[Tutor] eval weirdness

[Gregor Lingl]

gp@pooryorick.com schrieb:

>Hi,
>
>It appears that the following code causes __builtins__.__dict__ to be
>assigned to self.names.  Can anyone help me understand what is going on
>here?
>
>
>class testclass:
>    def __init__(self):
>        self.names = {}
>        eval('5 + 5', self.names, self.names)
>        print self.names
>
>if __name__ == '__main__':
>    testclass()
>
>  
>

Hmmm, strange! I' curious, too!
BTW:

 >>> what = __builtins__.__dict__['help']
 >>> what
Type help() for interactive help, or help(object) for help about object.
 >>> type(what)
<type 'instance'>
 >>>

Which class is what an instance of?
Gregor

>
>Thanks,
>
>Poor Yorick
>gp at pooryorick.com
>
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