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

import calls the global/builtin __import__ function; if there isn't one to be found, import fails.

print does not rely on any globals to do its work. That is why print works in your example, even though you do not use the available __builtins__.