naming objects from string

[Ben Finney]

"manstey" <manstey at csu.edu.au> writes:

> If I have a string, how can I give that string name to a python
> object, such as a tuple.

The thing I'd like to know before answering this is: how will you be
using that name to refer to the object later?

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Ben Finney