Yes, I prefer:

globals()[funcName] = __get_hash(funcName)

The exec was used in the original code, I'm not aware of the style of
the python stdlib programmers, so I tried to be as true to what I found
as possible.

I just wanted to blunt my words in the original post, I don't want
Gregory Smith to view it as a personal attack, I was just frustrated in
having to debug the hashlib code. I'm sure even Gregory would admit it's
not code he's proud of (probably done under a tight deadline.) No doubt
Gregory normally does high quality work.