On Mon, 02 Jun 2014 23:23:53 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 10:27 PM, Tim Chase > <python.l...@tim.thechases.com> wrote: >> Stripping off the exec() call makes it pretty transparent that you're >> attempting (successfully on some platforms) to set the value of "4" to >> "5". But a cute hack. > > And not on Windows inside IDLE, where attempting to use 4 results in a > ===== RESTART ===== crash.
Sounds like a bug in IDLE. What happens if you try it in Windows without IDLE, just using the standard interactive interpreter? -- Steven D'Aprano http://import-that.dreamwidth.org/ -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
