eval() - the best way?

[ultimatebuster]

def dotask():
    print "Task done..."

def returnvalue():
     return "Awesome"

cmd = raw_input("Your command: ")
eval(cmd + "()")

I know that you can't use eval to assign a value to a variable. but is it the best way to have user input be performing a function?

For example:
I put "dotask" in raw input, it will print "Task done..."

[Gribouillis]

Perhaps you should write a command line interpreter. See this code snippet http://www.daniweb.com/code/snippet258640.html .