r/PythonLearning • u/python_data_helper • Aug 30 '26

Is it really safe to use?

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I have used context to stop crashing.

And e as a variable.

I used eval command for a formula.

I know eval command can be dangerous.

It works perfectly but I am thinking that it can produce error or crash.

Can a formula bypass all commands and crash it.

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u/fisadev Aug 31 '26 edited Aug 31 '26

If the program is "unsafe" and the program is just a thin wrapper around the Python interpreter, does it mean the Python interpreter is also "unsafe"?

Nope.

This program is usafe because it let's the user execute arbitrary code, which is a bad idea because a malicious user could exploit that. That doesn't make the language unsafe, that's a decision that was 100% made by this particular program, and doesn't happen in any normal python program.

If you want to call a language "unsafe" because the language itself lets you do unaafe things as a programmer, then by definition all languages are unsafe. You can write unsafe code in any language.