On Tue, 25 Dec 2012 22:11:28 -0500, Roy Smith wrote: > I've only ever wanted the name. If you need the actual function object, > I suppose you might eval() the name, or something like that.
Oh look, I found a peanut! Let me get a 50lb sledgehammer to crack it open! *wink* Please do not use eval to retrieve the function object. It's slow, overkill, a bad habit to get into, and a security risk if the name you are eval'ing comes from an untrusted source. Instead, look the name up in globals() or locals(): py> def spam(): ... return "NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition!" ... py> name = "spam" py> func = globals()[name] py> func() 'NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition!' -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
