Announcement: Obfuscated Python competition

[Chad Netzer]

On Mon, 2003-05-19 at 12:28, Graham Nicholls wrote:

> I reckon its possible to write bad code in any language.  So if it hasn't
> been done already, how about an obfuscated Python competition.

I'm not personally all that interested in a Python obfuscated code
contest (although I love looking at the obfuscated C code winners).

What I think *would* be interesting is an obfuscated Python code contest
where the entries all have to be existing, production code.  So rather
than seeing what kind of obfuscated Python COULD be written, let's see
what kind of obfuscated Python code IS being written.  It would be a
useful critique and learning tool, assuming it doesn't hurt too many
people's feelings.  Maybe the rule will be that we can only nominate our
own code...

I'm willing to bet that lambda abuse will be a large component of most
entries. :)


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Chad Netzer
(any opinion expressed is my own and not NASA's or my employer's)