Executing a script created by the end user

[Craig Howard]

I am working on a python project where an object will have a script that
can be edited by the end user: object.script

If the script is a simple one with no functions, I can easily execute it
using:
exec object.script

But if the object script is a bit more complicated, such as the example
below, my approach does not work:

def main():
hello1()
hello2()

def hello1():
print 'hello1'

def hello2():
print 'hello2'

[Steven Bethard]

Craig Howard wrote:

I am working on a python project where an object will have a script that
can be edited by the end user: object.script

If the script is a simple one with no functions, I can easily execute it
using:
exec object.script

But if the object script is a bit more complicated, such as the example
below, my approach does not work:

def main():
hello1()
hello2()

def hello1():
print 'hello1'

def hello2():
print 'hello2'

What do you want to do if you get a script like this? Run main? You
could do something like:

py> s = """
.... def main():
.... hello1()
.... hello2()
....
.... def hello1():
.... print 'hello1'
....
.... def hello2():
.... print 'hello2'
.... """
py> d = {}
py> exec s in d
py> d["main"]()
hello1
hello2

(Actually, you don't need to exec it in d, that's probably just good
practice.)

Steve

[Fuzzyman]

compile and eval is a good way to go.
Regards,

Fuzzy
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