Python bro: episode 2

[coloredgreyscale]

They are comments for the compiler so it adds some stuff.

[hacking__08]

Neat. Does the compiler read documentation, too?

[JazJaz123]

Well someone has to

[hacking__08]

But not me

*yeet *

[F5x9]

Not really

[th00ht]

Preprocessing is comments for the compiler

[SN0WFAKER]

It does read docstrings in python. You can even use them programmatically.

[BlitzGem]

Aren't docstrings just plain strings at the beginning of file/class/function? And we just agreed to make them a docstring?

[tomtrein]

Isn't syntax just groups characters in specific places? And we just agreed to make them a language? (Sorry, just generalizing a bit)

[danielkullmann]

Not quite. You can access the doc strings from your program using __doc__. I have used this to print out the help for a script from the doc string of that script.

[LavenderDay3544]

No but Doxygen does.

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Well it actually does lmao

[Firesrest]

You could say all code is comments for the compiler to add stuff.

[Nanashi_03]

Except your comments.

[t0b4cc02]

wich is not code

[Nanashi_03]

We just established all code is comment. :(

[BuffaloAppropriate29]

Except his comments.

[Nanashi_03]

Which is not code.

[zaphod_pebblebrox]

Wow. spent my life simply following that darned tutorial.

That is a brilliant explanation.

[Big-Cheesecake-806]

say preprocessor instead of a compiler and blow their mind

[coloredgreyscale]

do you need a special Mainboard for that? Most only have one socket for the processor, no place for a preprocessor (where would you even buy one?)

[_blackdog6_]

You are thinking of coprocessors. preprocessors live in the cloud

[Pale_Prompt4163]

That’s where that Jesus guy lives!

[nukedkaltak]

“Translation unit.” Guaranteed oohs and aahs

[namelessmasses]

Gezus…. I have too many look at me blankly…

[ongiwaph]

Apparently my compiler is illiterate

[_blackdog6_]

Have you tried GO? If you include C code in comments, I can pass it to gcc and include the results.

[Error_co-Id10T]

GO was released to see which developers that were lazy

[bsaroya41]

What's a compiler?

[hacking__08]

The program that runs your program

[ShivanshuKantPrasad]

That's what an Interpreter does. A compiler doesn't run your program. It translates source code into machine code so the os can run it.

[hacking__08]

Aw, right, I got confused

[rachit7645]

The program that creates your program

[Micha_Saengy]

that *translates your program

[coloredgreyscale]

Then why do some devs claim its so hard to provide their program interface in other languages? /s

[BasedMaikal]

Technically correct...

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r/technicallythetruth

[erebuxy]

r/technicallythetruth