anatoly techtonik added the comment: I agree with you on a generic case, where "Special cases aren't special enough to break the rules.", but this special case in ctypes and _anonymous_ context is where the rule "Although practicality beats purity." should apply. Otherwise I can't see any examples where the latter wins, and why it presents in the The Zen at all.
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