Creating anonymous functions using eval

[Robert Kern]

Joseph Garvin wrote:
> Robert Kern wrote:
> 
>>Not everyone is reading this list in a conveniently threaded 
>>form
> 
> Why not? Just about every modern newsgroup reader and e-mail app has a 
> threaded view option.

Good point. Allow me to modify my statement: not all newsreaders/email 
apps thread python-list/c.l.py conversations properly. The gateway often 
messes things up.

It's also a royal pain in the butt to have to go read another message 
just to dereference anaphora, threading or no.

-- 
Robert Kern
rkern at ucsd.edu

"In the fields of hell where the grass grows high
  Are the graves of dreams allowed to die."
   -- Richard Harter