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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=
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A code object can be executed or evaluated by passing it (instead of a
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