[python-perl] Translation review?

[Steve Holden]

Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "<stdin>", line 19, in ?
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '<stdin>'

(in both Windows 2.4 and Cygwin 2.4)

regards
  Steve

TSO wrote:
> Hi there,
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> I've recently tried to translate some Perl code into Python - code is below.
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> Is there a more Pythonic form?
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> Also, is there a good reason why there are plans to remove lambda from the language?
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> 
> yrs complements-of-the-season-ly...
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> ==== START OF CODE
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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
>                                       )])))])])]
> 
> == END OF CODE


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