Code Generator written in python

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On 01/13/2010 05:09 PM, Arnaud Delobelle wrote:
> nyoka<danshizzle at gmail.com>  writes:
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>> Can someone help me with sample python code for a code generator
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> Sure, here are some example of self-evaluating python objects, i.e. for each v
> below,
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>         v == eval(v)
>
> I'm quite proud of the last one.
>
> v = (lambda x:x%('"''""'+x+'"''""'))("""(lambda x:x%%('"''""'+x+'"''""'))(%s)""")
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> v = (lambda x:x%('r\"'+x+'\"'))(r"(lambda x:x%%('r\"'+x+'\"'))(%s)")
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> v = (lambda x:x%`x`)('(lambda x:x%%`x`)(%s)')
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> v = (lambda x: x+"("+`x`+")")('(lambda x: x+"("+`x`+")")')
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> v = "\"%s\" %% ((r\"%s\",)*2)" % ((r"\"%s\" %% ((r\"%s\",)*2)",)*2)
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> :)
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If you're proud of the last one, consider moving to Perl. Python is - as 
I heard - about elegance and readability of code...