Bad Code Snippet of the Day

[Rick Johnson]

On Tuesday, February 18, 2014 10:47:15 AM UTC-6, Chris Angelico wrote:
> I call this "Russian Exception Roulette". It came about because of
> some discussions on python-ideas regarding the new PEP 463 and
> exception handling.
> try:
> 
>     exc = getattr(__builtins__,random.choice(list(filter(lambda x:
> x.endswith("Error"),dir(__builtins__)))))
>     f()
> except exc:
>     print("You win!")
> Given a function f(), defined elsewhere, what will this do?

For get about "f()", it will throw a NameError since "random" 
was not imported. 

Beyond that this code (either conscientiously or unconsciously)
exposes the onerous and obfuscation of a language design
that coddles a global function nightmare paradigm over the
elegance of true OOP -- talk about cutting off your nose
just to spite your face!