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Re: Stupid ways to spell simple code

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Date 2013-07-01 01:20 +1000
Subject Re: Stupid ways to spell simple code
From Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
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On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 1:08 AM, Joshua Landau
<joshua.landau.ws@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 30 June 2013 15:58, Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Chris, i'm sorry, but your challenge is decades too late. If you seek amusement you need look no further than the Python stdlib. If you REALLY want to be amused, peruse the "idlelib" -- not only is the code obfuscated, it also breaks PEP8 and the PYTHON ZEN many times over.
>
> To translate: Not only is the code impossible to read, inefficient and
> unmaintainable whilst being only shallowly correct, but, *GASP* it
> sometimes *breaks* semi-arbitrary code *style* *suggestions*! How dare it!‽

Yeah, I cannot seriously imagine that the stdlib does anything like
the example I gave :) Pity nobody else is offering further examples, I
thought this might be a fun thread.

ChrisA

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Stupid ways to spell simple code Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-30 16:06 +1000
  Re: Stupid ways to spell simple code Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-06-30 07:58 -0700
    Re: Stupid ways to spell simple code Joshua Landau <joshua.landau.ws@gmail.com> - 2013-06-30 16:08 +0100
    Re: Stupid ways to spell simple code Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-07-01 01:20 +1000
    Re: Stupid ways to spell simple code Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-06-30 11:26 -0600
  Re: Stupid ways to spell simple code Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-30 17:36 +0000
    Re: Stupid ways to spell simple code Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-06-30 13:44 -0400
    Re: Stupid ways to spell simple code Joshua Landau <joshua.landau.ws@gmail.com> - 2013-06-30 22:52 +0100
  Re: Stupid ways to spell simple code Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2013-07-01 12:59 +0000
    Re: Stupid ways to spell simple code Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-07-01 23:14 +1000
    Re: Stupid ways to spell simple code Joshua Landau <joshua.landau.ws@gmail.com> - 2013-07-01 17:30 +0100
    Re: Stupid ways to spell simple code Marcin Szamotulski <mszamot@gmail.com> - 2013-07-01 20:36 +0100
      Re: Stupid ways to spell simple code Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-07-01 22:09 +0000
        Re: Stupid ways to spell simple code 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@gmail.com> - 2013-07-01 21:16 -0700
        Re: Stupid ways to spell simple code Marcin Szamotulski <mszamot@gmail.com> - 2013-07-02 07:22 +0100
    Re: Stupid ways to spell simple code Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-07-02 02:32 +1000
  Re: Stupid ways to spell simple code Russel Walker <russ.pobox@gmail.com> - 2013-07-02 00:33 -0700

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