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2.1.7.5 Code Objects 
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Code objects are used by the implementation to represent
``pseudo-compiled'' executable Python code such as a function body.
They differ from function objects because they don't contain a
reference to their global execution environment.  Code objects are
returned by the built-in <tt class=function>compile()</tt> function and can be
extracted from function objects through their <tt class=member>func_code</tt>
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A code object can be executed or evaluated by passing it (instead of a
source string) to the <tt class=keyword>exec</tt> statement or the built-in
<tt class=function>eval()</tt> function.
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