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SF Bug #215126: Over restricted type checking on eval() function

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The builtin eval() function now accepts any mapping for the locals argument.
Time sensitive steps guarded by PyDict_CheckExact() to keep from slowing
down the normal case.  My timings so no measurable impact.
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Raymond Hettinger 2004-07-02 06:41:07 +00:00
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@ -291,8 +291,12 @@ class C:
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{eval}{expression\optional{, globals\optional{, locals}}}
The arguments are a string and two optional dictionaries. The
\var{expression} argument is parsed and evaluated as a Python
The arguments are a string and optional globals and locals. If provided,
\var{globals} must be a dictionary. If provided, \var{locals} can be
any mapping object. \versionchanged[formerly \var{locals} was required
to be a dictionary]{2.4}
The \var{expression} argument is parsed and evaluated as a Python
expression (technically speaking, a condition list) using the
\var{globals} and \var{locals} dictionaries as global and local name
space. If the \var{globals} dictionary is present and lacks