Jarek Zgoda a écrit : > Trent Nelson napisał(a): >>> i have a function that I could like to call, but to make it more >>> dynamic I am constructing a string first that could equivalent to the >>> name of the function I wish to call. how could I do that? the string >>> could might include name of the module. >>> >>> for example >>> >>> a_string = 'datetime.' + 'today()' >>> >>> how could I call a_string as function? >> Use 'eval' in one of the following fashions: >> >> a_string_1 = 'datetime.' + 'today' >> a_string_2 = 'datetime.' + 'today()' >> >> eval(a_string_1)() >> eval(a_string_2) > > Do not use eval(). Not only it's deprecated,
Chapter and verse ??? > it's also unsafe. it's *potentially* unsafe. As long as the eval'd code comes from a trusted source, there should be no security problem. I agree that eval is usually not the solution, but mainly because Python has far better (wrt/ readability and maintainance) options for this kind of things. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
