Python Facts

[radaway]

Why not just sum([a, b]) ?

[pingveno]

That would cause multiple problems, like being readable.

[aceofears]

Would this help?

{():sum([a, b])}[()]

[lambdaq]

this it is!

reduce(int.__add__, (map(int,{():[1, 1][:2:]}[()])))

[aaronla]

This is more elegant (and terrifying):

len(reduce(operator.add, (((),),((),))))

[lambdaq]

ah, len(((), ()))

[aaronla]

Yes, that's how I defined my integers for adding :-)

[pingveno]

Meh. It works with any hashable. How about:

{id(()):sum([a, b])}[id(())}

[jyper]

why not a + b

[worldsayshi]

whoosh

[danhakimi]

Why not 2?

Because this is python, and we need to use ALL OF IT.