[Python-Dev] __future__ and eval()

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Sun Oct 2 03:22:07 EDT 2016


On 1 October 2016 at 22:18, Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 1, 2016 at 10:17 PM, Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> wrote:
>> So I'd call it a feature, but possibly one that warrants a mention in
>> the exec and eval docs.
>
> To clarify: This *is* documented under __future__, but not under
> exec/eval. I'm just suggesting adding another cross-reference.

The most appropriate cross-reference would probably be to the
compile() docs rather than the language reference though:
https://docs.python.org/2/library/functions.html#compile

Cheers,
Nick.

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