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Referring to this stackoverflow question a comment by "phoris" states that map(eval, raw_input().split()) is less secure. Can somebody explain how is is it less secure and in what context?

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Adi Bhutani
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  • @Tgsmith61591 Hardly so. That's a question about **lisp** not python. There are plenty of question specifically about python's `eval`, why close this as a duplicate to a lisp one? – Bakuriu Jun 08 '16 at 14:26
  • By the way: that is **not** a comment, but an answer by Phoris. As such you could provide a link directly to the answer. – Bakuriu Jun 08 '16 at 14:27
  • Also related [Why should exec() and eval() be avoided?](http://stackoverflow.com/q/1933451) – Bhargav Rao Jun 08 '16 at 14:28

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Any context. It puts user input through eval(), which is a gaping wide security hole.

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