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On 24.03.2016 11:57, Matt Wheeler wrote:
>>>> import ast
>>>> s = "(1, 2, 3, 4)"
>>>> t = ast.literal_eval(s)
>>>> t
> (1, 2, 3, 4)

I suppose that's the better solution in terms of safety.