[Zope] How to convert string to list without eval or exec

Hi, I've seen this question here several times. Even I made it once long time ago. I could solve it easily because I didn't have a complex list. But for the people, with lists of lists, here are really nice approachs: http://groups.google.ch/groups?hl=de&lr=&ie=UTF-8&threadm=mailman.166.107882... If the link doesn't works, then just copy and paste this on google: "How to convert string to list without eval or exec" group:comp.lang.python.* Regards, Josef