Claudio Grondi wrote:
> In the process of learning about some deeper details of Python I am
> curious if it is possible to write a 'prefix' code assigning to a and b
> something special, so, that Python gets trapped in an endless loop in a
> line with:
>
> if a==b: print 'OK'
>
> I mean, it would be of much help to me on my way to understanding Python
> to know how such prefix code leading to an endless loop can look like
> and if it is eventually not possible to write such code, to know why it
> is not possible?
>
> My own first rough idea was to create generators which never end and use
> them in the '==' comparison, but I have not well understood how to write
> and use generators yet, so I expect from studying this special case to
> come to some enlightenment.
>
Well, you could try this:
>>> class thing:
... def __eq__(self, other):
... return other == self
...
>>> a = thing()
>>> b = thing()
>>> a == b
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
File "<stdin>", line 3, in __eq__
File "<stdin>", line 3, in __eq__
File "<stdin>", line 3, in __eq__
...
File "<stdin>", line 3, in __eq__
File "<stdin>", line 3, in __eq__
RuntimeError: maximum recursion depth exceeded
>>>
Was that what you meant? Or something more like:
>>> class thing:
... def __eq__(self, other):
... import time; time.sleep(1000000)
...
>>> a = thing()
>>> b = thing()
>>> a == b
regards
Steve
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