In comp.lang.python, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > Michael F. Stemper <mstem...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On 15/01/2021 14.01, Stefan Ram wrote: >>> __import__( "math" ).sqrt( 4 ) >> I had no idea that syntax existed, and find it completely at odds >> with The Zen of Python. I'm torn between forgetting that I ever saw >> it and using it for some evilly-obfuscated code. > I recommend option #2. It is incredibly good fun. For added bonus > obscurity, don't import a module directly; import it from some > unrelated module, such as "from ast import sys" or "from base64 import > re".
Is there an Obfuscated Python contest, like there is with C? I know the C ones are often quite interesting, like the 2020 entry that implements tic-tac-toe in "Turing complete" sub-language of printf() format strings. (Carlini, http://www.ioccc.org/years.html#2020 ) Elijah ------ with the complexity of fitting the 200k format into a 2k source file -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
