Quines

Simple Python Quines Created Just for Fun

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quine_%28computing%29

I wrote a couple of quines in Python as a part of the Python-on-Rails 2014 code dojo. (https://us.pycon.org/2014/events/python_on_rails/)

I'd heard of quines before, but never studied how they were created. It was fun to figure out the __file__ based "cheat" version and then figure out the specific tricks required to get the more "expected" kind of quine going too.

Sample Run

$ make test
Save quine output to temp files...
quine.filecheat.py tmpfile: /tmp/QUINE_FILECHEAT.out.6yBsGe
quine.py tmpfile: /tmp/QUINE.out.tcjY0H
Save quine output to temp files...DONE

Testing __file__ 'cheat' version...
Displaying diff (should be blank, make aborts otherwise):
Testing __file__ 'cheat' version... DONE

Testing traditional quine...
Displaying diff (should be blank, make aborts otherwise):
Testing traditional quine... DONE

Clean up tmpfiles...
Clean up tmpfiles...DONE