On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:48:11 +0200, Kazimir Majorinc wrote: >> (note: exec in python is more in spirit of eval then C-style exec >> functions) > > I thought about that, but decided not to ask about it > in poll, because I wanted to compare opinions on eval > specifically, not on all similar features.
One language's "eval" isn't the same as another's. E.g. there's a big difference between Lisp's "eval" (which takes an s-expression as an argument) and an "eval" which takes a string as an argument. The former is fine; the latter should be prohibited by law, and preferably by international treaty. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list