dict is input

Revision en1, by AldyPy, 2026-05-22 11:23:40

dict is input

Disclaimer: this is just a silly and unserious blog.

Disclaimer 2: there may be some slightly inappropriate adult humor.

So today I was kinda bored, and was playing around with some div 2 problem. Then I realized you could do some funny stuff with syntax relating to operator chaining. For example:

dfs(1) and print(ans)

is valid syntax format, i.e. calling two functions and using and to seemlessly "connect" them. In Python, the keyword is exists, so in fact you can create short, yet valid, English sentences using builtin classes and functions. An example is dict is input. Perhaps you can see where I'm going with this lol.

Well anyway, I was bored. So, I tried to see what I could come up with. I crafted a solution to this problem, you could go ahead and read the problem first, but it is trivial since it's a Div 4A. The following is my beautiful, profoundly elegant, and accepted solution:

Spoiler

This is truly the peak of programming. I think in 10-20 years time people will soon realize this is the optimal way to code. It gives the Python interpreter more sense of purpose and accomplishment. Or idk maybe it would just sigh when it tries to think about what kinda idiot wrote that code...

Anyway, I'm not that creative, so if you're bored, why don't you try it? I'm interested to see what other people can come up with, or perhaps some cool or funny stuff like this already exists and you could share them with me. I know Perl has some quirky stuff in it's language, but I am Perl-phobic and experience temporal blindness whenever I look at the syntax, so I can't do it.

I hope you enjoyed this short blog hehe.

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