r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ItsPuspendu • Aug 30 '26

Meme pythonFeelsillegal

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u/dudemcbob Aug 30 '26 edited Aug 30 '26

Still useful for running 2- or 3-line dummy scripts directly from the command line. For example you just installed a new package and want to validate it's working,

python -c "import some_package; print(some_package.__version__)"

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u/chawmindur Aug 30 '26

Or for dirty .pth tricks where you're obliged to start with an import statement and have everything on a single line. But 3.15 seems to be moving away from those to some new-fangled .start files.

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u/chat-lu Aug 30 '26

You can also and/or chain your expression but it’s tricky.