title: Zen of Python: "Special cases aren’t special enough to break the rules"
body: <p>I can't find a proper explanation of what is meant by the following two lines of the Zen of Python:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Special cases aren’t special enough to break the rules.<br>
    Although practicality beats purity.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I found an example <a href="http://artifex.org/~hblanks/talks/2011/pep20_by_example.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a> but I don't quite understand it.</p>
  
  <p>Can someone please explain what these statements refer to and provide an example? </p>