[python-perl] Translation review?

[TSO]

Hi there,



I've recently tried to translate some Perl code into Python - code is below.


Is there a more Pythonic form?


Also, is there a good reason why there are plans to remove lambda from the language?


yrs complements-of-the-season-ly...






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## 2005-04-01 - TSO
## with apologies to Erudil

import sys,math;[


                                           vars()
                                       .__setitem__(
           "ham",                  lambda(spam):("").
       join([chr((               spam/144**i)%(02*72))
  for(i)in  xrange(             int(math.log(spam**0.5,
12)+1))])),[(lambda*           spam:globals().update({}
.__class__([spam])))(        ham(spam),eval(ham(__spam))
 )for(spam,__spam)in[      (47631497714,0x3A305499C7D37),
        (47159984399,    2337674),(327499859,2336509),(8901
       +34553*10000,   2402179),(6303405375459,2295612),(11+
      7540504603011,  303839094),(95,2295612),(7540504603011,
     303839094),(95,0x16241495E6D60314676F55F45E4D3F906),(216*
     10529,0x1053924DE35309345),(0x6DB401B64DC,0x262efd)]]and(_)
     (ham(231280211),[bacon(spam,ham(0x65936781522))()for(spam)in
      crispy(bacon(bacon((bacon(eggs,ham(0x1051936D9600B6F4F)))(0)
      ,ham(6296985467094)),ham(390129778476214073077203)))]+[bacon(
       ham(32),ham(48473858995))()]),_(ham(110),(lovely)(Spam(cheese
        ,SPAM))),_(ham(231280211),[[int((lambda spam:bacon(bacon(ham
         (32),ham(48473858995))(),ham(330651610))([ham(6961)[bacon((
           spam),ham(+906698009388057))()]for(spam)in(spam)]))(spam+
             spam_),2)for(spam,spam_)in(lambda(spam):[(spam)for(spam)
               in(_spam)(spam[::2],spam[1::2])])(list(_spam(*spam)))]
                  for(spam)  in(lambda(spam):list(_spam(spam[::2],spam
                                [1::2])))([(spam+ham   (32)*n)[:n]for(
                                   spam)in(SPAM)        ])])or(Spam)((
                                      bacon)(           bacon(eggs,ham
                                                        (7233055643059
                                                         )),ham(224343
             +                                           11402701*10**
             6+                                          30804988*10**
              14)                                         ),[(spam)for
              spam                                       in(_spam)(*[
             (ham(                                       668732698837
              )%(spam_                                  ,_spam),ham(
               668732698                               *1000+837)%(
                _spam,spam_                           ))for(_spam,
                 spam_)in(_spam)                    (*Spam(lambda
                   (spam_,_spam):                   [bacon(bacon
                     (ham(32),ham(                 0xB494463B3)
                       )(),ham(610+               330651000))(
                        [_spam[spam]for(spam)in(spam)[::spam_
                         *-2+1]])for(spam)in(SPAM)],Ham([ham
                          (0x40BA541813CECF0323A994C40AA00)
                             ,ham(412853488783846916352+
                                20980637114201*10**21
                                      )])))])])]

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