converting string to dict ?

[Fredrik Lundh]

Richard Scott Glazerman wrote:
> what about exec?? (somebody please let me know if there is something wrong
> with using exec this way, I've used it many times for just that purpose.)
>
> >>> a = "{'Name':'Cleopatra'}"
> >>> exec 'a = %s' % a
> >>> a
> {'Name': 'Cleopatra'}

a = "__import__('os').system('rm -rf ~')"

see my earlier reply to this thread, and the followups to
that post.

Cheers /F