While this code is unused, this remote module copy of this function should not…

While this code is unused, this remote module copy of this function should not be carried around in the source code.

lib/ansible/module_utils/basic.py

@@ -665,39 +665,6 @@ class AnsibleModule(object):
             else:
                 self.fail_json(msg="internal error: do not know how to interpret argument_spec")
 
-    def safe_eval(self, str, locals=None, include_exceptions=False):
-
-        # do not allow method calls to modules
-        if not isinstance(str, basestring):
-            # already templated to a datastructure, perhaps?
-            if include_exceptions:
-                return (str, None)
-            return str
-        if re.search(r'\w\.\w+\(', str):
-            if include_exceptions:
-                return (str, None)
-            return str
-        # do not allow imports
-        if re.search(r'import \w+', str):
-            if include_exceptions:
-                return (str, None)
-            return str
-        try:
-            result = None
-            if not locals:
-                result = eval(str)
-            else:
-                result = eval(str, None, locals)
-            if include_exceptions:
-                return (result, None)
-            else:
-                return result
-        except Exception, e:
-            if include_exceptions:
-                return (str, e)
-            return str
-
-
     def _check_argument_types(self):
         ''' ensure all arguments have the requested type '''
         for (k, v) in self.argument_spec.iteritems():