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Tim Hochberg  
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 More options Dec 28 2005, 9:49 am
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From: Tim Hochberg <tim.hochb...@ieee.org>
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 07:49:29 -0700
Local: Wed, Dec 28 2005 9:49 am
Subject: Re: python coding contest
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Marius Gedminas wrote:
> Jean-Paul Calderone wrote:

>>On Tue, 27 Dec 2005 14:02:57 -0700, Tim Hochberg <tim.hochb...@ieee.org> wrote:

>>>Shane Hathaway wrote:

>>>>Paul McGuire wrote:

>>>>Also, here's another cheat version.  (No, 7seg.com does not exist.)

>>>>   import urllib2
>>>>   def seven_seg(x):return urllib2.urlopen('http://7seg.com/'+x).read()

>>>And another one from me as well.

>>>class a:
>>> def __eq__(s,o):return 1
>>>seven_seg=lambda i:a()

>>This is shorter as "__eq__=lambda s,o:1".

> Or even

>   class seven_seg(str):__eq__=lambda*a:1

> 39 characters; passes the test suite.  I'm sure it would be
> disqualified for cheating, though. :-)

Tricky. That leads to this 30 character gem:

class seven_seg(str):__eq__=id

-tim

>>But I can't find the first post in this thread... What are you
>>guys talking about?

> http://www.pycontest.net


 
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