some problems for an introductory python test

[Terry Reedy]

On 8/10/2021 5:27 PM, Hope Rouselle wrote:
> Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu> writes:
> 
>> On 8/10/2021 9:15 AM, Hope Rouselle wrote:
>>>>>> 2.__add__(3)
>>> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>>> But then I tried:
>>>
>>>>>> (2).__add__(3)
>>> 5
>>
>> Add a space is easier.
>>>>> 2 .__add__(3)
>> 5
>>>>>
> 
> Hah.  That's brilliant!  So cool.

Python is a little looser about whitespace than one might expect from 
reading 'normal' code when the result is unambiguous in that it cannot 
really mean anything other than what it does.  Two other examples:

 >>> if3: print('yes!')
yes!
 >>> [0]  [0]
0





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Terry Jan Reedy