From ab33d81b307e78ddf0269628fa6385b81fffcdda Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andreas Wrede <aew.git@wrede.ca>
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2026 16:39:51 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] catch syntax wanring when parsing version string

---
 hbd/common/proto.py | 13 +++++++++----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/hbd/common/proto.py b/hbd/common/proto.py
index 82b7ee3..d847366 100644
--- a/hbd/common/proto.py
+++ b/hbd/common/proto.py
@@ -52,12 +52,17 @@ def decode_value(val: str) -> Any:
         except Exception:
             return val[1:]  # Return as string without @
     
-    # Try numeric evaluation (original behavior)
+    # Try numeric conversion (avoid eval to prevent SyntaxWarnings on version strings)
     if val[0].isdigit() or (val[0] == '-' and len(val) > 1 and val[1].isdigit()):
         try:
-            return eval(val)
-        except Exception:
-            return val
+            return int(val)
+        except ValueError:
+            pass
+        try:
+            return float(val)
+        except ValueError:
+            pass
+        return val
     
     return val