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gh-118633: Add warning regarding the unsafe usage of eval and exec #118437

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Add warning regarding the unsafe usage of eval
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Add warning regarding the unsafe usage of exec
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Move warning under parameters table
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Expand Up @@ -541,6 +541,11 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order.
:returns: The result of the evaluated expression.
:raises: Syntax errors are reported as exceptions.

.. warning::

This function executes arbitrary code. Calling it with
user-supplied input may lead to security vulnerabilities.

The *expression* argument is parsed and evaluated as a Python expression
(technically speaking, a condition list) using the *globals* and *locals*
dictionaries as global and local namespace. If the *globals* dictionary is
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.. function:: exec(source, /, globals=None, locals=None, *, closure=None)

.. warning::

This function executes arbitrary code. Calling it with
user-supplied input may lead to security vulnerabilities.

This function supports dynamic execution of Python code. *source* must be
either a string or a code object. If it is a string, the string is parsed as
a suite of Python statements which is then executed (unless a syntax error
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