provide globals dict to eval (#58)

use a globals dict in eval in Dictformstring to allow reading in *.ini files containing nans

Author: mihofer

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Generic-Parser Changelog
 
+## Version 1.1.1
+ * add a dictionary to the eval in DictFromString to allow reading in *.ini with nans
+ 
+
 ## Version 1.0.8
  * revamp of the documentation
  * fixed a format string error when a choice is not correct for a list argument

generic_parser/__init__.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 __title__ = "generic_parser"
 __description__ = "A parser for arguments and config-files that also allows direct python input."
 __url__ = "https://github.com/pylhc/generic_parser"
-__version__ = "1.1.0"
+__version__ = "1.1.1"
 __author__ = "pylhc"
 __author_email__ = "[email protected]"
 __license__ = "MIT"

generic_parser/entry_datatypes.py

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 This module contains advanced datatypes to add as type to any entrypoint or parser.
 """
 import abc
+from array import array
 
 TRUE_ITEMS = ["True", "1", True, 1]  # items that count as True
 FALSE_ITEMS = ["False", "0", False, 0]  # items that count as False
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ def __new__(cls, s):
         if isinstance(s, dict):
             return s
 
-        d = eval(s)
+        d = eval(s, {'nan': float('nan'), 'array':array})
         if not isinstance(d, dict):
             raise ValueError(f"'{s}' can't be converted to a dictionary.")
         return d