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python vs. lisp (whereis quote?)

Brian Pedersen brian.pedersen at mail.danbbs.dk
Tue Jul 20 08:44:43 EDT 1999 
nbecker at fred.net wrote:
> 
> One feature of lisp (emacs lisp actually) that I think is pretty cool
> is the "hooks".  A hook is basically unevaluated code that will be run
> by eval later.
> 
> I suspect python lacks this capability.  As I understand it, the only
> similar capability is "eval".  But I think eval expects a string,
> which it will then parse.  While the capability is similar, having to
> parse a string could be inefficient.
> 
> Am I correct that what is missing is the ability to postpone
> evaluation using "quote"?

you could compile() your statement in advance, making the exec() a
little more efficient

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