https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/c5e97ed6351766deff488ea6d95e4aa0853943ae
commit: c5e97ed6351766deff488ea6d95e4aa0853943ae
branch: main
author: palakkhinvasara <[email protected]>
committer: zware <[email protected]>
date: 2026-07-18T06:42:38-05:00
summary:
gh-153808: Replace obsolete 'condition list' verbiage with 'expression list' in
eval() docs (GH-153811)
files:
M Doc/library/functions.rst
diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst
index a4d37beb436899..8dbebf7048b583 100644
--- a/Doc/library/functions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst
@@ -611,9 +611,10 @@ are always available. They are listed here in
alphabetical order.
untrusted user-supplied input will lead to security vulnerabilities.
The *source* argument is parsed and evaluated as a Python expression
- (technically speaking, a condition list) using the *globals* and *locals*
- mappings as global and local namespace. If the *globals* dictionary is
- present and does not contain a value for the key ``__builtins__``, a
+ (technically speaking, an :ref:`expression list <exprlists>`)
+ using the *globals* and *locals* mappings as global and local namespace.
+ If the *globals* dictionary is present and does not contain a value for the
+ key ``__builtins__``, a
reference to the dictionary of the built-in module :mod:`builtins` is
inserted under that key before *source* is parsed.
Overriding ``__builtins__`` can be used to restrict or change the available
@@ -633,6 +634,9 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical
order.
>>> eval('x+1')
2
+ >>> eval("1, 2")
+ (1, 2)
+
This function can also be used to execute arbitrary code objects (such as
those created by :func:`compile`). In this case, pass a code object instead
of a string. If the code object has been compiled with ``'exec'`` as the
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