Python riddle

[SPE - Stani's Python Editor]

I know that this code is nonsense, but why does this print 'Why?'

a = 1
if a >2:
try:
5/0
except:
raise
else:
print 'why?'

[ech0]

1 is not greater then 2 last time i checked :)

[SPE - Stani's Python Editor]

Forget it, it's not 1st of april yet.

[Daniel Schüle]

SPE - Stani's Python Editor wrote:

I know that this code is nonsense, but why does this print 'Why?'

a = 1
if a >2:
try:
5/0
except:
raise
else:
print 'why?'

because 1 is not greater than 2 I suppose :)

[kyle.tk]

SPE - Stani's Python Editor wrote:

I know that this code is nonsense, but why does this print 'Why?'

a = 1
if a >2:
try:
5/0
except:
raise
else:
print 'why?'

last time i checked this should print 'why?'
I have no idea how you got it to print 'Why?'

[Dan Bishop]

kyle.tk wrote:

SPE - Stani's Python Editor wrote:

I know that this code is nonsense, but why does this print 'Why?'

a = 1
if a >2:
try:
5/0
except:
raise
else:
print 'why?'

last time i checked this should print 'why?'
I have no idea how you got it to print 'Why?'

class CapOutput: .... def __init__(self, fileobj):
.... self._file = fileobj
.... def write(self, text):
.... self._file.write(text.capitalize())
.... sys.stdout = CapOutput(sys.stdout)
print 'why?'

Why?

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Mon, 05 Dec 2005 22:58:42 -0800, Dan Bishop wrote:

class CapOutput: ... def __init__(self, fileobj):
... self._file = fileobj
... def write(self, text):
... self._file.write(text.capitalize())
... sys.stdout = CapOutput(sys.stdout)
print 'why?'

Why?

That's ... brilliant. Brilliant and evil.

But mostly evil.
*grin*
--
Steven.