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Python: Which practice avoids a common mistake with Packaging, Source Distributions, and Wheels?

Difficulty:

Medium

Questions:

1

Time Limit:

2 minutes

Passing Score:

100%

Question

Which practice avoids a common mistake with Packaging, Source Distributions, and Wheels?

  1. Ignore the Packaging, Source Distributions, and Wheels issue and rely on team discipline instead of clearer APIs or invariants.
  2. Silence the Packaging, Source Distributions, and Wheels problem by using broad catches, hidden globals, or extra shared mutable state.
  3. Prefer the version of Packaging, Source Distributions, and Wheels that makes behavior less predictable as long as the code still runs.
  4. Do not treat packaging as an afterthought if the project must install consistently across CI, developer machines, and production targets.

Hint

Look for the option that protects correctness instead of hiding the problem.

Answer and rationale

Correct answer: D. Do not treat packaging as an afterthought if the project must install consistently across CI, developer machines, and production targets.

Do not treat packaging as an afterthought if the project must install consistently across CI, developer machines, and production targets. This is a common failure mode in real Python code and a frequent interview follow-up.

Track: Python