[Python-Dev] exec documentation
Terry Reedy
tjreedy at udel.edu
Sat Jan 10 00:40:08 CET 2009
Glenn Linderman wrote:
> in 2.6 and before execfile is listed in builtin functions, and is not
> marked deprecated, and exec is in the simple statements, and is not
> marked deprecated.
Because they are not going away in 2.7.
> in 3.0 execfile is not listed in builtin functions, exec is. exec is
> not listed in simple statements.
All as appropriate.
> I guess this is an intended 3.0 change, but is this the proper way to
> document it?
This is really a python-list/c.l.p question: Anyway... What's new 3.0:
"exec() is no longer a keyword; it remains as a function."..."Removed
execfile(). Instead of execfile(fn) use exec(open(fn).read()). " ...Yes.
> What I was really trying to figure out is how I could specify the
> encoding of a file to be execfile'd in 2.6... but didn't find it so
> thought I'd try 3.0 to see if it would assume UTF-8, but had forgotten
> execfile doesn't exist in 3.0 (if I knew it; I'm new here).
Ditto - how to use current 3.0, not how to develop 3.0.1/3.1. Anyway,
specify encoding in the open function.
tjr
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