any macro-like construct/technique/trick?

[Andrew Dalke]

Mike Meyer wrote:
> I've never tried it with python, but the C preprocessor is available
> as 'cpp' on most Unix systesm. Using it on languages other than C has
> been worthwhile on a few occasions. It would certainly seem to
> directly meet the OP's needs.

Wouldn't that prohibit using #comments in the macro-Python code?
I suppose they could be made with strings, as in


  "here is a comment"
  do_something()

but it's ... strange.

				Andrew
				dalke at dalkescientific.com