On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 4:54 AM, Quentin Lampin<quentin.lam...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> Being fairly new to Python, I'm trying to figure out the best way to use the
> exec statement and I must admit that I am a bit lost.
>
> Consider this case:
> exec "print 'a'" in {},{} [exp.1]
> It means that I'm (kindly) asking the interpreter to execute the code
> string "print 'a'" with empty globals and locals.
> Considering that globals and locals are empty, I would expect [exp.1] to
> raise an exception about 'print' not being known.
In Python versions prior to 3.0, print is a statement (like for,
while, if, etc), not a function (note how you don't need parentheses
when using it); so it doesn't matter whether the built-in functions
are available or not, print will still work.
Cheers,
Chris
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