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  Re: Returning a value from exec or a better solution Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2011-08-30 15:28 -0700

#12454 — Re: Returning a value from exec or a better solution

Rob Williscroft wrote:
> Arnaud Delobelle wrote:
>> That's not an issue. The last statement that is executed will be the
>> "def" statement.
> 
> You don't know that, an implementation may for example set __bultins__ 
> to None, prior to returning, its not an unreasonable thing to do and
> the docs don't say they can't.

Yet another excellent reason to have unit tests!

~Ethan~

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