[Python-Dev] Intended to work? (lambda x,y:map(eval, ["x", "y"]))(2,3)

[Christian Tismer]

In a function like this:

def f(x):
  return eval("x")

, eval uses the local function namespace, and the above works.
This is according to chapter 2.3 of the Python library ref.

Now on my problem: When eval() is used with map, the same
mechanism takes place:

def f(x):
  return map(eval,["x"])

It works the same as the above, because map is a builtin function
that does not modify the frame chain, so eval finds the local
namespace.
Not so with Stackless Python (at the moment), since Stackless map
assigns an own frame to map without passing the correct namespaces
to it. (Reported by Bernd Rinn)

Question: Is this by chance, or is eval() *meant* to function with
the local namespace, even if it is executed in the context of
a function like map() ?

The description of map() does not state whether it has to pass
its surrounding namespace to the mapped function, and if one
simulates map() by writing one's own python implementation,
it will fail exactly like Stackless does today. The same
applies to apply().

I think I should fix Stackless here, anyway?

ciao - chris

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