def <dynamic function name> () syntax ?

[Mike C. Fletcher]

>>> ns = {}
>>> sourceString = '''def abc( somearg ):\n\tprint somearg\n'''
>>> exec(sourceString) in  ns
>>> ns['abc']
<function abc at 0114CB8C>
>>> ns['abc']("hello")
hello
>>> 

HTH,
Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Edge [mailto:bedge at troikanetworks.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 12:52 PM
To: python-list at python.org
Subject: def <dynamic function name> () syntax ?


Can the follwoing be accomplished in Python?

I want to create a func named "abc":

>>> name="abc"

>>> eval ("name")
'abc'

>>> def eval ("name") ():
  File "<stdin>", line 1
    def eval ("name") ():
                   ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax


Thanks, Bruce.
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