execfile (exec?) create non consistent locals() state

[David Stanek]

>> I expected exec to work the same, but apparently I was wrong. Is there is a
>> way to exec a file "more" correctly? thus avoid the need to resort to
>> awkward solutions such as using the locals() dictionary?
>
> I don't know personally. Perhaps a kind soul will chime in.
>

Why not just exec into a dictionary like this:

{{{
eee0:~% cat execme.py
a = 0

def func():
    print a
eee0:~% python
Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Oct  5 2008, 19:24:49)
[GCC 4.3.2] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> d = {}
>>> execfile('execme.py', d, d)
>>> d['a']
0
>>> d['func']()
0
>>>
}}}


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