How does one execute arbitrary text as code within a module's context? I've got some code that compiles some text and then executes it. When the string is "print 'Hello'", it prints "Hello". I get no exception when I compile and execute "foo = 555". If I then compile and exec "print foo", I get a name error. The variable foo is undefined. My assumption is that the "exec" command created a new namespace, put "foo" in that namespace, and then threw the namespace away. Or something.
I know it must be possible to do this, because it's exactly what programs like IDLE do. Thankee. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
