Python in a Nutshell

Name

compile

Synopsis

compile(string,filename,kind)

Compiles a string and returns a code object usable by exec or eval. compile raises SyntaxError when string is not syntactically valid Python. When string is a multiline compound statement, the last character must be '\n‘. kind must be 'eval' when string is an expression and the result is meant for eval, otherwise kind must be 'exec‘. filename must be a string, and is used only in error messages (if and when errors occur). See also eval in this section and Section 13.1.