[Python-Dev] issue5578 - explanation

[Chris Withers]

Guido van Rossum wrote:
> Well hold on for a minute, I remember we used to have an exec
> statement in a class body in the standard library, to define some file
> methods in socket.py IIRC. 

But why an exec?! Surely there must be some other way to do this than an 
exec?

Chris

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