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| References | <roy-A03C06.22152730112011@news.panix.com> |
|---|---|
| Date | 2011-12-01 19:21 +1100 |
| Subject | Re: Clever hack or code abomination? |
| From | Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.3191.1322727673.27778.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 2:15 PM, Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> wrote: > for suffix in [''] + [str(i) for i in xrange(-1, -20, -1)]: > > It generates the right sequence of strings. But, if you came upon that > code, would it make sense to you, or would you spend half the afternoon > trying to figure out what it did and the other half of the afternoon > ranting about the deranged lunatic who wrote it? That's a self-contained piece of code.If I came upon it, I'd probably copy and paste it to IDLE, see what it comes up with, and proceed from there. Deranged you may be, but so long as code can be dropped into an interactive interpreter, it's fine. ChrisA
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Clever hack or code abomination? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2011-11-30 22:15 -0500
Re: Clever hack or code abomination? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-12-01 03:38 +0000
Re: Clever hack or code abomination? Matt Joiner <anacrolix@gmail.com> - 2011-12-01 14:49 +1100
Re: Clever hack or code abomination? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-12-01 19:21 +1100
Re: Clever hack or code abomination? John Ladasky <ladasky@my-deja.com> - 2011-12-06 11:19 -0800
Re: Clever hack or code abomination? Arnaud Delobelle <arnodel@gmail.com> - 2011-12-01 08:35 +0000
Re: Clever hack or code abomination? Vito 'ZeD' De Tullio <zak.mc.kraken@libero.it> - 2011-12-01 21:35 +0100
Re: Clever hack or code abomination? "Martin P. Hellwig" <martin.hellwig@gmail.com> - 2011-12-01 21:13 +0000
Re: Clever hack or code abomination? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-12-02 00:15 +0000
Re: Clever hack or code abomination? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-12-02 13:07 +1100
Re: Clever hack or code abomination? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-12-02 05:34 +0000
Re: Clever hack or code abomination? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-12-02 17:02 +1100
Re: Clever hack or code abomination? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-12-02 08:54 +0000
Re: Clever hack or code abomination? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-12-02 20:16 +1100
Re: Clever hack or code abomination? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-12-01 21:49 -0500
Re: Clever hack or code abomination? Matt Joiner <anacrolix@gmail.com> - 2011-12-02 16:11 +1100
Re: Clever hack or code abomination? Chris Hulan <chris.hulan@gmail.com> - 2011-12-02 09:20 -0800
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