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Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 16:23:40 -0800
From: Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us>
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On 02/13/2014 01:24 PM, Roy Smith wrote:
>   Emile van Sebille wrote:
>>
>> But I didn't see this one:
>>
>> s[::len(s)-1]
>
> I love it.  I need to add this to my list of Python trivia questions.

Great interview question:  What does this do?  What is its weakness?  How would you fix it?

--
~Ethan~