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

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Expand Up @@ -562,6 +562,11 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order.
>>> eval('x+1')
2

.. warning::

Because this function can be used for executing arbitrary code, it is not recommended
to pass user-supplied input, which may lead to security vulnerabilities.

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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