On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:08:00 -0700, TerryP wrote:
> On Oct 20, 4:30 pm, Nobody wrote:
>> One language's "eval" isn't the same as another's. E.g. there's a big
>> difference between Lisp's "eval" (which takes an s-expression as an
>> argument) and an "eval" which takes a string as an argument.
>>
On Oct 20, 4:30 pm, Nobody wrote:
> One language's "eval" isn't the same as another's. E.g. there's a big
> difference between Lisp's "eval" (which takes an s-expression as an
> argument) and an "eval" which takes a string as an argument.
>
> The former is fine; the latter should be prohibited by
On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:48:11 +0200, Kazimir Majorinc wrote:
>> (note: exec in python is more in spirit of eval then C-style exec
>> functions)
>
> I thought about that, but decided not to ask about it
> in poll, because I wanted to compare opinions on eval
> specifically, not on all similar featu
On Oct 14, 9:48 pm, Kazimir Majorinc wrote:
> Do you think
> it would be better if I asked that? That result would
> be significantly different?
>
Not really. The eval, exec, and compile builtins are more or less
related and serve similar purposes, but don't seem to be highly used
in Python. Ther
On 14.10.2009 17:55, TerryP wrote:
And what about exec?
(note: exec in python is more in spirit of eval then C-style exec
functions)
I thought about that, but decided not to ask about it
in poll, because I wanted to compare opinions on eval
specifically, not on all similar features. Do you t
THE RESULTS OF THE POLLS
. Lisp Python Ruby
Eval is evil,
harmful or at
least unnecessary 2 (4.9%) 7 (21.9%) 0 (0.0%)
--
Eval is useful
but ov
On 10.10.2009 5:03, Kazimir Majorinc wrote:
I am Lisp programmer and I write an article on issues
as macros, fexprs and eval. I want to compare opinions
of programmers of various programming languages on eval.
If you want to contribute your opinion on eval in Python
(or you want to look at resu
