[Python-ideas] descriptors outside of classes

[Don Spaulding]

On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 3:26 PM, Raymond Hettinger <
raymond.hettinger at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Since eval/exec can use arbitrary mappings for locals, you can use your
> custom dictionary while executing arbitrary python code.  Essentially,
> you're executing python code in an environment where the lookup function for
> locals has been trained to handle your custom descriptor protocol.
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I just signed up for python-ideas a month or two ago, how many awesome(ly
dangerous) hacks like this have I missed over the years?

About-to-eval-away-the-next-six-months-ly yours,
Don
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