Converting a string to a tuple

[Fredrik Lundh]

Charles G Waldman wrote:
> If you're concerned about safety (the "eval" could be evaluating any
> Python code, possibly a hazard if the string is coming from user
> input) then you don't want to use eval at all.

try:

    result = eval(string, {"__builtins__": {}})

or:

    import rexec
    r = rexec.RExec()
    result = r.r_eval(string)

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