On 10/11/06, Alexander Eisenhuth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > but why doesent exec "global ... create a identifier in the global namespace.
I haven't had much use for exec, but it operates in its own, more or less cloistered namespace. It can't set globals among other things. You can frob the globals like so import __builtin__ __builtin__.__dict__['foo'] = 42 But by the time you get there, it is almost certainly time to refactor. -- Theerasak -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
