Newbie can't figure out documentation practices

[Bengt Richter]

On Fri, 09 May 2003 15:24:55 -0600, Fernando Perez <fperez528 at yahoo.com> wrote:

>sismex01 at hebmex.com wrote:
>
>> OK, this is as small as I can make it and keep it usefull:
>> 
>>>>> class InterpolationDictClass:
>> def __getitem__(self, name):
>>             frame = sys._getframe(1)
>>             return eval(name, frame.f_globals, frame.f_locals)
>> 
>> 
>
>I like it :)
>
>Well, at least this round of discussions did get us the shortest possible
>implementation of a reasonable solution, which works even for nested
>objects (like a.b.c.d).
>
>I hold to my point of considering this a wart for the reasons I've given. 
>But I like this solution enough to probably just make it routine in my
>coding.  Then I'll stop caring and won't bring up the topic again ;)
>
I think you may not want to use it in all environments, though:

 >>> class InterpolationDictClass:
 ...     import sys
 ...     def __getitem__(self, name):
 ...         frame = sys._getframe(1)
 ...         return eval(name, frame.f_globals, frame.f_locals)
 ...
 >>> idc = InterpolationDictClass()
 >>> format = '%(__import__("sys").stdout.write("coulda-been-worse"))s\neh?'
 >>> print format  % idc
 coulda-been-worseNone
 eh?

Regards,
Bengt Richter