Assigning output from a simple python statement

[Wilson Fletcher]

Michael Hudson <mwh21 at cam.ac.uk> wrote in article
<m3pusvme51.fsf at atrus.jesus.cam.ac.uk>...
> "Wilson Fletcher" <wilson at mclachlan.com.au> writes:
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> I leave out my usual "do you really want to `exec' things you don't
> know everything about" comment, I think.
> 

hehehe, I didn't say I didn't know the source, only that I couldn't be sure
of the code.