Convert a String representation of a Dictionary to a dictionary?

Question

How can I convert the str representation of a dict, such as the following string, into a dict?

s = \"{\'muffin\' : \'l         


        

Answer 1

Use json. the ast library consumes a lot of memory and and slower. I have a process that needs to read a text file of 156Mb. Ast with 5 minutes delay for the conversion dictionary json and 1 minutes using 60% less memory!