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(python2.1-lib.info)Code Objects

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Code Objects
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Code objects are used by the implementation to represent
"pseudo-compiled" executable Python code such as a function body.  They
differ from function objects because they don't contain a reference to
their global execution environment.  Code objects are returned by the
built-in `compile()' function and can be extracted from function
objects through their `func_code' attribute.

A code object can be executed or evaluated by passing it (instead of a
source string) to the `exec' statement or the built-in `eval()'
function.

See the  for more information.