On Sun, 24 Jun 2007 11:17:40 +1000, Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 19:58:32 +0000, vasudevram wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi group,
>>
>> Question: Do eval() and exec not accept a function definition? (like
>> 'def foo: pass) ?
>
>eval() is a function, and it only evaluates EXPRESSIONS, not code blocks.
Actually, that's not exactly true:
>>> x = compile('def foo():\n\tprint "hi"\n', '<stdin>', 'exec')
>>> l = {}
>>> eval(x, l)
>>> l['foo']()
hi
>>>
Jean-Paul
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