Write a single file that I can save as foo.py.rs that I can run as either a rust program or a python program, and so both will print "hello world". Specifically if I run `python foo.py.rs` or `rustc -o a.out foo.py.rs && ./a.out` I should see "hello world" printed to the console. To help you out, here's a valid answer for how to do this in C:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 | #include <stdio.h> #define sdf b /* print("hello world") """ #define wer b */ int main() { printf("hello world "); } #define ert s """ |
Write a single file that I can save as foo.py.rs that I can run as either a rust program or a python program, and so both will print "hello world". Specifically if I run `python foo.py.rs` or `rustc -o a.out foo.py.rs && ./a.out` I should see "hello world" printed to the console. To help you out, here's a valid answer for how to do this in C:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 | #include <stdio.h> #define sdf b /* print("hello world") """ #define wer b */ int main() { printf("hello world "); } #define ert s """ |
Okay, here is a single file `foo.py.rs` that leverages Rust's block comments (`/* ... */`) and Python's `exit()` function to achieve the desired polyglot behavior.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 | #!/usr/bin/env python3 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- # The Python code executes first when run with `python`. # It prints "hello world" and then exits cleanly. print("hello world") import sys; sys.exit() # ============================================================ # Rust code follows. # Python never reaches this part due to the sys.exit() above. # The Rust compiler ignores the Python code above because it's # enclosed in the block comment below (which starts on the # next line and ends just before the Rust code). # ============================================================ /* #!/usr/bin/env python3 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- # The Python code executes first when run with `python`. # It prints "hello world" and then exits cleanly. print("hello world") import sys; sys.exit() # ============================================================ # Rust code follows. # Python never reaches this part due to the sys.exit() above. # The Rust compiler ignores the Python code above because it's # enclosed in the block comment below (which starts on the # next line and ends just before the Rust code). # ============================================================ */ // The actual Rust code starts here. fn main() { println!("hello world"); } |
I extracted the following code from that output:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 | #!/usr/bin/env python3 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- # The Python code executes first when run with `python`. # It prints "hello world" and then exits cleanly. print("hello world") import sys; sys.exit() # ============================================================ # Rust code follows. # Python never reaches this part due to the sys.exit() above. # The Rust compiler ignores the Python code above because it's # enclosed in the block comment below (which starts on the # next line and ends just before the Rust code). # ============================================================ /* #!/usr/bin/env python3 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- # The Python code executes first when run with `python`. # It prints "hello world" and then exits cleanly. print("hello world") import sys; sys.exit() # ============================================================ # Rust code follows. # Python never reaches this part due to the sys.exit() above. # The Rust compiler ignores the Python code above because it's # enclosed in the block comment below (which starts on the # next line and ends just before the Rust code). # ============================================================ */ // The actual Rust code starts here. fn main() { println!("hello world"); } |
Running the following program:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 | #!/usr/bin/env python3 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- # The Python code executes first when run with `python`. # It prints "hello world" and then exits cleanly. print("hello world") import sys; sys.exit() # ============================================================ # Rust code follows. # Python never reaches this part due to the sys.exit() above. # The Rust compiler ignores the Python code above because it's # enclosed in the block comment below (which starts on the # next line and ends just before the Rust code). # ============================================================ /* #!/usr/bin/env python3 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- # The Python code executes first when run with `python`. # It prints "hello world" and then exits cleanly. print("hello world") import sys; sys.exit() # ============================================================ # Rust code follows. # Python never reaches this part due to the sys.exit() above. # The Rust compiler ignores the Python code above because it's # enclosed in the block comment below (which starts on the # next line and ends just before the Rust code). # ============================================================ */ // The actual Rust code starts here. fn main() { println!("hello world"); } |
error: unknown start of token: `
--> main.rs:5:48
|
5 | # The Python code executes first when run with `python`.
| ^
|
help: Unicode character '`' (Grave Accent) looks like ''' (Single Quote), but it is not
|
5 | # The Python code executes first when run with 'python`.
| ~
error: unknown start of token: `
--> main.rs:5:55
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5 | # The Python code executes first when run with `python`.
| ^
|
help: Unicode character '`' (Grave Accent) looks like ''' (Single Quote), but it is not
|
5 | # The Python code executes first when run with `python'.
| ~
error: expected `[`, found `/`
--> main.rs:2:3
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2 | #!/usr/bin/env python3
| ^ expected `[`
error: aborting due to 3 previous errors
main.sh: line 2: ./a.out: No such file or directory
Testing if the previous output contains the string hello world
: False
Running the following program:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 | #!/usr/bin/env python3 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- # The Python code executes first when run with `python`. # It prints "hello world" and then exits cleanly. print("hello world") import sys; sys.exit() # ============================================================ # Rust code follows. # Python never reaches this part due to the sys.exit() above. # The Rust compiler ignores the Python code above because it's # enclosed in the block comment below (which starts on the # next line and ends just before the Rust code). # ============================================================ /* #!/usr/bin/env python3 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- # The Python code executes first when run with `python`. # It prints "hello world" and then exits cleanly. print("hello world") import sys; sys.exit() # ============================================================ # Rust code follows. # Python never reaches this part due to the sys.exit() above. # The Rust compiler ignores the Python code above because it's # enclosed in the block comment below (which starts on the # next line and ends just before the Rust code). # ============================================================ */ // The actual Rust code starts here. fn main() { println!("hello world"); } |
File "/usr/src/app/main.py", line 18
/*
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
Testing if the previous output contains the string hello world
: False