r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ItsPuspendu • 2d ago

Meme pythonFeelsillegal

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u/chawmindur 2d ago

And {} (= dict())

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u/OnyxFier 2d ago

And semicolons are allowed, if you decide you miss them

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u/dudemcbob 2d ago edited 2d ago

Still useful for running 2- or 3-line dummy scripts directly from the command line. For example you just installed a new package and want to validate it's working,

python -c "import somepackage; print(some_package.\_version__)"

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u/chawmindur 2d ago

Or for dirty .pth tricks where you're obliged to start with an import statement and have everything on a single line. But 3.15 seems to be moving away from those to some new-fangled .start files.