[BangPypers] Python easter eggs :)

[Pradeep Gowda]

That's rot13 print of `import this`.
However, the programmer has chosen to use a lookup table `print
this.d` instead of a rot13() fn.
I wonder why.
+PG

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 8:18 AM, Senthil Kumaran <orsenthil at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, my favorite is not just import this but
>
>>>>import this
>>>>print this.s
>
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> Senthil
>
> On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 6:41 PM, Senthil Kumaran <orsenthil at gmail.com> wrote:
>> In Py3K,
>>
>>>>> import antigravity
>>
>> That was Skip, who did that! :)
>>
>> --
>> Senthil
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 6:39 PM, Anand Balachandran Pillai
>> <abpillai at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 6:38 PM, Anand Balachandran Pillai
>>> <abpillai at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> import __phello__
>>>> Hello world...
>>>
>>> Apparently, happens only the first time you import it ;)
>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 6:17 PM, Jeff Rush <jeff at taupro.com> wrote:
>>>>> Here is another...
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> from __future__ import braces
>>>>>  File "<stdin>", line 1
>>>>> SyntaxError: not a chance
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Can you find any others? ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>> -Jeff
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Rajeev Nair wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> hi.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Iam sure many here will be aware of easter eggs in python.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> For starters here is one.At the prompt type  import this
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> import this
>>>>>> The Zen of Python, by Tim Peters
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Beautiful is better than ugly.
>>>>>> Explicit is better than implicit.
>>>>>> Simple is better than complex.
>>>>>> Complex is better than complicated.
>>>>>> Flat is better than nested.
>>>>>> Sparse is better than dense.
>>>>>> Readability counts.
>>>>>> Special cases aren't special enough to break the rules.
>>>>>> Although practicality beats purity.
>>>>>> Errors should never pass silently.
>>>>>> Unless explicitly silenced.
>>>>>> In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess.
>>>>>> There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it.
>>>>>> Although that way may not be obvious at first unless you're Dutch.
>>>>>> Now is better than never.
>>>>>> Although never is often better than *right* now.
>>>>>> If the implementation is hard to explain, it's a bad idea.
>>>>>> If the implementation is easy to explain, it may be a good idea.
>>>>>> Namespaces are one honking great idea -- let's do more of those!
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