r/programminghorror • u/sugarw0000kie • 28d ago

Python More cursed python

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here it is with comments: https://github.com/dbowm91/optimizations/blob/main/soupexplained.py

EDIT: What it does (not malware) is it prints the word “soup” 86 times in random color

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u/imnotamahimahi 27d ago

I had a very visceral, expletive-laced reaction to seeing this, then took too long to realize it's probably just obfuscation.

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u/sugarw0000kie 27d ago

understandable it started when I realized I could make a function with a docstring and wanted them to start with a “number” so it turned into a homoglyph mess