Document exec symbol for codeop.compile_command

[csabella]

BPO	38872
Nosy	@Carreau, @csabella, @miss-islington, @nanjekyejoannah, @ananthan-123
PRs	bpo-38872: Document exec symbol for codeop.compile_command #20047 [3.8] bpo-38872: Document exec symbol for codeop.compile_command (GH-20047) #20098 [3.7] bpo-38872: Document exec symbol for codeop.compile_command (GH-20047) #20099

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title = 'Document exec symbol for codeop.compile_command'
updated_at = <Date 2020-05-15.01:38:24.870>
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[csabella]

codeop.compile_command accepts 'exec' as a symbol, but it is not documented.

Opening this bug report for an issue initially reported in PR3179.

[ananthan-123]

code.compile_command takes _exec_
as symbol.As it is not documented or mentioned anywhere I can't find any details about that.Can anyone please tell me what it does?

[Carreau]

See the compile() documentation for the difference between eval/single/exec:

https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#compile

exec is meant for multiline program, for example you would "exec" the string read from a file to get a module.

I don't think we should re-document what each of these does, but list the possible values that compile_command/CommandCompiler() can take.

[nanjekyejoannah]

New changeset 7ba1f75 by Joannah Nanjekye in branch 'master':
bpo-38872: Document exec symbol for codeop.compile_command (GH-20047)
7ba1f75

[nanjekyejoannah]

New changeset c1203b7 by Miss Islington (bot) in branch '3.7':
bpo-38872: Document exec symbol for codeop.compile_command (GH-20047) (bpo-20099)
c1203b7

[nanjekyejoannah]

New changeset eb5ce32 by Miss Islington (bot) in branch '3.8':
bpo-38872: Document exec symbol for codeop.compile_command (GH-20047) (GH-20098)
eb5ce32