2013.02.09 - programming wat

as a part of exercising my (basic) python skills i've decided to write short HTML links extractor and combiner, to download a series of lectures on cryptography (which, btw i highly recommend!) to disk. as an experienced C++ developer, having to increment variable, as a part of the loop, i typed:

++i

and… it didn't increment. wtf? quick search showed that python uses “+” and “-” as sign indicators, for number and thus parses “++i” as “+(+i)”, which gives “i”. WAT? and this is how i reminded myself of an short, excellent talk about “nice” pitfalls in rubby and javascript.

good news:

1. just learned something new
2. had some fun

bad news:

1. got late
2. want sleep