raw_input

[Terry Reedy]

"John Hunter" <jdhunter at nitace.bsd.uchicago.edu> wrote in message
news:m2ofd5xdrg.fsf at mother.paradise.lost...
> >>>>> "Eric" == Eric Texier <erict at millfilm.co.uk> writes:
>
>     Eric> It's there anything better than raw_input to query a
string
>     Eric> input from the user in a console window.  Thanks, Eric
>
> x = input('Enter a value: ')

Ummm.... Since imput eval()s the input, this can be extremely
dangerous -- so dangerous that some people think input() should be
removed.  There have been many prior postings on this subject.

tjr