Please translate this easy snip of C++ to Python

[Moshe Zadka]

On 04 Feb 2001 19:59:52 GMT, Phlip <phlip_cpp at my-deja.com> wrote:

> Pythonographers:
> 
> Ogle this awesome snip of C++:
> 
>         #define TRACE_(x) cout << #x ": " << x << endl

You can do it in Python the other way around:

>>> def trace_(x):
...         print x+":", eval(x)
...
>>> y = z = 6; animal='lemming'
>>> trace_('y+z')
y+z: 12
>>> trace_('animal')
animal: lemming

HIH!
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