Fillmore <fillmore_rem...@hotmail.com> writes: > Here you go: > > >>> a = '"string1"' > >>> b = '"string1","string2"' > >>> c = '"string1","string2","string3"' > >>> ea = eval(a) > >>> eb = eval(b) > >>> ec = eval(c) > >>> type(ea) > <class 'str'> <--- HERE !!!! > >>> type(eb) > <class 'tuple'> > >>> type(ec) > <class 'tuple'> > > I can tell you that it exists because it bit me in the butt today... > > and mind you, I am not saying that this is wrong. I'm just saying that > it surprised me.
What behaviour did you expect instead? That's still unclear. Can you show the fictional session that would result from the behaviour you expect? -- \ “Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't | `\ know.” —Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, 1914–2004 | _o__) | Ben Finney -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
