[IPython-user] pysh variable substituion and scope

[Ville Vainio]

On 6/5/06, Krishna Mohan Gundu <gkmohan at gmail.com> wrote:

> All I want really is the ability to run shell commands with variable
> substituion from anywhere in the python code. I am not thinking big
> now.
>
> Example:
> ==test.ipy==
> x = 1
> y = 2
> z = 3
> w = 4
> def foo(x):
>    def bar(y):
>       def foobar(z):
>          echo "$x $y $z $w"
>       foobar(1)
>    bar(2)
>
> foo(3)
> ==test.ipy==
> prints "3 2 1 4"
>
> I dont have any examples right now with more complex expressions
> involving classes, lambdas and the like.

This is a worthy improvement, and I will commit it. We'll have lots of
time to iron out the possible flaws.

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