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   Message 134,351 of 135,536   
   Niklas Karlsson to Peter Flass   
   Re: naughty Python   
   04 Jan 26 16:31:23   
   
   XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: nikke.karlsson@gmail.com   
      
   On 2026-01-04, Peter Flass  wrote:   
   >   
   > I look at some code and wonder "how the heck has this ever worked?", but   
   > the answer is that no one ever hit that combination of things before, or   
   > used that option.   
      
   That's certainly the sensible explanation, but I've had scenarios like   
   that, even with my own code from the past, where I could swear up and   
   down that I myself had successfully used that code in the exact scenario   
   that would obviously break.   
      
   Niklas   
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