eval or execute, is this the (most) correct way ?

["Martin v. Löwis"]

> So AFAIK, sometimes I've to use eval and sometimes I need exec,
> so I use the following code (global / local dictionary parameters are
> left out in this example):
> 
> 
> Is this the (most) correct / elegant way, or are there better solutions ?

You should be using compile with the "single" start symbol, and then
use eval on the resulting code option.

> I read somewhere that exec is going to disappear,

That's not true. exec stops being a statement, and becomes a function
(like print).

Regards,
Martin