Python compilers?

[Michael Hudson]

kveretennicov at yahoo.com (Konstantin Veretennicov) writes:

> Carl Banks <imbosol at aerojockey.invalid> wrote in message news:<38Yqc.166$eO6.128 at fe2.columbus.rr.com>...
> 
> > > There's more like it, e.g. the existence of the
> > > locals() dictionary and the ability to modify it.
> > 
> > New feature?  I didn't think modifying the dict returned by locals
> > affected the variables.
> > 
> 
> Evidence of crime :)
> 
> Python 2.3.2
> >>> x
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> NameError: name 'x' is not defined
> >>> locals()['x'] = 1
> >>> x
> 1
> 
> 
> Not to mention stack frame magic available via inspect.*...

Well, fortunately *this* level of gimmickery is already somewhat
forbidden...

Cheers,
mwh

-- 
  > so python will fork if activestate starts polluting it?
  I find it more relevant to speculate on whether Python would fork
  if the merpeople start invading our cities riding on the backs of 
  giant king crabs.                 -- Brian Quinlan, comp.lang.python