Why I can call 'print' from 'eval'

Question

For code:

#!/usr/bin/python

src = \"\"\"
print \'!!!\'
import os
\"\"\"

obj = compile(src, \'\', \'exec\')
eval(obj, {\'__builtins__\': False})

Answer 1

In your eval the call to import is made successfully however import makes use of the __import__ method in builtins which you have made unavailable in your exec. This is the reason why you are seeing

ImportError: __import__ not found

print doesn't depend on any builtins so works OK.

You could pass just __import__ from builtins with something like:

eval(obj, {'__builtins__' : {'__import__' :__builtins__.__import__}})