Providing Python scripting to a Python application

[Erik Max Francis]

Satheesh Babu wrote:

> At the moment, I store this "script" in a Python class and then
> execute it
> by eval()-uating functions. What I would love to do is to add normal
> Python constructs like if-else, for, while etc.

If you're just using eval, then use use it in conjunction with exec. 
eval is for expressions, exec is for statements.

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