Re: python coding contest

Tim Hochberg wrote:

Is it necessary to keep the input parameter as 'input'? Reducing that to a single character drops the length of a program by at least 8 characters. Technically it changes the interface of the function, so it's a little bogus, but test.py doesn't check. (Personally I prefer that if be illegal, but if it's legal I'll have to do it).

-tim


isn't the word 'input' a special word anyway???
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