variable hell

[Robert Kern]

rafi wrote:

> In the meantime another question I cannot find an answer to: any idea 
> why does eval() consider '=' as a syntax error?
> 
>  >>> eval ('a=1')
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>    File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
>    File "<string>", line 1
>      a=1
>       ^
> SyntaxError: invalid syntax

eval *evaluates* an expression. "a=1" is a statement. It has no value.

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