[Python-Dev] Potential NULL pointer dereference in descrobject.c (original) (raw)

Steven D'Aprano steve at pearwood.info
Sun Dec 18 01:33:20 CET 2011

Greg Ewing wrote:

Matt Joiner wrote:

ಠಠ What's up with these ?? messages?

I think that, depending on the typeface you view it with, it is supposed to be some sort of smiley: two big wide open square eyes with tightly pursed lips. Presumably it is supposed to be a look of shock and surprise.

As smileys go, it's pretty poor, because people are unlikely to see the same thing. The supposed eyes are probably intended to be square boxes; in my email client, the boxes contain tiny 0ca0 characters, which completely ruins the effect. Apparently you see a question mark instead of a box. Depending on the typeface, others might see a full box, an empty box, a diamond with a question mark in it, nothing at all, or some other glyph.

-- Steven

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