Python self-evaluating strings

[Terry Reedy]

"Arnaud Delobelle" <arnodel at googlemail.com> wrote in message 
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| An earlier post today got me thinking about "quines" (programs that
| output themselves) in Python.  I tried to find some on the web but
| didn't find many ([1]).  In particular I didn't find any that
| corresponded to my instinctive (LISP-induced, probably) criterion:
...
| I'd like to know if anyone on the list has indulged in this time-
| bending/mind-wasting activity before.  If so, it would be nice to
| create a list of such expressions.

Some years ago there was a substantial thread on this, (Shortest 
Self-Reproducing Programs, or some such) including a fairly long one from 
me that gave several 'shortest' (depending of definition and input method). 
It included a Python tranlation of at least one standard Lisp version.  I 
presume you could find it on groups.google

Terry J. Reedy