eval, exec and execfile dilemma

[Steven D'Aprano]

Laszlo Nagy wrote:


> 100 functions/second
> installed to global namespace doesn't sound well.

What on earth are you doing needing to use exec to create hundreds of
functions??????

Have you considered not using exec at all, and using a good old-fashioned
factory function and closures?

def factory(x):
    def inner(param):
        return param + x
    return inner

plusone = factory(1)
plustwo = factory(2)


I'm betting that this will be much faster than exec, and much more readable.



-- 
Steven