[Python-Dev] Using defaultdict as globals/locals for eval()

[Martin v. Loewis]

Geert Jansen <geertj@boskant.nl> writes:

> Is there a solution to this problem in sight? 

No, although contributions are welcome.

> Or altenately, is there a way I can find out which variables are
> used inside a compiled code block so I can initialize non-specified
> variables? I have a vague memory that the nested scopes feature has
> to determine at compile time which variables are being used in a
> code block.

Sure: you can parse the code, build an AST tuple (or list), and
traverse that.

This, of course, is off-topic for python-dev.

Regards,
Martin