Convert string to Python class object?
python
Solution
Warning: `eval()` can be used to execute arbitrary Python code. You should never use `eval()` with untrusted strings. (See Security of Python's eval() on untrusted strings?)
This seems simplest.
>>> class Foo(object):
... pass
...
>>> eval("Foo")
<class '__main__.Foo'>
Problem
Given a string as user input to a Python function, I'd like to get a class object out of it if there's a class with that name in the currently defined namespace. Essentially, I want the implementation for a function which will produce this kind of result: ``` class Foo: pass str_to_class("Foo") ==> <class __main__.Foo at 0x69ba0> ``` Is this, at all, possible?