Peter Otten wrote: > Clearly more elegant than: > > >>>> print open(filename).read() >>>> > b = a > >>>> dummy = 42 >>>> names = [] >>>> while 1: >>>> > ... ns = dict((n, dummy) for n in names) > ... try: > ... execfile(filename, ns) > ... except NameError, e: > ... names.append(e[0][6:-16]) > ... else: > ... break > ... > >>>> names >>>> > ['a'] >
That sure is nicer. My solution looks like shooting mosquitoes with an elephant rifle i comparison. Thanks. /MiO -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
