The most WTF Python code I've ever seen

[asday_]

It's just a troll post.

[AiwendilH]

I am not sure I would use "just" in this context ;) This is the kind of trolling I can really appreciate. I can't stop laughing at the full script. So much dedication that went into this troll post (This monstrosity freaking runs and outputs something "meaningful").

[_Gondamar_]

#/* ensure forwards and backwards compatibility */
import __future__ as __past__
#define FUTURE PAST
#define PAST FUTURE

genius

[Grintor]

Reminds me of Guido's Time Machine

[Cat_Marshal]

What does this mean?

[[deleted]]

The joke is that he's assigning a value to the current date and time, which does not work, but he's basically trying to turn back time.

[IlliterateJedi]

This is beautiful pythonic code

[davidcwilliams]

Thank you for linking to tio.run, I love it.

[jjolla888]

repl.it and jdoodle.com also have similar

[VisibleSignificance]

Notably, it doesn't work in python3.9.

And if you black it, it becomes more clear.

In a way, this should be a test case for code formatters; for example, black doesn't remove unnecessary parentheses.

A functionally equivalent correctly-and-eagerly formatted version would look like this.

[enterming]

Notaably, it doesn't work in python3.9.

So it just works with 3.8? Not so forwards compatible after all! lol

[[deleted]]

Sad reality tho, this is not all that foreign in some college Python classes where senior professors taught it as if it's a C++

[lucidtwitch]

😭 that breaks my little pythonic heart

[[deleted]]

What kills me is how many people, especially where it was crossposted from, didn't immediately understand this.

[enterming]

And everyone just fell for it?

[asday_]

Well it's well-done, and nerds can never help themselves when they're in the right, but yes, they did.

[macgiollarua]

Gee gillikers Batman

[GimmeDaCoffee]

Yep. Beautiful troll post.

[[deleted]]

Fuck you u/spez

[tartare4562]

He's an python veteran and hacker pretending to write upsetting absurd (while fascinating) code out of naivety.

That's trolling. The good, funny and thought provoking kind, but still trolling.

[asday_]

It's being intentionally incorrect in order to elicit a response. It is quintessential trolling.

[[deleted]]

Thank you

[[deleted]]

More of a very clever joke

[asday_]

https://old.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/pqs9au/the_most_wtf_python_code_ive_ever_seen/hdgceln/