Test for number?

[Erik Max Francis]

Helmut Jarausch wrote:

> One step further
> 
> try:
>    eval(x+'0')
> ....

That is an exceedingly bad idea.  Type:

	__import__('sys').exit(),

in the prompt and see what happens.

You _never_ want to run `eval` on an untrusted string.  Never.

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