local variable not found

[Alex Martelli]

Alain Tesio wrote:
        ...
>> (in my experience) only when used with explicit
>> dictionaries, NOT by letting them default to locals()
>> and globals().
> 
> My problem is to make html templates where the user
> can insert python code.

I think there must be a zillion such beasts, and none
needs to use implicit dictionaries for exec / eval.  There
are a couple on the Cookbook, for example; see e.g.
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/52305
which is of course my favourite since "my own baby".


Alex