do not eval words - only strings with whitespace

ESMCI · May 26, 2017 · cf843f9 · cf843f9
1 parent 162ba85
commit cf843f9
Showing 1 changed file with 7 additions and 4 deletions.
diff --git a/scripts/lib/CIME/XML/env_batch.py b/scripts/lib/CIME/XML/env_batch.py
@@ -287,10 +287,13 @@ def get_submit_args(self, case, job):
                     val = case.get_resolved_value(name)
 
                 if val is not None and len(str(val)) > 0 and val != "None":
-                    # Try to evaluate val
-                    try:
-                        rval = eval(val)
-                    except:
+                    # Try to evaluate val if it contains any whitespace
+                    if " " in val:
+                        try:
+                            rval = eval(val)
+                        except:
+                            rval = val
+                    else:
                         rval = val
                     # need a correction for tasks per node
                     if flag == "-n" and rval<= 0: