[Zope] dictionary definition and strings

[hans]

"p.t." wrote:

> If, in a python script, I have a string ="{'aKey':'aValue'}" and I want to
> generate a dictionary from such a string, what should I do?

in normal python (Products, ExternalMethod), eval( yourstring ) would do.
in Thru The Web objects (DTML, PythonScript) you cant use eval.

cheers hans
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