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Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 23:50:46 +0100
Subject: Re: Returning a value from exec or a better solution
From: Arnaud Delobelle <arnodel@gmail.com>
To: Jack Trades <jacktradespublic@gmail.com>
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On 29 August 2011 23:14, Jack Trades <jacktradespublic@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 12:30 PM, Rob Williscroft <rtw@rtw.me.uk> wrote:
>>
>> Jack Trades wrote in
>> > ... I wanted to allow the user to manually return the
>> > function from the string, like this:
>> >
>> > a =3D exec("""
>> > def double(x):
>> > =C2=A0 return x * 2
>> > double
>> > """)
>> >
>> > However it seems that exec does not return a value as it produces a
>> > SyntaxError whenever I try to assign it.
>>
>> def test():
>> =C2=A0src =3D (
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0"def double(x):"
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0" =C2=A0return x * 2"
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0)
>> =C2=A0globals =C2=A0=3D {}
>> =C2=A0exec( src, globals )
>> =C2=A0return globals[ "double" ]
>>
>> print( test() )
>
> I looked into doing it that way but it still requires that the user use a
> specific name for the function they are defining.=C2=A0 The docs on exec =
say that
> an implementation may populate globals or locals with whatever they want =
so
> that also rules out doing a simple "for item in globals", as there may be
> more than just the one function in there (though I suppose I may be able =
to
> work around that).

Hi Jack,

Here is a possible solution for your problem (Python 3):


>>> class CapturingDict(dict):
...     def __setitem__(self, key, val):
...         self.key, self.val =3D key, val
...         dict.__setitem__(self, key, val)
...
>>> c =3D CapturingDict()
>>> exec("def myfunction(x): return 1", c)
>>> c.key
'myfunction'
>>> c.val
<function myfunction at 0x100634d10>

HTH,

--=20
Arnaud