p.lavarre at ieee.org writes:
> Q: How can I tell Python to calculate what quoted strings and numbers
> mean, without also accidentally accepting OS commands as input?
>
> A: eval(source, {'builtins': {}})
That is dangerous. Consider source = "9**9**9". There's a better
recipe on ASPN:
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/364469