Re: Newbie question about evaluating raw_input() responses

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On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 5:11 PM, Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> wrote:
> On 5/23/2013 12:47 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, 22 May 2013 22:31:04 +0000, Alister wrote:
>>
>>> Please write out 1000 time (without using any form of loop)
>>>
>>> "NEVER use input in python <3.0 it is EVIL"*
>
>
>> But all joking aside, eval is dangerous, yes, but it is not "evil".
>
>
> He put that label on *input*, not eval -- I presume for hiding dangerous
> eval.

Aside: Why was PHP's /e regexp option ever implemented? I can
understand evalling inputted text - that's how you write an
interactive interpreter. But why would you arbitrarily eval the result
of a regexp replacement? That seems... really weird. Like building a
gun with a "Reverse" switch that fires the bullet down the butt
instead of the barrel.

ChrisA

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Newbie question about evaluating raw_input() responses "C. N. Desrosiers" <cndesrosiers@gmail.com> - 2013-05-21 23:23 -0700
  Re: Newbie question about evaluating raw_input() responses Fábio Santos <fabiosantosart@gmail.com> - 2013-05-22 07:35 +0100
    Re: Newbie question about evaluating raw_input() responses "C. N. Desrosiers" <cndesrosiers@gmail.com> - 2013-05-21 23:52 -0700
  Re: Newbie question about evaluating raw_input() responses Kevin Xi <kevin.xgr@gmail.com> - 2013-05-21 23:52 -0700
    Re: Newbie question about evaluating raw_input() responses Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-05-22 17:19 +1000
    Re: Newbie question about evaluating raw_input() responses Alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2013-05-22 22:31 +0000
      RE: Newbie question about evaluating raw_input() responses Carlos Nepomuceno <carlosnepomuceno@outlook.com> - 2013-05-23 01:55 +0300
      Re: Newbie question about evaluating raw_input() responses Kevin Xi <kevin.xgr@gmail.com> - 2013-05-22 18:56 -0700
      Re: Newbie question about evaluating raw_input() responses Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-05-23 04:47 +0000
        Re: Newbie question about evaluating raw_input() responses Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-05-23 16:04 +1000
        Re: Newbie question about evaluating raw_input() responses Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-05-23 03:11 -0400
        Re: Newbie question about evaluating raw_input() responses Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-05-23 17:20 +1000
          Re: Newbie question about evaluating raw_input() responses Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2013-05-25 19:27 +0100
            Re: Newbie question about evaluating raw_input() responses Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-05-26 04:33 +1000
            Re: Newbie question about evaluating raw_input() responses Fábio Santos <fabiosantosart@gmail.com> - 2013-05-25 23:11 +0100
      Re: Newbie question about evaluating raw_input() responses Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-05-23 18:51 -0400

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