You think that's bad? Check out:

    a = 17
    print("a=", a)
    print("a=" + str(a))
    print("a=%s" % a)
    print("a={}".format(a))
    print(f"a={a}") 
    # python 3.8 =>
    print(f"{a=}")

So many ways to do it...

But, if it sounds like I agree with you, I actually don't. I feel that the Zen of Python has taken on an almost religious level of veneration in people's minds, and leads to all sorts of unproductive debates. One person can latch onto "there should be one obvious way to do it" and another onto "practicality beats purity" and another onto "readability counts." Who's right? All can be. Or none. All could be applied to this particular case.

The Zen of Python is just a set of rough heuristics, and no heuristic or principle in the field of software development applies 100% of the time, IMHO. <= except for this one ;)