title: python eval error with converting string to dict
body: <p>i am working with python and when i do eval on a string to get a dictionary it shows me the error "SyntaxError: invalid syntax"
  the string is received over a socket connection and it contains a dictionary.
  i need to get back the original dictionary</p>
  
  <p>Exact error is below</p>
  
  <pre><code>File "&lt;string&gt;", line 1 
  ##here goes my long string received over socket
                                     ^
  SyntaxError: invalid syntax
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I have no idea whats going on in this.
  I know i can use pickle or json to send data but thats not the req at the moment</p>