dynamic function

[Xaver Hinterhuber]

Hello pythonistas,

I have programmed a product in Zope which allows me to source code on the
web.
Now I want to compile the code into a function and execute the function.
The code is as follows:

import new
code = compile(srcString, 'getContent', 'exec')
f = new.function(code, globalDict, 'getContent')

If srcString contains a return statement, then
python returns a CompilationError stating, that I cannot use return outside
a function.
How do I have to compile the sourcecode to get around this problem?

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Mit freundlichen Grüssen
Xaver Hinterhuber

[Terry Reedy]

"Xaver Hinterhuber" <xa***************@web.de> wrote in message
news:c7*********@online.de...

Hello pythonistas,

I have programmed a product in Zope which allows me to source code on the
web.
Now I want to compile the code into a function and execute the function.

If the source is a comple def statement with a know name...

exec "def f(): return 'this works'"
f()

'this works'

Terry J. Reedy