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Python FTW: Under the Hood

Let's Meet Friendly Language Uncle for Life

Explore the diamond operator discussed in PEP-401, an uncommon feature in Python 3, and understand its use and limitations. Learn about hidden Python gems and how to access these features using eval or compile for improved coding insight.

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Have you ever used the diamond operator (<>) in Python? Let’s see what it does.

⚠️ The following code is meant for Python 3.x versions.

Python 3.5
>>> from __future__ import barry_as_FLUFL
>>> "Ruby" != "Python" # there's no doubt about it
  File "some_file.py", line 1
    "Ruby" != "Python"
              ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>>> "Ruby" <> "Python"
True
Terminal 1
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