Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com> added the comment: Copying my suggestion (minus examples) over from the python-ideas thread:
We could define it as trying the three modes in order (first 'eval', then 'single', then 'exec') moving on to the next option if it raises syntax error: from dis import dis def dis_str(source): modes = ('eval', 'single', 'exec') for mode in modes: try: c = compile(source, '', mode) break except SyntaxError: if mode is modes[-1]: raise return dis(c) ---------- nosy: +ncoghlan _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue6507> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com