Noobie python shell question

[Chris Rebert]

On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 7:53 PM, Tim Chase
<python.list at tim.thechases.com> wrote:
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> (as an aside, is there a way to get a local/global variable from a string
> like one can fetch a variable from a class/object with getattr()?  Something
> like getattr(magic_namespace_here, "hello") used in the above context?  I
> know it can be done with eval(), but that's generally considered unsafe
> unless you vet your input thoroughly)

locals()["hello"]  and  globals()["hello"], respectively

Cheers,
Chris
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