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  Re: eval( 'import math' ) Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2016-02-04 07:30 -0700

#102496 — Re: eval( 'import math' )

On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 6:33 AM, 阎兆珣 <yanzhaoxun@greendh.com> wrote:
>    Excuse me for the same problem in Python 3.4.2-32bit
>
>    I just discovered that <eval()> function does not necessarily take the
>    string input and transfer it to a command to execute.
>
>    So is there a problem with my assumption?

eval evaluates an expression, not a statement. For that, you would use exec.

If you're just trying to import though, then you don't need it at all.
Use the importlib.import_module function instead to import a module
determined at runtime. This is more secure than eval or exec, which
can cause any arbitrary Python code to be executed.

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