> I'm thinking how interesting it would be to add code blocks to Python, so > that arbitrary strings of code can be passed around. It would open up some > interesting possibilities for self-modifying code and generic programming. > > My suggestion would be to use triple double-quoted strings.
Hmmm. Would be interesting to do this: >>> codestr = decode(SomeClass) ...and have it return a triple-quoted string of the perhaps-reduced source for the class. It's like serialization of code objects, but the serialization is just the source string w/LFs that would re-make the object. Similarly, you'd want: >>> encode(codestr) to instantiate all objects in the codestr. You can't do this with eval, because it doesn't allow assignment (eval(n=2) returns "InvalidSyntax"). mark -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
