Compiling and running a flat Python file with args & keywds

[Steven Taschuk]

Quoth martin z:
> Allrighty - I have a python text file that I want to run as a function.
> Ideally, I would like to store it in its fastest compiled form.
  [...]
> Second, and more messily, are the arguments.  Now, I've got the traditional
> argument tuple and keyword dictionary, but they are not defined in a
> tradtional def-statement.  They're stored in a header, elsewhere.
  [...]
> The second problem is that the number of keywords is unknown - the error
> checking on the keywords is done externally.  One given code object could be
> called from several different headers, each with their own set of keywords
> (though identical argument sets).
  [...]

It would be helpful to see an example or two of the source
sort-of-code, with headers and a run-through of what you'd like to
have happen.

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Steven Taschuk                          staschuk at telusplanet.net
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