Trying to find a more secure eval() alternative

(in other words a function that doesn't expose your OS and files to being destroyed by a single line of code in discord chat)

wip.py

@@ -1,9 +1,17 @@
 """
 Work in progress
 
-
+                           check if message id is in message cache
     async def on_raw_message_delete(self, payload):
         print (client._connection._messages)
         #if discord.utils.get(client._connection._messages, id = payload.message_id):      #Work in progress
             await client.get_channel(payload.channel_id).send(f'Message has been deleted at the request of .')
+
+
+                          evaluate a string WITHOUT eval() - eval() has security issues and therefore is a dangerous
+                          function. this is for the calculator
+        @commands.command()
+    async def calc(self, ctx, *args):
+        print (*args)
+        print (*args)
 """