What is the source code of the “this” module doing?

Question

If you open a Python interpreter, and type \"import this\", as you know, it prints:

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Answer 1

It uses ROT13 encoding. This is used because it's a joke.

You can also use Python functions to decode string.

Python 2 only:

import this
print(this.s.decode('rot13'))

Python 2 & 3:

import codecs
print(codecs.decode(this.s, 'rot-13'))