': do_blah_thing()
for x in lst: total += x
while t < 10: t = delay()
Definitely not:
if foo == 'blah': do_blah_thing()
else: do_non_blah_thing()

try: something()
finally: cleanup()

do_one(); do_two(); do_three(long, argument,
                             list, like, this)

if foo == 'blah': one(); two(); three()

Is Using Semi-Colons in python looked down upon?

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