Convert any Python file into a single line of code
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Re: Convert any Python file into a single line of code
#2> Space: O(n). No code is ever duplicated, so the one-lined code produced is linear in the size of the input code.
Seems like a non sequitur?
Re: Convert any Python file into a single line of code
#3For a very limited definition of "any python file".
Still brings me back to highschool, where we toyed with that kind of tricks (someone builds something, the others try to figure out how it works). Fun times!
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#4+1 for Y Combinator :)
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#5Nice.
This made me think of this video with Jim Weirich demonstrating functional patterns, transformations and the Y combinator:
Highly recommened. It's very related to what seems to be going on here, and actually quite funny.
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#6> Your code was not valid: 'try-except' is an open problem.
Well that was disappointing...
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#7Call me when the results are compliant with PEP8
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#8> However, since while loops and for loops are implemented with recursion, you might encounter maximum recursion depth exceeded errors during runtime if your loops go on for too long.
Okay, this was enough to scare me away from it :)
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#9is it me or is it continuation passing style ?
Re: Convert any Python file into a single line of code
#10> Space: O(n). No code is ever duplicated, so the one-lined code produced is linear in the size of the input code. Seems like a non sequitur?
I'm not sure why you think that. Do you mean that normally, in this context "space" means the memory usage of a program, which isn't particularly related to the size of the program?
In which case, yeah, it's a little incongruous. The "space" bit is talking about the textual representation of the program produced, while the "time" bit is talking about the runtime characteristics of the program.