[Tutor] How to use a str object, to find the class in exact name?
Steven D'Aprano
steve at pearwood.info
Mon Mar 14 23:23:28 CET 2011
Prasad, Ramit wrote:
> Take a look at:
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/701802/how-do-i-execute-a-string-containing-python-code-in-python
And then please don't do it. eval and exec should be treated as the last
resort, and then only if you really know what you are doing. They are
slow, and dangerous, especially if there is *any* chance that the input
strings could be coming from an untrusted user.
--
Steven
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