dynamic function

[Terry Reedy]

"Xaver Hinterhuber" <xaver_hinterhuber at web.de> wrote in message
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> Hello pythonistas,
>
> I have programmed a product in Zope which allows me to source code on the
> web.
> Now I want to compile the code into a function and execute the function.

If the source is a comple def statement with a know name...

>>> exec "def f(): return 'this works'"
>>> f()
'this works'

Terry J. Reedy