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Blog post where someone used Python quirks to evaluate false == true (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by CrackedLinuxISO@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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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 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

The builtin names are True and False and they became keywords a while back. true and false are just ordinary variables that you can set to whatever you want.

Meanwhile, in Forth:

: 2 3 ; \ define 2 as 3
2 2 + .  6 ok   \ shows that 2+2 is now 6

[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 1 points 1 day ago (4 children)

God I hated that about Python. Why tf we capitalizing True and False?

[–] solrize@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

They are constants, like None, which has always been around.

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