Devan L wrote: > Well, the string that gets passed is more or less a function > definition, which is then called with exec. I don't see why you'd need > to write a string out with the function definition and then call it. > You could just write the function. > > As for the nested functions, I had been presuming that it was intended > to use as a better function than lambda within a function. Sorry for > the confusion.
You missed Steven's point which is to quote the message to which you are replying. Not everyone is reading this list in a conveniently threaded form, so you need to provide some context for them to be able to follow along. -- Robert Kern [EMAIL PROTECTED] "In the fields of hell where the grass grows high Are the graves of dreams allowed to die." -- Richard Harter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
