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Blog post where someone used Python quirks to evaluate false == true (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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Does anyone remember an old blog post where someone used various Python language hacks to override boolean primitives, such that the statement false == true evaluated as true? I'm 90% sure it was python, but maybe it was some other language.

I've been looking for that post recently, but haven't had any luck.

Thanks to antagonistic for finding it! I guess it was less of an "exploit", and more of a "please don't touch the loaded foot-gun"

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[-] solrize@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 months ago

I just checked and they aren't.

[-] LodeMike@lemmy.today 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Maybe they defined them as variable names instead?

Or they could have just changed the language. Do you remember them compiling or editing C? (Python is usually run on cpython)

[-] solrize@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 months ago

True is False gives false in Python 2.7.18 as well as 3.x. But, in 2.x, they aren't keywords, so you can say True=False=5 and then they are both the same object.

[-] LodeMike@lemmy.today 3 points 3 months ago

I really need to stop trusting how durable this language is.

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