[Python-ideas] intput()

[Andrew Barnert]

On Jan 25, 2016, at 14:25, Bar Harel <bzvi7919 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> For the ducks among us. Simple, Clean, Efficient and Secure. The 4 S/C/E/S.
> 
> def duckput():
>   """Reads anything. 'Cause there's never too much ducktyping"""
>   return eval(input()+";")  # ; makes sure there is only one line.

Isn't that a guaranteed syntax error? Expressions can't include semicolons. Although I suppose that makes it even more secure, I think it would be more efficient to just `raise SyntaxError`.

> 
>> On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 11:58 PM Ryan Gonzalez <rymg19 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Also:
>> 
>> 
>> def linput():
>> 'Reads a list. Completely, 100% secure and bulletproof.'
>> return map(eval, input[1:-1].split(',')))
>> 
>> 
>> def ninput():
>> 'Reads None.'
>> assert input() == 'None'
>> 
>> def strinput():
>> 'Reads a string. Also 100% secure.'
>> return eval("'" + input() + "'")
>> 
>>> On January 25, 2016 2:04:08 PM CST, Greg Ewing <greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:
>> 
>>> Marcel O'Neil wrote:
>>>>  def intput():
>>>>      return int(input())
>>> 
>>> And also
>>> 
>>>    def flintput():
>>>      return float(input())
>>> 
>>> Yabba-dabba-doo-ly,
>>> Greg
>>> 
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