[plt-scheme] evaluating contents of a string

Chris Warrington wrote:

>David Richards @ 2006-7-25 10:46:15 PM
>"[plt-scheme] evaluating contents of a string" <mid:ac01fb5e725b12548648a10157eeb98d at verizon.net>
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>>Given:
>>"(lambda () (current-seconds))"
>>What is the 'best practice', or most elegant way to obtain a scheme
>>procedure from the contents of a string?
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>I'd use:
>(eval (read (open-input-string "(lambda () (current-seconds))")))
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If you are allowing yourself to import modules you could also use 
(eval-string ...) from "string.ss".