When to use input()?

[Gerrit Holl]

Hello,

Can someone tell me a situation to use input()?
Is it possible to run it in a rexec environment? If not, input() isn't
only useless, but also unsafe.
I think input() is bad because you pass the users input to eval() directly,
so the user can do __import__('os').system('sh'). That can't be what
you want.

raw_input(), however, returns a string which can be passed to
string.atoi() or IF you want to execute it, you can execute the
code in a rexec environment.

Or am I missing something?

regards,
Gerrit.

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