r/ProgrammerHumor 2d ago

Meme pythonFeelsillegal

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u/belabacsijolvan 2d ago

theres main() in python

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u/chawmindur 2d ago

And {} (= dict())

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u/userhwon 2d ago

Always fun that writing an empty set gets you a dict so you have to use set() explicitly to get an empty set... jeebus, Guido...

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u/carcigenicate 2d ago

{/} is being proposed so sets have an empty literal.

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u/SoldRIP 2d ago

... As opposed to the sensible {:} for dicts, which would be consistent with their already existing syntax?

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u/NewbornMuse 2d ago

And what, change the meaning of {} from dict to set? I don't think breaking changes like that are anywhere in python's future.

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u/minecon1776 1d ago

Python 4