On Friday, April 12, 2013 10:48:48 AM UTC-5, Terry wrote:
>
> On Fri, 12 Apr 2013 08:28:52 -0700 (PDT) 
> "Edward K. Ream" <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: 
>
> > The exec function exists in both 2.7 and 3.3, so I don't understand why 
> > that shouldn't suffice. 
>
> At least in 3.1 / 3.2 there was some incompatibility with 2.7... 
>
> Yep, it's a statement in 2.7 and a function in 3.x, hence the need for 
> the triple back flip to get something that's valid syntax in both. 
>

I think there is a problem with the Python docs.  In fact, exec is also a 
function in 2.6, 2.7 and 3.x, as this test shows::

    exec('print("hi")',{},{})

But the Python docs don't mention the exec *function* in the builtins doc 
pages...

Edward 

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