On 2009-09-05, Steven D'Aprano <st...@remove-this-cybersource.com.au> wrote: > On Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:21:15 -0700, Mike Coleman wrote: > >> It is true, though, that Python >> cannot be used to write arbitrarily complex one-liners, though. > > Incorrect. > >>>> exec "x=1\0while x < 5:\0 x+=1\0print x".replace('\0','\n') > 5 > > Take (almost) any arbitrary piece of Python code. Replace all newlines by > nulls. Escape any quotation marks. Wrap the whole thing in quotes, and > pass it to exec as above, and you have an arbitrarily complex one-liner.
I don't understand the reason for the newline/null swapping. Why not just do this? >>> exec "x=1\nwhile x < 5:\n x+=1\nprint x\n" 5 -- Grant -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list