A FAQ that discusses good ways to handle Python-like literals and
expressions would definitely be a useful addition to the FAQ. if nobody
else does anything about it, I'll get there sooner or later.
Thank you.
eval(source, {'builtins': {}}) works enough like an evaluator of
literals to
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I was happy enough when I saw an improvement like:
import os
result = eval(os.system('pwd'))
.../Desktop
result = eval(os.system('pwd'), {whatever: {}})
Traceback (most recent call last):
File stdin, line 1, in module
File string, line 1, in module
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But those objections miss the point. Having had those troubles
explained to me now, I'm still leaving my code unchanged - it still
does what I mean. That is,
eval(source, {'builtins': {}}) works enough like an evaluator of
literals to let you duck the work of
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FAQ: How do I calculate what quoted strings and numbers mean?
A: eval(source, {'builtins': {}}) works, without also accidentally
accepting OS commands as input.
Note: Eval might surprise you if you
