misleading prefix ++

[Edward Elliott]

Peter Otten wrote:

>>>> class Int(object):
[snip]
> ...     def __pos__(self):
> ...             if self.half:
> ...                     self.value += 1
> ...             self.half = not self.half
> ...             return self
[snip]
>>>> i = Int()

which leads us to:

>>>> i
> 0
>>>> +i
> 0
>>>> +i
> 1
>>>> +i
> 1
>>>> +i
> 2

Now that is absolutely lovely.  Looks like it's time to join the ranks of
Perl and C with an Obfuscated Python Contest. ;)

-- 
Edward Elliott
UC Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall)
complangpython at eddeye dot net